
Fit & Care/5 min
Why Clothes Shrink (and the Four Rules That Stop It)
Relaxation shrinkage, wool felting and heat contraction are three different problems with three different fixes. What each fibre actually loses in the wash, and how to prevent it.
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Most clothes fail at the seam, the wash or the shoulder — not the design. Understanding fibre, fit and alteration is how a garment lasts a decade instead of a season.

Fit & Care/5 min
Relaxation shrinkage, wool felting and heat contraction are three different problems with three different fixes. What each fibre actually loses in the wash, and how to prevent it.

Fit & Care/4 min
Twelve things to look at before you buy any garment — seam allowance, stitch density, pattern matching, button attachment and the five places cheap clothing fails first.