The Delicate Art Of Lingerie Care
Beautiful lingerie deserves to have a little of extra care taken of it, ensuring it looks its best and lasts as long as possible, ensuring many years of wear. Just follow some simple rules to ensure that you help to keep your lingerie looking as good as it was on the day it was purchased. Always ensure you read the label which is specifically attached to the garment by the manufacturer, providing you with appropriate instructions on how to care for your new garment. Their recommendations should be followed to get the best life from your product. There are, however, times when the manufacturer’s garment tag gets mislaid. The general care instructions below will give you an indication of the best way to maintain your garment if the tag is missing. A few positive actions will make all the difference to the life of flimsy lingerie and will maintain the beauty of delicate materials and stitching.
Ensure you wash your lingerie gently in cold water, preferably by hand, and then rinse your lingerie thoroughly. If you do have to use a washing machine, use a cold water wash or make use of the special dedicates’ cycle that is incorporated into most modern washing machines. It is always a good idea, even on a delicate wash cycle, to place your lingerie into a wash bag for additional safety. This prevents delicate fabric or metal fastenings from being caught in any part of the washing machine’s drum. Regardless of whether or not your are washing lingerie or any other garment, it is always a good idea to wash different colors on separate wash cycles. One of the more important aspects when washing any garment is the detergent you choose. An array of different soaps and detergents will assault your senses in any supermarket and it is often difficult to choose an appropriate product. However, manufacturers are very good at labeling their washing products, advising which one is suitable for which garment so, if in doubt, read the detergent’s label and choose the correct washing product to keep your flimsy and delicate lingerie in the best possible shape.
Even when placed into a wash bag, to minimize any damage to your lingerie, always ensure metal fasteners such as hooks, zippers, buckles or other metal attachments are done up to prevent them from catching on other garments during a wash cycle. Especially when washing <a onClick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(’/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://lingeriefriday.com/”> intimate lingerie,</a> using a wash bag is not just a good idea, it can probably be regarded, more or less, as an essential item in your washing arsenal. Washing bags do prevent delicate fabrics from becoming twisted out of shape and prevent lace and ribbons that might adorn lingerie from becoming intertwined with other clothing. Wash bags are easily found and are generally widely available in most department stores or drug stores. Failing that, you can purchase wash bags quite easily online.
Good lingerie always deserves being treated kindly and special care when drying will pay dividends in the long-run with your delicate garments lasting much longer than they would if you had bothered less. An example of this added attention is when drying your lingerie when it is always better to dry on a flat surface out of direct sunlight. If it is imperative for you to use a clothes dryer due to haste, always place delicate items into a wash bag and tumble dry on a gentle cycle with the temperature set to low or cool. This will prevent flimsy fabrics becoming discolored due to heat, or the actual body of the material being damaged due to the heat. Very often manufacturers recommend that dry cleaning delicate lingerie is best avoided. Conversely, if the manufacturer recommends the lingerie should be dry-cleaned and you fail to observe this recommendation and attempt to wash the garment, you could well be rather disappointed with the outcome. A good rule of thumb in this case would be ‘if in doubt – don’t’!
If you follow these few straightforward guidelines your delicate lingerie will retain its beauty indefinitely and last for many years, looking as good as when you first bought the item. Perhaps these guidelines may seem to be rather time-consuming but, just taking the extra few minutes to care for your lingerie properly will extend the life of your lingerie indefinitely. After all, if you go to the expense of purchasing good lingerie and buy it in the first place because you loved the garment, you are bound to want it to look its best for as long as possible. Taking a few extra minutes to wash and dry your garment properly will mean your garment of beauty will be a joy for a very long time.
Alisa has a lingerie store, and writing a lot of interesting and helpful articles on her lingerie blog.
