I really admire your bravery. I have just sent four of my scarves (Le Chevaux Qataris, A propos de Bottes, Les Chats, Grand Apparat) and a gavroche (Vu du Carrosse de la Galère la Royale) to dry clean. I have already done it with two twillys and the results were good.
Scarves Cleaning and Caring for Hermès Scarves
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I will try the q tip trick. As for the blow drying, I will try that the next time I wash a scarf! THANKS!
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience hand washing the cashmere/silk Plume scarves. I'm thinking of purchasing one in the 140cm square size, but am a bit hesitant, as the fabric is very delicate (significantly more so the the traditional herringbone weave CSGMs), and I prefer to hand wash when needed.
I love with the colorway I saw, and it's so light and airy, I could definitely use it all year. As I don't like to send my scarves to the dry cleaner, I'm wondering how it would fare with gentle hand washing. I have great success washing all my Hermes scarves, of various sizes and materials, by hand, but don't own anything as delicate as the Plume.
Would love to hear any thoughts and experiences!
I love with the colorway I saw, and it's so light and airy, I could definitely use it all year. As I don't like to send my scarves to the dry cleaner, I'm wondering how it would fare with gentle hand washing. I have great success washing all my Hermes scarves, of various sizes and materials, by hand, but don't own anything as delicate as the Plume.
Would love to hear any thoughts and experiences!
This seems to have been posted and discussed years ago but thought it good to bring up again.
Hermes uses Tie Crafters in NYC to dry clean all their scarves. Despite the few people here who had less than positive experiences, I'm confident that Hermes would not continue to use them if they weren't anything than less than stellar.
Their website is tiecrafters.com and yes they do ship.
Hermes uses Tie Crafters in NYC to dry clean all their scarves. Despite the few people here who had less than positive experiences, I'm confident that Hermes would not continue to use them if they weren't anything than less than stellar.
Their website is tiecrafters.com and yes they do ship.
I was wondering how often people washed their scarves?
I have a few that I have worn A LOT but don't look dirty or have any marks. The thing that concerns me is that too much contact with the oils from my body, particularly sweat (from being around the back of my neck), could be bad for the scarf?
Does anyone have a protocol of washing a scarf after a certain amount of wears or every number of months/years? Would doing this help the silk or would it weaken the finer too much?
I have a few that I have worn A LOT but don't look dirty or have any marks. The thing that concerns me is that too much contact with the oils from my body, particularly sweat (from being around the back of my neck), could be bad for the scarf?
Does anyone have a protocol of washing a scarf after a certain amount of wears or every number of months/years? Would doing this help the silk or would it weaken the finer too much?
Hi cvw1004
Am so glad I saw your post on sending the scarf to Jeeves near St Paul and the results was good. I have been considering the whole night to dry clean or manually wash my ex libris en kimono 140. Now I think I will send it to Jeeves on Monday morning. My problem is scarf not smelling that nice after awhile - do u think dry cleaning will fix the problem?
Many thanks
flash
Hi Flash, sorry only just seen your Q. Dry cleaning will certainly get rid of smells. Usually though if mine are a bit niffy (food or perfume), I just hand wash them. I now use Stergene and a Dr Beckmans colour/dirt sheet. However, if you don't feel confident about hand washing, then dry cleaning is definately the way to go. HTH
I read this thread a couple of days ago because I have some twillies that had some stains on them, but I was still too scared to take the plunge and hand wash them. I finally decided to do it today and washed four twillies and two 90cm scarves. I used a method similar to the one posted by princessjaina except that I used Woolite and a Shout color catcher. I am happy to report that there was no damage to any of the items and the colors did not run at all. Since it was my first time hand washing Hermes scarves and twillies I was maybe a little too gentle in trying to work out the stains and as a result not all of them came out, but since the stains weren't that noticeable anyway I'm ok with that for now. The next time I wash them I'll pre-treat the stains and hopefully that will work, but the most important thing to me is that they're clean now and I can finally start wearing them! Thank you to everyone who posted their tips and tricks.
can anyone please recommend dry cleaner(s) within london, that they have used to send their hermes scarf too?
Silly question: hermes in london boutiques can they send the scarf to their 'sources' for cleaning? I've read through the thread but not reading if the service is offered in the UK.
Thank you
Silly question: hermes in london boutiques can they send the scarf to their 'sources' for cleaning? I've read through the thread but not reading if the service is offered in the UK.
Thank you
Hi everyone,
I haven't read every single posts in this thread, so pls do not mind if this question has already been answered. I wonder if mousseline scarves can be handwashed the same way that silk scarves can. I handwash my silk scarves & really want to do the same with my mousselines. TIA!
I haven't read every single posts in this thread, so pls do not mind if this question has already been answered. I wonder if mousseline scarves can be handwashed the same way that silk scarves can. I handwash my silk scarves & really want to do the same with my mousselines. TIA!
can anyone please recommend dry cleaner(s) within london, that they have used to send their hermes scarf too?
Thank you
Jeeves of Belgravia - I've already posted all about them so a search should pull up the info.
it is not recommended that u handwash the mousselines. I have heard from other scarf collectors that it changes the texture and I know of some people who consider it ruined after it went into contact with water and had to buy replacement of the same scarf.
Thx Seton, I shall remember to dryclean my mousselines. Fortunately, none is white based & I shouldn't worry about yellowing issues.
After an age of dithering I have now tried handwashing a couple of workhorse 90cm silk twills and it works! I used Stergene, followed the procedures carefully documented and photographed on this forum and now have two clean as I can make them scarves. I have to admit that one already had a couple of grubby marks on the design's white patches which I think had been pretty much sealed into the silk by dry cleaning but after the handwash all but one of those had gone and the big one was much reduced.
The process of hand washing really puts you in touch with the state of the scarf and seeing a scarf all wet can reveal some marks you didn't even know about! Because both scarves were workhorses and had been through many dry cleans already I gambled on it being safe to proceed without a colour catcher and I was right. Very little dye was released in the wash. Good rinsing is key and after a couple of hours rolled up in a big towel they were ready for a gentle iron. The result is a return to vibrant colours, a fabulous silky hand feel, a lack of chemical smells, the sense of a job well done and money saved.
Bless you all for the good advice here!
The process of hand washing really puts you in touch with the state of the scarf and seeing a scarf all wet can reveal some marks you didn't even know about! Because both scarves were workhorses and had been through many dry cleans already I gambled on it being safe to proceed without a colour catcher and I was right. Very little dye was released in the wash. Good rinsing is key and after a couple of hours rolled up in a big towel they were ready for a gentle iron. The result is a return to vibrant colours, a fabulous silky hand feel, a lack of chemical smells, the sense of a job well done and money saved.
Bless you all for the good advice here!