Clothing Care

On every clothing item you'll find details of the fabric and washing instructions. It's important to follow the washing recommendations to keep your clothes in 'tip-top' condition. The symbols you'll find on clothing are:

Hand wash only Hand wash only
Machine wash as cotton (maximum machine action) Machine wash as cotton (maximum machine action)
WWash as synthetics (medium machine action) Wash as synthetics (medium machine action)
Wash as wool (minimum machine action) Wash as wool (minimum machine action)
Dry clean in all solvents Dry clean in all solvents
Chlorine bleach may be used Chlorine bleach may be used
May be tumble dried (where dots appear 1 dot means low heat setting, 2 dots means high heat setting) May be tumble dried (where dots appear 1 dot ( • ) means low heat setting, 2 dots ( •• ) means high heat setting)
Dry clean in perchloroethylene solvent R113 white spirit and solvent R11 Dry clean in perchloroethylene solvent R113 white spirit and solvent R11
Warm iron (an iron with 1 dot means cool, an iron with 3 dots means hot) Warm iron (an iron with 1 dot ( • ) means cool, an iron with 3 dots ( ••• ) means hot)
A cross through any symbol means 'do not' A cross through any symbol means 'do not'

Nightwear

Keep Away From Fire & LOW FLAM logo One of the symbols alongside will appear on all the pages in our catalogue which feature nightwear. The green symbol indicates that the garment conforms to British Standard 5722 for low flammability, while the red symbol is a reminder that the garment must not be exposed to naked flame or fire.