
Thoughtful ways to care for your clothes
Here at Braintree we're dedicated to crafting beautiful, quality pieces for you to treasure and wear time and time again. We've spent years developing our durable, easy-to-care-for fabrics to keep laundering as simple and kind to the environment as possible. So I thought I'd share some top tips for garment care, to help keep your clothes looking as good as the day you bought them.
Thoughtful Clothing Care Tips

Restoring whites
Brightening up your dull or discoloured whites needn't call for ecologically harmful bleach. For a more natural approach, simply follow these steps: 1. Mix one cup of lemon juice with a tub of warm water to create a powerful pre-wash soak. Leave laundry to soak for 30 to 60 minutes before washing as normal. 2. Add a quarter of a cup of baking soda to your rinsing cycle to safely lighten, soften and deoderise whites. 3. Sunlight is a chemical-free bleaching agent, which also helps to kill bacteria. Simply hang laundry outdoors in the sun to dry for whiter whites, with added freshness.Prolonging colour & print
Keep colours vivid and prints defined by taking a little extra care when laundering: 1. Soak new garments in one teaspoon of Espom salts dissolved in a tub of cool water to prevent colours from running in the first wash. 2. Turn garments inside out before laundering to reduce fading. 3. Always dry prints and darks inside out and in the shade to prevent the lightening effects of the sun.