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Guide · Care

Care labels and symbols

The sewn-in label is the instruction. The FTC Care Labeling Rule is why it is there. Wash temperature stays on that label.

Folded bolts of cloth

Apparel sold in the United States must carry a permanent care label that gives a regular-care method. The Federal Trade Commission writes that rule for wearing apparel. Fiber names on the same garment belong to the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act. Read both. Do not wash from a blog diagram that disagrees with the label in the seam.

What the label is allowed to say

The Care Labeling Rule business guidance tells manufacturers to give a care method that will not harm the garment: wash or dry-clean, temperature band when it matters, and warnings when a usual method would damage the cloth. Symbols may appear with the words. If the words and the symbols disagree, follow the words on that label.

What we will not print

No house pictogram chart. No invented shrink percentage for Florida humidity. Storage of unused cloth is a different page: storing cloth and thread. Fiber on the bolt: choosing fabric.

Sources

Factual claims on this page follow these public guides. Open the live page, not a paraphrase.

  1. Care Labeling Rule · U.S. Federal Trade Commission
  2. Threading Your Way Through the Labeling Requirements Under the Textile and Wool Acts · U.S. Federal Trade Commission