Design for Washing
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Basics
- Design for Cleaning but in regards to the design of Clothes and other Textiles
- It is possible, and as per the many videos by Professional (Dry) Cleaners on the subject; OFTEN DONE, where one can design clothing that cannot be washed and is thus Disposable
- Thus having a good understanding of the various cleaning processes, and how to make that easier, is an essential skill for anyone designing clothes and other textiles
Internal Links
- Design for Cleaning
- Colourfastness / Lightfastness
- Care Labels (Also called Laundry Labels ; as per ISO 3758:2023
External Links
- A YouTube Short by the YouTube Channel “Jeeves NY” Titled “$2000 Jacket That Can’t Be Cleaned | Expensive Things That Don’t Make Any Sense
- The throughline of all of these is basically Designer Stuff is largely a Status Symbol / SOLELY for looks/not designed well. On one hand “whoda thunk it”, but on the other hand it is important to point out, and an aspect OS Developments could Leverage “May not cost $2,000…but you can wash ours, and fix it if it tears!” etc