Intimo Moda Corinne distributes only apparel of the best International brands and of the highest quality. An appropriate treatment will be useful to extend the life of your favourite garments and always keep them as beautiful as just purchased. On this page you will find some suggestions and tips on washing, ironing and maintenance of your underwear. Helpful and effective suggestions especially for delicate garments such as underwear and lingerie endowed with lace.

. Treat your garment with care.
. Follow scrupulously the indications attached to the garment . (See the meaning of the symbols at the bottom of the page).
. In full respect of the environment, it's good not to exceed in using detergents, this way also rinsing becomes even easier.
. Do not use chlorine or bleach.
. Use fabric softener in small quantities.
. Dissolve the detergent in cold water.
. If machine wash (considered much more delicate than hand wash) is allowed, it is preferable to choose a short cycle, low-speed centrifugation and possibly reduced.
. Do not overload the washing machine, nor put only few items in the drum (1 volume of laundry for 2 volumes of liquid cleaner).
. Separate white garments from the coloured ones.
. Proceed soaking before washing to soften the stains.
. Remove stains before washing.
. Avoid washing products which have hooks or zips along with others.
. Do not dry the garment to direct sunlight or in contact with heat sources.
.It is not advisable using the dryers, if it is inevitable, then choose moderate temperatures.
. Bleach with prudence: dab just for a moment and then rinse thoroughly. If some stains remain and the garment is white, you can pass on it a cloth soaked in 3 parts of water and 1 of bleach very well wet, dabbing for 5 minutes at most. After that, repeat washing straight away.

COTTON: It is necessary to consider the possibility that pure cotton garments can normally undergo a significant shrinkage or shortening after first washings.
. Cloths which are resistant, strong and in a light colour, can be washed at 60°, whereas for the thinner ones, it will be better not to exceed 40°.

DELICATE GARMENTS: For underwear or other garments with lace, spin cycle is to be excluded.
. Do not wring, but wrap in a towel and gently dab the excess water.
. Leave them to air dry and leave them drip as much as possible (1 hour at most).
. It is advisable to put garments with fringes into a pillowcase or something similar to avoid that these can get twisted.

LINEN: Never bleach linen garments because otherwise they turn yellow or still worse, can be ruined, it is preferable a washing at high temperatures.

COTTON TERRY CLOTH: These items can produce a normal fluff or dust after first washings; in this case it is useful shaking the item when it is dry. This peculiarity attests the absolute naturalness of the fiber used and the richness of the textile.
. Wash the items before using them.

COLOURED GARMENTS: To keep unaltered, over the time, the colours of printed and coloured garments, it is advisable to wash them at 30°/40°.

. A proper hand-wash or by washing machine with reduced spin cycle, is a good premise for easy ironing.
. All garments must be ironed inside out, so that the fabric does not become shiny.
. For a perfect ironing it's helpful that garments are at least damp. It's also advisable to use steam.

LINEN: Linen, linen blend and organdis must be ironed very wet, with very hot iron to get good results.

COTTON TERRY: It must never be ironed.

HONEYCOMB TEXTILE: It must be ironed very carefully and with utmost attention so that it may regain the correct size.

TABLECLOTHS: They must be ironed extended and open, without folding them until they are completely dry. This way, steam will not be necessary. A bit of spray starch may help at the end.

Organization and arrangement of the linen are not less important than washing or ironing, especially in order not to make useless the work already done! It would be a good solution to divide the spaces intended for the storage of your linen, distinguishing among the underwear, the linen for bed, for table, bath and kitchen, to make easier the research. It's also advisable to separate the items more frequently used from those which are intended to special occasions. To protect from dust and yellowing the items used less frequently, it may be useful to wrap them in tissue paper or still better put them in a bag of linen or cotton, because that allows a better breathability. If you like, closets for linen and shelves can be re-covered with paper, better if washable, so that cleaning may be easier. It would be better to fix this cover, which can also be of cloth, to the shelf and closet, in order to extract the linens more easily If you wish, it may be a good idea perfuming the spaces dedicated to household linen. Obviously the perfume can't directly be utilized, because it might stain the linen stored Much better using sachets containing pout pourri of dried flowers, spices and herbs, or scented wood or even air-freshener for small environments. Lavender, chamomile and rose are the most suitable for underwear, for bed and bath linen, but for the table linen, it would be preferable a mixture of citrus or cinnamon.