Marks on product labels (eg circle, triangle on clothing tags) are very important to the customer. They carry information that helps to properly care for the purchased item. Read more about this below.
Tags on clothes - what is it?
Shopping for many people is a very exciting experience. Sometimes we do not pay attention to the tags on clothes at all. However, it is very important to understand the designation of a particular recommendation for caring for a thing. After all, sometimes it happens that, having washed our favorite blouse, we notice with horror that it has turned into a miniature rag or faded.
Therefore, when buying fashionable things, always pay attention to a special small label with symbols. It is sewn along the inner seam on the left side, slightly above the bottom of the product. It should be noted that if the thing is a short top, then the manufacturer attaches a tag under the chest. A miniskirt has this tag sewn on at the waist, a long dress has it under the label with a brand on the back or at knee level.
Why do we need signs on tagsclothes?
Special labels contain the following information:
- brief information about the manufacturer of the product;
- fabric composition;
- recommendations for washing, ironing and drying.
The better the item, the more detailed care information will be attached to it, since the manufacturer has invested a lot of work in its manufacture.
It is better not to buy clothes without special labels. After all, this indicates that it was made, most likely, at some underground factory from low-quality fabric.
Basic signs on clothing tags
The following icons are most often found on clothing tags:
- Water temperature when washing. A drawn basin with the specified temperature. If the dash is not shown below, then machine or hand washing is allowed. If there is one dash, you can wash things at minimum speed, two - the machine must be set to the "Wool" mode.
- Hand wash only. This recommendation is depicted as a hand in water.
- Drying in the washing machine. It is indicated by a circle in a square. If the circle contains one small dot, then it is necessary to dry the products at very low temperatures. When this figure is crossed out, then things are strictly forbidden to be dried in a typewriter. The two dots in the circle allow drying at high temperatures.
- Ironing options. Drawn iron with one, two or three dots. This means respectively: ironinga warm, hot, or very hot appliance.
- Dry cleaning. It is indicated by such a geometric figure as a circle. If it is not crossed out, this means that dry cleaning (that is, without water) with special solvents can be applied to the products. A circle with a cross indicates that there is no need for such dry cleaning, that is, you can safely use water and not worry that the product will lose its shape or color.
- Triangle on clothing tags. It carries information about bleaches.
Triangle on clothing tags what does it mean?
This geometric figure represents a separate group of signs that indicate the correct bleaching of things. So, the triangle on the clothes tag means that the products are allowed to be bleached by any special means.
If this figure contains several stripes, then this indicates that things can be bleached only with oxygen compounds.
Triangle on clothes tags with two letters of the Latin alphabet CL indicates that only chlorine bleaches are allowed.
But sometimes the above figure is crossed out on the tags. This means that the product must not be bleached.
Marking on the labels of things, sometimes imperceptible and very small, carries extremely important information about the rules for using the product.
