Red wine on white winter? Expert tips for a flawless holiday season

In the past week, with vigorous stirring, until a vinaigrette, I leafed olive oil, while the new suede boots worn by my friend who had chosen specifically for use in honor of the room, we went to see, tonight. (In my defense, looming over me as I tried to navigate the kitchen, but I was humiliated.) I jumped into action to realize he did not know what could be the action. That is how olive oil is obtained in Hirsch?

I flirted with the idea of ​​Google potions in WD-40 (oil on oil?), What is apparently similar to the lighter (the things your local cleaning is made) degreasing -effectively. Instead, I called my mother skepticism, whose advice it was corn starch include: Sprinkle, you wait 10 minutes, wipe with a dry cloth and repeat until the stain is gone. It worked pretty well, actually.

But it also made me realize I do not know how to sustainably for expensive clothes shopping I do not care. (I ethically to the cleaners for the reasons given above it.) No, I can quickly remove red wine a silk blouse or clean my new Ivory felt Fedora without deforming itself. Once, during a pair of cotton trousers color Céline-natural, I hit a bar anywhere. Instead of treating the stain, did not know how to do it effectively without resorting to cleaning, I professionally dyed a dark navy blue.

So I visited La Blanchisseuse opened flagship store in Soho to a conversation, as co-founder Lindsey Boyd and Gwen Whiting seminars will show this month to customers on how to store your favorite music from the holiday season in the disorder. Whiting waving to excuse my hand my apartment in New York is too small to clothes by hand I refuse my washing my dishes in the sink to wash mix. "We developed this company on the fifth floor without a lift, with clothes or not, so for us everything will be done," he said. Whiting says that their products work against brand foods that washing "reasonable time". "Silk, cashmere and wool," tides are not needed, are not suitable for dry cleaning, because everything is yet to be ruined by cleaning, "she said. So with the New Year's Eve around the corner, I asked Whiting and some fashion designers who in heavily specialized in fabric care, to give us their best advice and trade secrets on the environment in order to avoid even the traditions of Christmas Messier as Aunt Alice wine spill on the carpet, or Cousin Dan dripped his white shirt favorite sauce.

PROBLEM: does not leave folds of her silk petticoat.
SOLUTION: Samantha Margherita, a former designer at Pueblo Libre and co-founder of Space Day night, spends his days making digital printing of 100 percent silk. "That takes a lot of TLC delicate fiber to travel through the decades," he said. "An old textile teacher has taught me that the silk fibers have a crazy memory. Crumple example, if the wet silk and a ball to keep its shape and keep you always be wrinkles. So it is important -the rooms drain Gently towel after washing and hang to dry, so it holds its shape. "

PROBLEM: Your cashmere sweater looks like it is covered with small pompoms.
SOLUTION: Kelli Dugan, lead trader Ever Lane, proposes to remove pills using a disposable razor to cashmere sweaters. "Remember, do it gradually so as not to cause holes!"

PROBLEM: Your gown feels like it a little too hard the party.
SOLUTION: Ruyman Manuel Santos, head of the construction of the Reformation, a large (and environmentally friendly) way to odors from clothing without washing or dry cleaning is to remove them with vodka spray. "Mix the vodka and water in a spray bottle, mix a 60 // 40, and sprinkle generously in the garment," Santos said. "The toilet dry vodka kills bacteria and eliminates odors since it evaporates."

PROBLEM: Cut the tree with SAP in the left Stella McCartney.
SOLUTION: "We are trying to undermine the same way as chewing gum," says Gwen Whiting, co-founder of the laundress who recommended. Washing and stains Bar Wet Bar, keep a dry cloth, and the work of the SAP until "which brings together into a ball", so you can easy to remove, "he explains.

Problem: Your Ivory Fedora felt robbed in a pool of dirty water.
SOLUTION: milliner Gigi Burris insists not wet on the hat, which can distort the shape of the edge. Instead of the hat dry crust before covering hat baby powder. "Let stand for 30 minutes before the dust. He lifts stains and makes the room smell so fresh!"

PROBLEM: Your grandmother is to give a kiss, and plants of red lipstick on her silk blouse.
Solution: If you get lipstick on a silk blouse or a dress, is something Dugan, a piece of transparent tape over soft spot before quickly ripping everything. "I'm usually does the trick to remove as much of the stain," he said.

PROBLEM: My very sweet very loving aunt, simply rub its inception around the neck.
SOLUTION: For makeup mishaps, especially in cotton or silk, Whiting proposes eliminating as much as possible cleaning (very carefully) with a damp, lint-free cloth. Stain removal with stains Wash & Bar. Then, use a lint-free cloth moistened cleaning to remove the stain and moss.

PROBLEM: My little nephew put his dirty hands in their new Saint Laurent suede jacket.
Soution: Santos swears dry bread. "It's perfect for cleaning stains on suede," he said. "Take the crust and let the bread until it is dry and hard. Then rub the stain with stale bread disappear as rubber dirt and stains."

PROBLEM: Red wine spilled all over your table.
SOLUTION: Whiting recommends the use of ultra-resistant to all runners and napkins cloth: "You can get everything from the engine to withstand higher temperature and a more aggressive treatment, if the stain lipstick, chocolate, juice meat or wine."

PROBLEM: Your jeans feel cigarettes dinner last night.
SOLUTION: "We have instead wash in cold put our jeans," Santos said "reduces the amount of water and energy you use and keeps your jeans from fading and shrinkage .. Place your jeans folded in the freezer during the cooler night temperatures help kill bacteria and keep your cool jeans. Ensure time for "thawing", before going back to get them. "

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