Today’s #1 tip for Dry Cleaning: Take the plastic off your clothes when you get home. For real. Those plastic bags are not intended to be on dry cleaned clothing long term, they are just for transport. Why, You Ask? Dry cleaning is not a moisture-free process. So keeping your clothes in the plastic bag… Continue reading Easy Cleaning: Dry Cleaning Pro Tip
Pretty sure this is all too fancy for me… I was excited to try Trunk Club. Trunk Club uses both online styling profiles similar to other subscription boxes, but relies heavily on a real life human stylist (!). So at the start of this project, I knew two things. 1) This was going to be… Continue reading Subscription Box Thunderdome: Trunk Club
Oh Stitch Fix–I can’t quit you. I started using Stitch Fix a few years ago. Early on, my results were really good. Over time, my boxes or “fixes” started having issues. They would ignore my box requests (simple stuff like “can you send me pants?”), send me things that weren’t my style, or were way… Continue reading Subscription Box Thunderdome: Stitch Fix
This is part 1 of a series where I’ll be testing subscription boxes and reporting my findings. Up first: Frank and Oak, for women’s clothing. Let the experiments begin! Frank and Oak focuses on ethically made, eco-friendly clothing. Their subscription box is a bit of a middle ground between online shopping and subscription boxes. You… Continue reading Subscription Box Thunderdome: Frank and Oak
In Seattle, cold weather has descended so I thought it appropriate to talk about a weapon in your sweater care arsenal you may not know about: The Sweater Comb. Sweaters pill due to short or broken fibers gathering into balls, usually due to abrasion. In general, the longer the fibers of your sweater, the less… Continue reading Easy Cleaning: Sweater Combs
Two Stain Sticks Enter, And One Stain Lifts. I recently got a stain on my cashmere sweater. While some people might be thrown into feelings stress or irritation over this, I’m a costume weirdo and got excited because I finally get to comparison test some stain removers on cashmere! This is the first cashmere item… Continue reading Stain Stick Thunderdome
Last week’s Clothes to Dye For post featured guest writer Elizabeth Brammer discussing the Guppyfriend to limit microplastics. Liz returns this week with a few more tips to reduce microplastics. Opt for detergent with fewer microbeads. Detergent itself, more often than not, contains plastic (liquid form in liquid detergent, and microbeads in powder detergent). Organic… Continue reading Easy Cleaning: Reducing Microplastics, Part 2
This week’s Clothes to Dye For post is written by guest writer, Elizabeth Brammer, who talks about cleaning and microplastics! Welcome to the blog Liz! Plastic pollution in the world’s water is a huge environmental problem, and a large part of that stems from the fashion industry. Most people have seen images of the trash… Continue reading Easy Cleaning: Reducing Microplastics, Part 1
