CLOTHING TAGS: did you know their meanings?

In this post I wanna talk about a really bad experience with my new dress. 

After wearing it for the first time, if thought that there wouldn't be any problem if I washed it in the washing machine. But I was wrong, because what I pulled out of the washing machine was a miniature of my dress. I just couldn't believe my eyes. It became so small that it wouldn't fit me anymore. 

I was really sad about my dress, not only because it was new, but also because I liked its color a lot. I immediately realized that something went wrong because of the settings I set for the washing machine. I only matched my dress color to the other clothes I was about to put to the washing machine and didn't think about it's composition. It was actually made of some kind of material, whose name I don't really know. I should have paid more attention to my dress' clothing tag. 

I looked back twice at the clothing tag, and actually didn't know how to translate those symbols in there.

So I did a little research about those symbols so I could give them a meaning. I know that a lot women don't know their meaning. I remember asking my mum sometimes and she didn't know the meaning of some of those symbols either.

Even if I found this funny clothing tag picture on the net, I'm sure not all of you know their meaning, right?

So, here are my little research results.

WASH
	Machine Wash, Normal	Garment may be laundered through the use of hottest available water, detergent or soap, agitation, and a machine designed for this purpose.
	Machine Wash, Cold	Initial water temperature should not exceed 30C or 65 to 85F.
	Machine Wash, Warm	Initial water temperature should not exceed 40C or 105F.
	Machine Wash, Hot	Initial water temperature should not exceed 50C or 120F.
	Machine Wash, Hot	Initial water temperature should not exceed 60C or 140F.
	Machine Wash, Hot	Initial water temperature should not exceed 70C or 160F.
	Machine Wash, Hot	Initial water temperature should not exceed 95C or 200F.
	Machine Wash, Permanent Press	Garment may be machine laundered only on the setting designed to preserve Permanent Press with cool down or cold rinse prior to reduced spin.
	Machine Wash, Gentle or Delicate	Garment may be machine laundered only on the setting designed for gentle agitation and/or reduced time for delicate items.
	Hand Wash	Garment may be laundered through the use of water, detergent or soap and gentle hand manipulation.
	Do Not Wash	Garment may not be safely laundered by any process. (ARE WE SERIOUS?!  How am I supposed not to wash my clothes?
BLEACH
	Bleach When Needed	Any commercially available bleach product may be used in the laundering process.
	Non-Chlorine Bleach When Needed	Only a non-chlorine, color-safe bleach may be used in the laundering process. Chlorine bleach may not be used.
	Do Not Bleach	No bleach product may be used. The garment is not colorfast or structurally able to withstand any bleach.
DRY
	Tumble Dry, Normal	A machine dryer may be regularly used at the hottest available temperature setting.
	Tumble Dry, Normal, Low Heat	A machine dryer may be regularly used at a maximum of Low Heat setting.
	Tumble Dry, Normal, Medium Heat	A machine dryer may be regularly used at a maximum of Medium Heat setting.
	Tumble Dry, Normal, High Heat	A machine dryer may be regularly used at a High Heat setting.
	Tumble Dry, Normal, No Heat	A machine dryer may be regularly used only at No Heat or Air Only setting.
	Tumble Dry, Permanent Press	A machine dryer may be regularly used only at the Permanent Press setting.
	Tumble Dry, Gentle	A machine dryer may be regularly used only at the Gentle setting.
	Do Not Tumble Dry	A machine dryer may not be used. Usually accompanied by an alternate drying method symbol.
	Do Not Dry	A machine dryer may not be used. Usually accompanied by an alternate drying method symbol.
	Line Dry	Hang damp garment from line or bar, in or out doors.
	Drip Dry	Hang dripping wet garment from line or bar, in or out doors, without hand shaping or smoothing.
	Dry Flat	Lay out horizontally for drying.
	Dry In Shade	Usually added to Line or Drip Dry. Dry away from direct sunlight.
WRING
	Do Not Wring	Do Not Wring.
IRON
	Iron, Any Temperature, Steam or Dry	Regular ironing may be needed and may be performed at any available temperature with or without steam is acceptable.
	Iron, Low	Regular ironing, steam or dry, may be performed at Low setting (110C, 230F) only.
	Iron, Medium	Regular ironing, steam or dry, may be performed at Medium setting (150C, 300F).
	Iron, High	Regular ironing, steam or dry, may be performed at High setting (200C, 290F).
	Do Not Steam	Steam ironing will harm garment, but regular dry ironing at indicated temperature setting is acceptable.
	Do Not Iron	Item may not be smoothed or finished with an iron.
DRYCLEAN
	Dryclean	Dry Clean, any solvent, any cycle any moisture, any heat.
	Dryclean, Any Solvent	Dry Clean, any solvent. Usually used with other restrictions on proper dry cleaning procedure.
	Dryclean, Petroleum Solvent Only	Dry Clean using only petroleum solvent. Usually used with other restrictions.
	Dryclean, Any Solvent Except Trichloroethylene	Any dry cleaning solvent other than trichloroethylene may be safely used.
	Dryclean, Short Cycle	May be used with A, P, or F solvent restriction.
	Dryclean, Reduced Moisture	May be used with A, P, or F solvent restriction.
	Dryclean, Low Heat	May be used with A, P, or F solvent restriction.
	Dryclean, No Steam	May be used with A, P, or F solvent restriction.
	Do Not Dryclean	Garment may not be commercially drycleaned.

I'm sure you didn't know all of them, right ? ;)
Which one you just learned, and which ones did you already know?
Let me know and see you to the next post !
Kisses