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Maintenance that extends the life of what you already own.
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A care label is a legally required, tested minimum, not a suggestion. Federal rules dictate what it must cover, in what order, and require the manufacturer to have real test evidence behind every instruction on it.
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The argumentThe FTC's Care Labeling Rule requires manufacturers to have a reasonable, evidence-based reason for every care instruction on a garment's label, typically real wash and dry tests on the actual fabric, and specifies exactly what the label must address: washing or dry cleaning, bleaching, drying, and ironing, generally in that order. It is a legal minimum safe process, tested to avoid substantial harm, not necessarily the only method that would work.
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Wash or dry-clean knits before storage. Fold, do not hang. Use a tight container. University of Kentucky: cleaning kills eggs and larvae and removes the perspiration that attracts pests. Cedar and lavender do not.
