Knowing how to hand-wash delicate clothing is an essential part of extending their lifespan and keeping them looking their best. It’s also frustrating, risky, and time-consuming. White clothes can ...

Hand-washing clothes with care extends the life of your pieces, especially delicate materials like silk or embellished fabrics.

After more than a month away from our dry cleaners, we have a newfound respect for the art of washing clothes. While we await the day when we can drop off our most precious items for professional ...

Washing your clothes by hand sounds like a tedious task — something that should’ve been eradicated from our daily lives when the washing machine was invented. If you don’t have a washer and dryer, ...

There’s no denying that the invention of the washing machine has made doing laundry a far easier and less intensive chore. All we have to do is throw our clothes inside, add some detergent, press some ...

Delicate clothing are the here-there-be-dragons of the laundry world. Unlike jeans and socks, one mistake can result in a favorite garment shrinking to doll size or ending up a gray, shredded mess. To ...

Electric clothes washers have been commercially available here in the United States for a little more than a century, since 1907. So, if you're in the US and reading this article, then the odds are ...

When it comes to cleaning a beloved silk blouse, wool sweater, velvet jacket or lacy bra, you want to give these “delicate” items the TLC they need. But you may not know what that means. Should you ...

If you own a bra, a pair of underwear, or any sort of lingerie, you should be hand-washing these pieces consistently, so please keep reading if you're not sure how it's done. You've probably shelled ...

We all have clothing we send to the dry cleaners because we're afraid to wash it ourselves, or don't know how. But, Real Simple magazine's Kris Connell tells The Early Show co-anchor Rene Syler ...