How to handel and store VINTAGE!

HOW TO HANDEL VINTAGE:
here's a few tips on how to keep youre vintage clothing fresh nad new looking and how to make sure they wont loose there shape and color and how to remove stains and smell:


a) keep youre closet free from dust! espacially you with an walk in closet!!!!


b) never fold a sweater on the lenght it will take forever to hang out and do all the buttons!


c) the garments that you wont hang, keep tissue paper between the folds.


d) again, knitwear and wool should be kept folded!!!


e) never use metal hangers, they can leave stains and stretch out the garment! use hangers in wood or those coverd in fabric, and they'll look super pretty!


f) random tip: if you wrap rubberbands on the ends of the hangers it stops the garment from slipping of.


g) keep all youre vintage garments away from sunlight and mouist. the light will decolor the garment and the mouist will ruin the fibers in the fabric.


h) do not keep them in those drycleaning plastic cases! then the garment wont be able to breath.


i) if thers a garment wich comes with a belt, dont keep it on, roll up the belt, and it wont crack!


j) if you have vintage shoes, use shoetrees and they wont sack.


k) store hats in boxes!


HOW TO WASH VINTAGE:


Handwash:
always handwash all the garments that was made bofore the 60's! adn dont use you're regulary detergent, you can buy specialsoaps made for fine fabrics and vintage clothing.


Cold or Warm Water?:
use cold water for natural meterials like cotton, and warm water for synthetic materials like polyester.


Mix:
make sure that the soap has dessolved properly before you lower the garment into the water.


Embroidered Silk:
never wash embroidered silk or satin, neither sequindresses from the 20's because those sequins are made out of gelatine and will melt in the water.


Mashinewash:
wanna try to mashinewash the garments, then do it very rarely and with a cold temeprature.


Zippers and Buttons:
before you wash something make sure you pull up all the zippers and do all the buttons.


Color:
older materials is rarely waterproof and it might loose all of its color if you wash it.
especially silk, viscose and other synthetic materials.


Lay flat:
always lay it flat when it's going to dry.


Deodorant stains:
you can remove those stains with vinegar or lemonejuice. apply gently with a towel and then wash the garmnet in water and soap. works the same with perfume stains.


Dry cleaning:
make sure that they are real pro's! this is fragile clothing my dear friends! and expensive!


XOXO / Veronica