how to take care of your clothes

Hanging clothes up properly after washing and storing them in the right condition – on hangers with enough slack or on shelves after careful folding – can keep them wrinkle-free. To prevent this when washing, it is wise to choose spinning at low speed. Consider whether your garments necessarily need to be ironed. Ironing causes faster fabric deterioration and more energy consumption.

When hanging your laundry, make a shaking motion, carefully but gently stretch your clothes or hang them on a hanger to allow them to dry evenly. Remember, however, that wool garments should be dried in a ‘lying down’ position (e.g. on a towel on top of a rack). Give them their natural shape for the drying time, and do not stretch them lengthwise or crosswise. Otherwise the garments will deform!

Exposing coloured fabrics to direct sunlight can cause them to fade. Dry coloured items in shaded areas. Woollen goods also ‘dislike’ drying in full sunlight, as the wool fibres can degrade under UV light.

Heaters and radiators are not recommended for drying clothes fresh out of the washing machine. During such drying, the clothes will deform and the intensive evaporation of moisture from the clothes can lead to mould growth in the house and cause allergies. Heaters and radiators can be used occasionally to dry damp, not wet clothing.