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Here’s a great article about how your clothes should fit you (for men). You should wear your clothes, your clothes should not wear you!
http://www.askmen.com/fashion/fashiontip_200/239_fashion_advice.html
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DLI FIGHTS MISINFORMATION WITH FACTS
“Drycleaning can reduce the life of an item by 50% or more.”
This major piece of misinformation lay hidden in a seemingly innocuous article in the recent American Laundry News. The author meant only to impart a list of ways to keep up appearances and dress well. In truth, the rest of the article is quite sound advice for good grooming practices, but that line about drycleaning wearing out clothes is simply not true.
Author Ken Tyler is a former representative for the Association of Linen Management on the Clean Executive Committee. He is also a mid 1970s graduate of DLI’s School of Drycleaning Technology when it was located in Joliet, Illinois. When asked about the statement he said he thought he’d heard that drycleaning shortens the life of garments from DLI’s lead instructor from that period, Pappy Reeves. Mr. Taylor later acknowledged that there was no justification for the 50% figure.
DLI CEO Bill Fisher spotted the offending line in the article and asserts that “it is inconceivable to me that Pappy would have ever said something like that.” Fisher immediately responded to the article, pointing out two key areas.
In his response, Fisher first explained that drycleaning does not shorten the life of clothes. “As we note in our DLI Consumer Brochures, ‘in more than 100 years of textile research and testing, DLI has never seen any indication… (of drycleaning) wearing out fabrics during their useful lifespan,” Fisher wrote.
Secondly, Fisher pointed out that solid materials left behind when the water portion of perspiration evaporates can cause problems with garments. “All of the ’stuff’ in [perspiration] stays behind when the water evaporates. However, not having a garment professionally cleaned on a regular basis can result in an unusable or ruined garment with permanent stains, holes, odors, or fabric discoloration,” he wrote.
The assertion that drycleaning wears out garments has been a thorn in the industry’s side for decades. Where the myth originated is unknown.
—Courtesy of the Dry Cleaning & Laundry Institute’s Hot Press Publication—
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Worried about all the recent news on bed bugs? Here’s what the Dry Cleaning & Laundry Institute, our industry organization, sent us to help keep everyone informed on this recent issue.
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs024/1102253797193/archive/1103760053415.html
Another helpful link to the CDC’s website regarding bed bugs:
