AS PRINTED ONTO THE CARE LABELS STITCHED INTO OA GARMENTS, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO DRY CLEAN YOUR BEAUTIFUL NEW ADDITIONS. AS THESE PIECES ARE ALL HANDMADE BY INDEPENDENT SEAMSTRESSES OR ON A SMALL PRODUCTION RUN, IN AN ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE WAY THEY ARE NOT PROCESSED AND WASHED, AND THEN REWASHED LIKE FAST FASHION BRANDS. 

IF YOUR PIECE HAS AN ALTERNATIVE FABRIC - LIKE A BRIGHT WHITE COLLAR ON A PURPLE DRESS THEN I WOULD DEFINITELY ADVISE TO DRY CLEAN OR SPOT CLEAN TO AVOID COLOURS BLEEDING INTO THE COLLAR. IF A GARMENT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE WASHED THEN ADD 1 CUP OF VINEGAR TO THE RINSE CYCLE OR ONE-HALF CUP SALT TO THE WASH TO HELP HOLD IN COLORS. USE COLOR-CATCHER SHEETS, WHICH TRAP EXTRANEOUS DYES DURING THE WASH CYCLE TO PREVENT BLEEDING. DIGITAL PRINTED GARMENTS' COLOUR DOES NOT USUALLY RUN, HOWEVER, THE LINING OF THE GARMENT MAY RUN.

WHEN POSSIBLE IT IS ALWAYS KINDER TO STEAM GARMENTS RATHER THAN IRONING THEM. STEAMING REMOVES CREASES BY RELAXING THE FIBRES OF THE FABRIC. IRONING, ON THE OTHER HAND, USES THE HEAT OF THE METAL BASE AND WEIGHT TO COMPRESS THE FIBRES. THE COMPRESSION OF FIBRES OVER TIME CAN CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE AND SHORTEN THE LIFE OF THE GARMENT.

CARE ADVICE FOR CORDUROY AND NEEDLECORD FABRICS

I RECOMMEND TO SPOT CLEAN CORDUROY WHEN AND AS NEEDED, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU TO DRY CLEAN OA GARMENTS, BUT IF A FULL WASH IS REQUIRED HERE IS SOME CARE ADVICE;

IF POSSIBLE, A GENTLE HAND WASH WOULD BE BEST ON A VERY LOW TEMPERATURE. DO NOT SCRUB THE FABRIC AS THIS WILL DESTROY THE PILE. ON HIGH HEAT CORDUROY TENDS TO SHRINK AND THE DYE CAN RUN. WE WOULD ADVISE WHERE POSSIBLE TO ONLY DRY CLEAN. 

TO REVIVE THE ‘PILE’ (THE TEXTURED FLUFFINESS OF THE CORDUROY) I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND STEAMING THE CORDUROY. THIS MAINTAINS THE FLUFFINESS OF THE CORDUROY. DO NOT IRON CORDUROY ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE FABRIC – THIS FLATTENS THE TEXTURE AND CAN DAMAGE IT. THE NEEDLECORD I HAVE CHOSEN WORKS BEST WITH STEAMING AND IS THE PERFECT WEIGHT TO PREVENT TOO MANY CREASES.