Eli5, Why can’t suits be washed in the washing machine?
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A lot of suits are made of a wool or wool blend. Wool is a pain in the arse and shrinks when you even think about washing it.
Earlier this year I bought a generous length of Italian wool mix fabric with which to make a pair of trousers for graduation. I thought I’d give it a light wash to allow for the shrinkage and to get the treatment chemicals off it. Well, I had a bit of a brainwrong and put it on the wrong setting on the machine – I should’ve put it on the wool cycle, which doesn’t do much agitation and spinning, but I put it on a synthetics wash instead (a fair amount of agitation and spin). Well, that fabric shrunk waaaay more than I expected. I just about had enough to make the trousers.
Long story short, If you buy a suit then bung it in the machine, it’ll probably shrink and you’ll be annoyed.
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