Blouses Washing instructions:

Our cot­ton meets the requi­re­ments of the Bet­ter Cot­ton Initia­ti­ve (BCI). The BCI is a non-pro­fit orga­ni­sa­ti­on that aims to reform glo­bal cot­ton pro­duc­tion. With bet­ter con­di­ti­ons for the peop­le who pro­du­ce it and more gent­le on the envi­ron­ment in which the cot­ton grows. The raw mate­ri­al is selec­ted, spun, woven and finis­hed accord­ing to strict cri­te­ria by Some­los Teci­dos S.A., a long-estab­lis­hed yet tech­no­lo­gi­cal­ly advan­ced, tra­di­tio­nal Por­tu­gue­se com­pa­ny. Sor­ting: We advi­se you to always sort your laund­ry by type and colour (e.g. coar­se items such as jeans sepa­r­ate­ly from fine blou­ses or colou­red shirts sepa­r­ate­ly from white shirts). Deter­gent: It is best to use colour or mild deter­gent for the wash cycle. Washing pow­ders con­tai­ning chlo­ri­ne are only sui­ta­ble for white laund­ry, as they can attack the fine mate­ri­al and colours of our Silk Sisters blou­ses. You can do without fab­ric sof­te­ner as it is harm­ful to the envi­ron­ment and not necessa­ry for the actu­al washing and clea­ning pro­cess. Tem­pe­ra­tu­re: Pure cot­ton is hard-wea­ring and com­pa­ra­tively easy to care for, but the wrong care can dama­ge the robust cot­ton fibres. Cot­ton should not auto­ma­ti­cal­ly be was­hed at high tem­pe­ra­tures. A look at the care label will tell you the maxi­mum washing tem­pe­ra­tu­re. Never wash Silk Sister’s cot­ton blou­ses and dres­ses at tem­pe­ra­tures hot­ter than 40°C and pre­fer­a­b­ly on the deli­ca­te cycle. Washing cycle: Don’t fill the drum com­ple­te­ly, this will redu­ce cre­a­sing and make iro­ning easier. The laund­ry should be spun at a maxi­mum of 1000 revo­lu­ti­ons. Dry­ing: For the sake of the envi­ron­ment, plea­se do not use a tumb­le dry­er. It is bet­ter for the fibres if cot­ton dries in the open air. After washing, care­ful­ly shake out the clothes and hang them on a wide han­ger. Or you can let your Silk Sisters blou­se dry lying flat on a towel. This keeps the shape and pre­vents wrink­les at the same time. Iro­ning: You can iron our cot­ton blou­ses and dres­ses on level 2 (in the upper area of the 2 points on the iron, cor­re­spon­ding to about 165 °C). It is ide­al if the fab­ric is still slight­ly damp, this makes it easier to iron out wrinkles.