Does anyone have the All Saints Drina dress or cardy?

[cessie322]

I bought the dress in the sales. I had a look at the care instructions this evening and it says to dry clean only. It looks like it could be handwashed so I had a look on their website and it says handwash but then in the finer details it says to follow the tag instructions! So has anybody got one and have they washed it? It's going back if I can only dry clean it.

www.allsaints.com/women/dresses/allsaints-drina-dress/?colour=33&category=22

I have a couple of those and both have been slung into my washing machine on a daily cycle at 40. They both came out fine! I don't do unnecessary dry cleaning!

I find All Saints put dry clean only on most things when machine hand wash/delicate cycle is fine. As long as it doesn't contain leather or some plastic based fabric.

I wonder if they do it more to protect the construction of their stuff rather than the fabric content. Sometimes the quality doesn't really match the price, and the way they drape and sew stuff on the bias or at an angle can't make it very robust to lots of machine washing. Although I think that dress would be fine.

I think I would hand wash first then delicate cycle after that.

Thanks for the replies.

That's kind of what I thought but was getting a bit worried in case I destroyed it. I thought maybe the delicate cycle but maybe I should do a proper handwash as dotsanddashes says. I'm definitely not going to be dry cleaning, I made the mistake of buying another jumper that's dry clean only over Christmas and I don't think I'd risk it with that one.

I did email to ask them to clarify after I posted last night and they came back today to say it's dry clean only due to the construction of the garment. So you are right there dotsanddashes.

Mowglik, is it a Drina item you've washed or other All Saints stuff? I have to bring it back by Tuesday if I'm returning so need to decide soon!

I have some similar (not the same though!) items from AllSaints. My bf works in textiles and recommended hand washing (or hand wash cycle) and a slow spin. Done several times so far and no adverse effects.

Thanks catrin. Does he recommend normal washing powder or woolite/similar?

Cessie they were the drina cardigans not the dresses

Thanks mowglik. It's sounds like it will be ok. I'll decide over the weekend.

I forgot to say before that those net bags for delicates are great. I have a few and use one each for thin fabrics on a delicate/wool wash. At least then they are protected from snagging on other stuff, or catching on anything in the drum.

Also use a wool or delicates liquid.