Up to five key symbols are printed on the label of every piece of clothing, but most people haven't the faintest clue what many of them mean. They could even be exposing their favourite outfits to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The laundry directions on your clothing tags can be confusing if you don't know what the symbols mean. Here's a comprehensive guide to keeping your clothes in tip ...

That goes double when it’s one of the many laundry symbols found on the care label of your clothes. What are all those ...

Other symbols on your clothing label are just as important. For instance, an X over the washtub means don’t wash the item in a machine. The hand symbol inside the washtub means hand wash only.

Washing labels aren't always the most straightforward to read, and if you don't know what they mean you could end up ruining your clothes. Thankfully the symbols they use are (mostly) universal, so ...