These are the clothing items that you should never dry clean.

Of course, there are some materials that pretty much always requiredry cleaning.

Rather than being dry cleaned, cashmere should behand-washed at homein cold water.

White shirts on clothing rack

To avoid damage, use a mild detergent or cashmere shampoo to clean these items.

Wool, too, can be hand-washed at home as opposed to dry cleaning.

Then, allow your woolen pieces to air-dry on a towel or drying rack.

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Cotton and denim

Another material that does not require dry cleaning is cotton.

So your T-shirts and cotton dresses, as well as cotton-based denim pieces can all be washed at home.

For best results, machine-wash cotton clothing in cold or warm water with similar colors, perLove Your Clothes.

Blazer, T-shirt, and jeans

Also, when washing cotton items, you want to be sure to prevent shrinking.

Denim, too, requires special steps to properly wash. And as for raw denim, you don’t really want to wash it at all.

you might wipe away stains and take it in to be cleaned by denim experts as needed.