Guide · Care

Fabric and care, by material

Four fabric families cover the whole catalogue. Each one washes differently, and the cheapest dress outlives the most expensive one if you treat the fibre right.

Stretch velvet

Cold wash, inside out, gentle cycle, and never iron the pile: steam it or hang it in a hot shower’s fog. Fold velvet and it creases along the fold; hang it and it recovers overnight. The 5% spandex in Simplee’s velvet also means no wringing.

Chiffon, eyelet and light wovens

These wash easily and dry fast, which is why they travel. Cold wash in a mesh bag protects the eyelet embroidery from snags. Line dry; a tumble dryer is where flutter sleeves go to shrivel. Wrinkles fall out on the hanger.

Faux fur

Spot clean first, always. If a jacket needs a full wash, cold water, gentle cycle, air dry, then shake the pile out and brush it with a wide-tooth comb once dry. Heat is the one true enemy: a dryer melts pile tips and no brushing brings them back. The pompom hat is the exception: snap the fur pompom off and the knit body machine washes warm.

Knits and the crewneck blend

The 57/35/8 poly-viscose-elastane sweatshirts wash cold and lie flat to dry; hanging a wet viscose blend stretches the shoulders into points. Sweater dresses follow the same rule. De-pill with a fabric shaver, not scissors, and they stay presentable for seasons.

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