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Sock sizes for women and how to read them
Short answer: Socks for women are usually given in size ranges such as 36-38, which correspond to shoe sizes, and tha...
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Bamboo sheets and what to know before your first set
Short answer: A bamboo sheet is usually viscose made from bamboo that feels smooth and soft and drapes calmly over th...
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How less clothing ends up in the bin
Short answer: Buy fewer and better garments, repair the small faults, and hand in the rest for collection instead of ...
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What happens to clothes you hand in
Short answer: Clothing is sorted along three routes: resale, recycling into new materials, and incineration. Your sor...
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Clearing out before a move
Short answer: A move is the best time to clear out, because everything goes into boxes anyway. What you cannot be bot...
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Clothes after a death
Short answer: There is no deadline for clothes after a death. Put them away in boxes and decide when you are ready, i...
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Inherited clothes and what to do with them
Short answer: Sort inherited clothes into three piles: what you want to wear, what others can use, and what only has ...
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How to sort before handing things in
Short answer: Sort into three piles: clothes someone else can use, clothes that can become something else, and clothe...
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How to hand things in to textile collection
Short answer: Wash everything, sort it into two bags by whether it can be used again, and hand it in dry in closed ba...
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What not to give in clothing
Short answer: Avoid anything tight for someone you do not know well, anything in a colour they do not own, and anythi...
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A gift still in use in two years
Short answer: Choose something used daily, that does not need an exact fit, and that will not go out of style. Sleepw...
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How to make exchanging easy
Short answer: Put the gift receipt in the package, leave the tags on, and keep the packaging. These three things turn...
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