

When did laundry reappear in your career? You studied fashion merchandising and worked in apparel in Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. My mom said if I wanted my clothes ironed just so, I would be the one doing it. When I got to high school, I got really concerned about how things were ironed.


If I wanted to wear something for a game on Friday night that I'd worn to school on Wednesday, I had to wash it myself. So when did you start actually doing laundry? Oh, my goodness! I was voted best dressed - in grade school and high school. When I was 3 years old Santa brought me a washing machine. My Uncle Kit's first wife took me to the laundromat where they had front loaders. My Uncle Quinn used to hold me up so I could look down into the washing machine while it was running. I had this incredible love for her and I came to associate that love with doing laundry.

One of my earliest memories is of handing her clothespins.
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At the time, our town didn't have a dry cleaner, so she figured out how to wash all the fine clothes she owned. She would travel to the nearest big town to shop. She was incredibly well-dressed and stylish and surprisingly modern. We talked to Richardson about washing wool suits, why he hates detergent pods and why laundry really is about love. It's a must-read for anyone who's up for a good story - and wants to get that mustard stain out of their favorite shirt. His surprisingly captivating book is part autobiography (complete with a cast of larger-than-life characters), part how-to.
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He's written a book, "Laundry Love," and has landed a Discovery + TV series, "The Laundry Guy," starting March 31. Now the Kentucky native (who got a toy washing machine when he was 3), is going national. Known locally as the Laundry Evangelist, he sells specialized laundry products (some of which bear his moniker) and holds intensive Laundry Camps at Mona Williams, his Mall of America store, which he hopes to resume after the pandemic. Paulite hasn't just embraced his obsession, he's turned it into a profession. A second pair in rotation is helpful on a lot of fronts.When most people have an unusual obsession, they try to deny it or, at the very least, hide it. If you wash your sheets once a week, that’s a little more than a year. Richardson says a quality pair of sheets should last at least 55 washes. He has one last piece of advice: “Don’t let them continue to tumble once they're dry-you’re not doing anything else but wearing them out.” Richardson even recreates the French flair at home by tossing in a couple of wool dryer balls-like Reviewed’s favorite from Budieggs-with a few drops of peppermint essential oil. There is one definitive best way to dry your sheets: “In Provence,” Richardson says, “they lay their sheets in the lavender fields.” Aside from the heavenly smell, sunshine is a natural disinfectant and doesn’t reach the high temperatures of an appliance.Ī plain-old clothesline will get you close, and, of course, a dryer still gets the job done. Wool dryer balls help tumble bed sheets-and, according to our lab tests, cut down on drying time. Plus, striking it from your shopping list will also save some money. You take both of those characteristics away with fabric softener and dryer sheets.” Beyond coating textiles, fabric softener also holds onto stains. “The reason sheets feel so good is because they’re breathable and they wick. Moving forward, measure your detergent, and for an extra boost, there’s your new friend oxygen bleach.Īs far as doing away with fabric softener, that goes for each and every time you wash your sheets. If you suspect this applies to you, Richardson suggests throwing your bedding into the washer-in his words, “not extra hot, not extra long,” and definitely no fabric softener-with the tiniest bit of detergent or laundry soap to clear the lingering product. When it comes to washing white sheets, Richardson says: "That's the biggest problem."Īnother reason your bedding may look dingy? Most people use too much laundry detergent, and it doesn’t completely rinse out of the fabric.
