{"id":3666,"date":"2023-10-04T09:44:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T09:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jerseylomellina.com\/how-to-read-clothing-labels\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T10:08:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T10:08:03","slug":"how-to-read-fabrics-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lomellina.logicworks.it\/en\/how-to-read-fabrics-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read fabrics labels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A useful guide to clothes tags washing symbols and fabric labels: how to read them and why it’s so important! <\/p>\n\n\n

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Fabric labels are their ID<\/strong>. Short guidelines designed to help us to understand what we are wearing and how to take care of our clothes to make them last longer.<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Maintenance instructions are represented by means of international symbols displayed on fabric labels<\/strong>, so that they can be understood by everybody, regardless the language.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Italy, fabric care labels<\/strong> were first introduced on January 1st, 1984<\/strong> and they showed a mixed languages of symbols and simple writings; on 1st July 1997 only the Ginetex graphic symbols<\/strong> remained, being standardized through the <\/span>UNI EN 23758\/94<\/strong> standard <\/span>(official version of the EU EN 23758\/93 deriving from ISO 3758\/9).<\/span><\/p>\n

How shall we read labels?<\/strong> There are two types of relevant data which are worth paying attention to. The first provides specific information about the manufacturer\u2019s brand, the production location, and the percentage of the fibers used for the production of the fabric. The second provide instructions about how to wash, dry and iron the fabric.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, let\u2019s find out how to read labels<\/strong>, explaining, one by one, the meaning of each symbol.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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By learning most<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>symbols<\/strong>\u00a0here above, washing your garments and maintaining the quality of colors over time will be as easy as pie.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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Clothes washing symbols: the meaning of symbols found onto fabric labels.<\/h4>\n \n
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Garments labels<\/strong> are usually found on the left side of garments and are made of more than one layer. How can we read clothes washing symbols<\/strong> on fabric tags? <\/span>
\n<\/span>It is worth knowing that there is a specific icon and several symbols for each procedure \u2013 <\/span>washing, drying and ironing<\/span><\/i> \u2013 providing detailed instructions. Thus, what we have is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n