Sometimes clothing needs to be dry cleaned, but that isn’t always the case. Fact checked by Isaac Winter If a care tag says "dry clean only," you should usually follow it and only dry clean the item; ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. clothes rail with shirts hanging on it Dry cleaning can seem like a mythical process, but it is fairly simple to give it a go ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trip to the dry cleaner can be time-consuming and costly. There's dropping off the clothes, paying their cleaning fee, and ...

We’ve been taken to the cleaners. Consumers are beginning to understand that clothes with “dry clean only” labels don’t always require professional servicing — and that there are easy home remedies to ...

New York City stylist Liz Teich says that most items commonly dry cleaned don't need to be. Getty Images/iStockphoto If you’ve gotten into the habit of lugging your wool knits, cashmere cardigans and ...

Much like its name suggests, dry-cleaning is a solvent-based cleaning that does not use water. Water causes natural fibers to swell during washing and shrink once dried. The solvent, on the other hand ...

Many pricey, delicate textiles are better off being cleaned at home in the washing machine or the sink—even if the label reads “dry-clean only.” Here are all the fabrics you don’t actually need to ...