Are you doing laundry all wrong? An expert guide to caring for your clothes

Warm water or cold? Softener or no? How much detergent should you use? Experts answer your biggest concernsFor years, I approached laundry much the same way criminals handle incriminating evidence: annihilate the offending material beyond recognition.Water temperature? Hot. Dryer temperature? Like the surface of the sun. The longer the clothes spent getting battered about in a drum, the better. No one ever taught me this sadistic technique. At some point in my youth, I thought, "hot=clean" and never looked back. If this method damaged my finery, I didn't notice - probably because my wardrobe consisted largely of ill-fitting fast-fashion garments that seemed to dissolve after three wears. Continue reading...