I wonder if the dye has anything to do with "shrinkability", I bought, from the same mfg, 2 "hawaiian" print shirts - same size,cut and pattern.One was a red background, one was blue-washed both in cold water, the red one stayed the same size, the blue one shrunk a full size. In my realm, if fabric does not "survive " washing, I don't use it for good garb. I just work around what left of the yardage and get on with it. I figure ,people in the "old days" didn't have dry cleaning, (which I personally detest,sitting and perspiring in a soup of toxic chemicals next to your skin- the largest organ in your body, is not my idea of healthy) silk and wool were not dry cleaned in the past, it was washed ,if only daubbed with water. for what its worth..... Melody Pierre & Sandy Pettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd dry clean it also. However, do you have a cleaners that uses the CO-2 cleaning method? Sandy
At 08:34 PM 2/8/2008, you wrote: >I just bought a "nice dress" that is 75% rayon, 25% polyester.> >-Liz >_______________________________________________ " --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume