Jun,1 2024
Care guide
The care guide is the same card we wrote when the cloth was chosen. It is not a general laundry sermon.
Read the line on the piece. Linen in this edit wants a wash and then a shake, not an ironing session. Wool wants air and a brush, and almost never a machine. A cotton trouser can take a gentle wash and should be dried so the leg stays a leg.
Heat is the step that goes wrong. It shines a wool, shrinks a linen past the hem we cut, and flattens a texture on purpose.
Cold water, a gentle turn, and a dry that is not a bake.
Most of the cloth in this edit wants a short wash and a flat dry, or a line in the shade. A hot dryer sets creases and shrinks the settle we already planned for.
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Wash the way the note says. Heat is the step that does the damage.
Mend the small thing while it is small.
A loose button and a thinning elbow are the repairs that keep a garment in the week. Wait until the cloth has gone and the repair becomes a patch you did not want.
Store clothes so they can breathe. A crowded rail creases the shoulder of a coat and sets the fold. Give the heavier pieces a little space, and use a wide hanger for anything with a shoulder you care about.
Stains want cold water first, while they are new. Hot water on a fresh mark cooks it in. If you are unsure, do less, and ask.
The studio can talk through a mark or a hem. Send a photograph with the inquiry. The shop does not charge a card and does not run a mending bench, but the note will tell you what the cloth can take.
Follow the care line, skip the hot dryer, and mend early. The garment was cut to be washed and worn, not preserved.
That is the whole guide. The rest is on the piece itself.