How to Wash a dress for girls So It Can Serve for Many Occasions
When you buy a smart dress for girls for special occasions, you're probably thinking about the specific event where your daughter will wear it. However, this type of outfit isn't just for one-time use. You can use it multiple times in different styling – provided your child doesn't outgrow it in the meantime.
However, it sometimes happens that after just one wear, a dress for girls needs thorough cleaning. After all, children aren't little adults and often during celebrations they play, run, and dance without restraint. The effects of their activities are visible on their clothes.
So how do you clean an elegant dress for girls to effectively remove unwanted stains whilst maintaining the shape and form of the outfit? Read on!
Dry cleaning or home cleaning: what to choose for a dress for girls?
By taking a dress for girls to a professional dry cleaner, you can be certain that the specialists working there will match the washing method to the outfit. Thanks to this, you'll receive a perfectly cleaned dress for girls. It will be almost like new from the shop! So if you're worried that you might damage this type of clothing, dry cleaning is a good idea.
But how much do you have to pay for this? If you decide on dry cleaning, the price for cleaning a dress for girls starts from €15 upwards (depending on the city, amount of decorations on the outfit, and its style). Add to this travel costs and the time you need to dedicate to it. Also consider that you might only be able to collect the outfit after several days.
However, if dry cleaning costs are a bit too high for you or you don't have enough time to leave the dress for girls to be cleaned, try washing the garment yourself at home. How do you go about this? What cleaning products should you choose so as not to damage the outfit? Can you use the washing machine?
How to wash a dress for girls: here are some simple methods!
The simplest way to find out how to wash a dress for girls is to check the label sewn onto it. You'll find several symbols and information about what material it's made from there. These will tell you, amongst other things, at what temperature and with what chemical products you can effectively clean this garment.
But what should you do if you previously cut off and threw away the label from the dress for girls? Use the instructions below, which will help you properly wash the outfit!
How to wash a cotton dress for girls?
Cotton is a natural material. It's not difficult to keep it in good condition for a long time. What's more, cotton, thanks to its breathability, is the best choice for children. It doesn't irritate the skin and you can easily remove bacteria from it. Therefore, cotton dresses for girls can even be worn by babies.
If a dress for girls is one hundred percent cotton, you can wash it even at 95°C. In the case of coloured outfits, maintain the washing temperature at around 60°C.
However, you don't need to set such high temperatures – you'll also effectively wash cotton dresses for girls at standard 30–40°C. You can safely wash this fabric in the washing machine. What's more, this is one of the few materials that can be mechanically spun.
After washing a cotton dress for girls, you should dry it as quickly as possible. You can do this using a tumble dryer (though in this case there's a risk of the garment shrinking) or hang it on a classic drying rack (but don't put it in the sun, as the material might fade). This is very important because cotton that has lain damp and rolled up for a long time tends to rot.
How to wash tulle dresses for girls?
Tulle is a very light and delicate material. Thanks to it, smart dresses for girls take on a feminine and somewhat regal character. However, it's precisely because of this that you must exercise caution when washing such an outfit if you want to use it for other occasions.
Tulle dresses for girls are best washed by hand at low temperatures. It's important not to twist or wring out the washed garment, as this can cause stretching and deformation of the material. After washing, simply hang the outfit on a classic drying rack and leave it to dry completely.
Why isn't washing tulle dresses for girls in the machine recommended even on delicate programmes? Tulle is a fabric that many objects like to catch on, such as a button or fastener from another garment. This is a direct route to destroying your child's favourite outfit, and you certainly don't want that, do you?
If you want to iron a tulle dress for girls, do so at a low temperature. Also be very careful. To avoid ugly stains from an iron that's too hot, it's best to use steam ironing for this.
How to wash a lace dress for girls?
Lace is as beautiful as it is demanding fabric. Therefore, cleaning this type of dress for girls is quite a challenge. In the case of lace, choose hand washing in lukewarm water. Use soap flakes or special liquid for washing delicate fabrics as detergent.
As with tulle, don't scrub, squeeze, or wring out wet clothing. Otherwise, you'll damage the delicate lace elements. As a last resort, you can wash such a dress for girls in the washing machine, but in such cases choose the most delicate programme, without spinning and at a maximum temperature of 40°C.
How do you dry a lace dress for girls? Simply hang it up or lay it flat. This way you'll maintain the proper shape of the lace. When it comes to ironing such an outfit, protect it from too high a temperature using cotton fabric. You can also use a vertical steamer for ironing.
Summary: Taking care of dresses for girls for many occasions
Now you know how to care for an elegant dress for girls. So check our latest collection and choose the dress of your daughter's dreams!
Also, take a look at our other articles on similar topics:
- Quick Fixes for Smart Dresses for Girls
- Versatile Girls’ Dress Guide
- How to Remove Stains from Girls’ Dresses