• Wigglet@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Honestly most fabrics shouldn’t be washed as regularly as mainstream western society insists. a lot of fabrics are warm to cool wash only, shouldn’t be tumble dried, and should be hung insideout or in the shade. Your clothes will last sooooo much longer if you take care of them

    Bamboo is marketed as this tough “green” fibre and if we ignore the processing it takes to turn such a woody fibre into a shoft fabric it can be long lasting with proper care. It doesn’t like hot washes or tumble drying. It breaks down the fibres and negates the durability that’s being marketed. Denim is something that should be rarely washed and preferably just cool soaked and swished and rinsed (like a rug or curtains) then dried on a line insideout to prevent fading.

    So I guess I would probably be one of the people this article is discussing but all’s I’m really doing is following proper fabric care practices