> One of the things I learned in my studies was that legally, clothing > manufacturers have to put a care label on their garments, and they > have to > test the garment in what ever method they recommend.
Not that all manufacturer's actually _test_ the garments ... I think Tommy Hilfiger still holds the record for biggest fine from the FTC for inaccurate care labels. There's a fashion boutique that opened recently in Omaha that is already notorious among the local dry cleaners; the company I work for has told everyone to refuse garments from them because they cannot be dry cleaned regardless of the care tag. >For *most* garments, > regardless of fiber content, the easiest and cheapest route is to > label the > garment "Dry Clean Only". This way they are not responsible for the > poor > results if the garment is cleaned some other way, and they have to > spend > very little money researching other cleaning methods. I've always suspected "Do Not Wash, Do Not Dry Clean, Spot Clean Only" was a synonym for "We Couldn't Be Bothered To Test This But Don't Want To Be Held Responsible". Leah _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
