Care guides

Any preparation for a skiing or sailing trip begins with laundering your jacket. If water doesn't bead off the surface, reactivate the repellence with a low temperature wash and dry before ironing. If it feels less breathable, wash it to unblock the pores. Then, after drying, only use a cool iron. Stay safe and maximise your comfort, launder your jacket at home.

Keep your jacket away from softeners, as they can block the pores. This affects your jacket's performance, making it less waterproof and less breathable. Instead opt for a liquid washing product with no additives. And use a second rinse cycle to remove any detergents that might be left behind. So you're left with a jacket that feels and performs like new. 

Your wardrobe is a place where you go to create your signature look. You experiment with new trends, combining them with classic wardrobe cornerstones like the crisp white shirt. It's easy to dress up and down. Smart or casual, you can always get creative. The classic shirt is effortless, but chic - your perfect blank canvas.

Hang your shirt in your bathroom while you shower and see how steam can revive your clothes. The extra humidity smoothes out your shirt's wrinkles and keeps it feeling fresh. Or for quicker, easier dewrinkling try our washing machines with SteamCare. The built-in steam cycle means you don't even need to wash your clothes to get that 'like new' look and feel.

Wool is an incredible fabric. It's biodegradable, fire resistant and even has UV protection. It's more breathable than any other fibre and actually reacts to the changes in your body temperature. So it keeps you warm when it's cold and keeps you cool when it's hot. Such a useful fabric needs to be cared for properly so it stays looking and feeling new. 

You may have been told not to wash wool in a machine. But times have changed. Our UltraCare™ Eco washing machine does more than just clean, it cares for every fibre. It premixes the detergent, and then the softener before each mixture enters the drum. So your wool receives unrivalled softness and a more caring, more even clean.

When it comes to your favourite woollens, you need to be sure your machine treats them with the utmost care. Our washer dryers are the first on the market that carry the Woolmark label. Woolmark are the world's authority on wool. So you can confidently wash and dry your most delicate 'hand wash only' woollens in a single machine. 

Colour is positive and cheerful. It adds fun and optimism to your wardrobe and your life. It makes you feel vibrant and alive. But sometimes, coloured clothes are the most vulnerable and prone to wilting and fading. When we treat them with a soft touch, understand their wants and needs and love them right they return that love by keeping us feeling vibrant for much longer.

When damp colours are stacked, they tend to bleed into one another, so remove them from the washing machine as soon as the program is finished. For drying, it is best to sort by textile, rather than colour. That’s because different textiles have different drying times so you could expose some to unnecessary mechanical action, which wears off the face of the garment and makes it look faded and worn. 

Denim is durable, but if you’re going to get the very best out of your jeans, especially the coloured and printed denims or anything with a deep indigo wash, you need to give them extra special care. The key to a long life is to wash at a low temperature and avoid over washing.

Tumble drying always leaves jeans a lot softer. Some people suggest you never put your jeans in the tumble dryer. Well, truth be known, modern dryers will leave them feeling a lot softer and help get them back into shape. Just be sure to follow the care label and remove them when they are slightly damp to prevent unwanted creasing. 

The key to a longer life is a cold cycle, so avoid high temperatures, even when you clothes are heavily soiled. We recommend you use a Sport program because it’s fine tuned for sports garments so it washes them more effectively. Take care to choose the right detergent, one that has been specially formulated to handle tough stains and eliminate odours.

For the best result, use the Sport program as it dries a little more effectively. It has a longer cooling down phase at the end of the program meaning that your sport clothes will be ready to wear instantly. Cottons and synthetics dry at different times because they absorb humidity in different ways, so you should consider separating them before you dry them.