You might wonder if I'm just continuing to wear a dress that's getting dirtier by the day! One of the reasons for doing the challenge is to wear a woolen fabric that requires less washing, drying, dry cleaning -- and therefore, has a lower carbon footprint. On the other hand, its' very easy for me to hand-wash the dress, and leave it on a hanger to dry for an hour, and bingo -- it's ready to go again!
Still we tend to wash our clothes too frequently -- especially those that are made of natural fabrics. My clients at the Hong Kong Connection often ask how often they should dry clean their suits, and I remind them that frequent cleaning will degrade and deteriorate the fabric. Unless the suit is dirty, or they have perspired heavily, the suit should be hung to 'breathe' and given some rest between wearings.
Since my 'one' dress doesn't get a rest for several days between wearings, I will wash it more frequently than I will take my suits to the cleaners. In this challenge, I'm focusing on the simplicity of the experiment -- simplicity in decision-making, storage, and laundering -- but you needn't worry -- I'm not going out of the house with dirty clothes!
Still we tend to wash our clothes too frequently -- especially those that are made of natural fabrics. My clients at the Hong Kong Connection often ask how often they should dry clean their suits, and I remind them that frequent cleaning will degrade and deteriorate the fabric. Unless the suit is dirty, or they have perspired heavily, the suit should be hung to 'breathe' and given some rest between wearings.
Since my 'one' dress doesn't get a rest for several days between wearings, I will wash it more frequently than I will take my suits to the cleaners. In this challenge, I'm focusing on the simplicity of the experiment -- simplicity in decision-making, storage, and laundering -- but you needn't worry -- I'm not going out of the house with dirty clothes!
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