7 Easy Tips : How to Care For Your Clothes and Accessories

By SLC@MRKOACHMAN | September 23, 2023

Properly caring for your garments prolongs their life – here are some tips on how to care for your clothes and accessories.

Clothing and accessories preservation has really been undermined in today’s world. According to a recent report by Credit Donkey in 2021 on statistics of clothing expenditure in the United States of America, the average adult aged 25-34 spends $161 per month on clothing (with those aged 35-44, spending slightly more, at $209 per month).

You would agree with me that the above statistics show how much people spend on clothing meanwhile neglecting the former ones they have. In this article, we’ll be going through 7 easy tips on how to preserve your clothing and accessories to prevent impulse and excessive buying of new ones just because of lack of proper care for the older ones. So let’s go!

 

7 Easy Tips : How to Care For Your Clothes and Accessories

#1. Wash Less

Wearing garments too often will lead to you wanting to wash them more often which could damage the clothing in one way or the other. The fabric may begin to fray, the colors may start to fade, and so on. This is why it’s important to always get two or three of every outfit style, so you can alternate easily.

 

#2. Storing them in garment bags

Garment bags are great for storing clothes and outfits. They protect outfits from external damage factors, like dust, dampness, and so on. You can get a few of these from garment stores around you, plus, they are also great to travel with.

 

#3. Get a jewelry box

I know a few people are fond of keeping their accessories – bracelets, wrist watches, sunglasses etc. on their wardrobe shelves, desk/table, and sometimes in not-so-organized manners. After a while they begin to realize, these accessories have started to fade, wear off, damage due to a little dampness and scratch here and there over time. A jewelry box would preserve and prolong the life and usage of your accessories.

 

#4. Repair the little damages

Repairing damage on clothes is a great method of preserving them. Like they say, strike the iron while it’s still hot. De-pill that jumper you’ve been constantly wearing, rehydrate your leather outfits, and re-dye your faded jeans, these are all damage controls that need to be done in order to preserve your clothes and accessories.

 

#5. Swimming? Take those chains off!

It is important to know that the durability of an original neckwear or wrist piece would not be fulfilled when there is too much contact with water. So therefore it is important to take those pieces off while in this activity.

 

#6. For Shoes…

• Use a shoe horn:

Shoe horns are great for keeping the shape of a shoe intact, they are easy to get and easy to apply

• Do not clump your shoes in a pile. By so doing, you’re wrinkling the shoe’s texture and making it seem old and out of use. Use a shoe rack instead.

• Your White Footwear (Sneakers and Shoes)? Simply check out this guide.

Learn more about shoe care tips here.

 

#7. Regular Maintenance

Lastly, one must regularly dry clean his clothes every month to avoid cramping of materials. See to it that your whites are properly looked after and kept well for future use. For your suits, here is a comprehensive guide to suit care.

 

 

FINAL NOTE

The above are 7 easy tips on clothing and accessories preservation, do well to follow the instructions to preserve your clothes from total damnation. 

Till next time, stay classy -always!

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