Laundry and clothing care professionals share a few of their best tips.

“Structured wool coats, leather, suede, heavily beaded garments, and items with glued construction should never go in a ...

We’ve all been there: A clothing item with a tag that reads “hand-wash only” accidentally makes it through the washing and drying cycles, only to come out teeny tiny, snagged, or otherwise ruined. It ...

Life in the time of the coronavirus outbreak has altered how people perform even the most mundane activities. With all that separating, washing, drying, and folding involved, doing laundry was already ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Wondering how to hand-wash clothes in the sink? We've got step-by-step instructions from Carolyn Forté, ...

When the label in your favorite clothing shows the dreaded hand wash symbol, you need to take it seriously. Those clothes are more high maintenance than T-shirts and jeans that you toss in the washer.

Hot, cold, or hand-wash? Here’s what those laundry symbols on your clothing tags really mean. Hand holding clothing care tag. For many, washing clothes means throwing things in the washer and dryer, ...