Did You Know You Can Wash Dry Clean Clothes at Home? Whole Living

Unless there's a dry cleaners on your block, many of us would prefer to just buy garments we can launder at home without the hassle of taking things in, let alone remembering to pick them back up. Well relax, there might be some garments that can easily be washed at home without the headache. Here's what to look for:

The folks over at Whole Living shared a little insight behind the world of fashion. When an item can be either washed or dry cleaned, usually the company will opt to just say dry clean on the label to make sure we don't shrink our shirts and write them nasty letters telling them they told us we could do so.

So many items that are dry clean — really aren't! Some items that can be washed by hand at home are solid-c0lor cotton, wool, linen, rayon and washable silk. Want to learn more? It might just open up a whole new world of shopping and laundering to you. Check out all the details over at Whole Living.

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The Printed Page: Fashion Designer Revives Legendary Interiors Photos in Clothes

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It's a normal occurrence for our sister site Racked, but how weird is it to see catwalk-strutting models on Curbed! There's a method behind the mania; today, the folks over at Lonny give airtime to fashion designer Mary Karantzou, whose new collection features '70s interiors shots by lens wizards Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin rendered on fabric. The photos were all taken from the archives of World of Interiors and Arch Digest. None of that "match your outfit to your room!" or "match your room to your outfit!" mumbo-jumbo—but this is hella cool.
· Office Obsession: Mary Karantzou Spring 2011 [Lonny Blog]

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