8 Stand-Out Products To Make Your Wardrobe Staples Look & Feel Like New
There’s a fine line between hoarding rags and scraps that once resembled actual wardrobe items and refreshing beloved items which show signs of having been worn on several occasions (sometimes: worn to very ill-suited events or locations, often involving mud or beer or both, or: worn in the presence of paint-yielding, yogurt-spurting children, often: worn in Seattle, or London, or The Netherlands, or other countries where it commonly spits down with rain, etc), but which still show signs of life.
If rags and scraps are the things you’d only wear in your house or while in the presence of immediate family members, this latter category you might deem acceptable to don to brunch with your girlfriends. On the other hand, you wouldn’t even consider wearing them while you stood against a barricade, waving a neon posterboard in Matt Lauer’s face that read “I’m an NYC Virgin! TALK TO ME!” at the TODAY plaza.
It’s a very case by case basis, I find. Often times when working with clients, my job is Simply to respond with a string of “No’s” to their every various plea that the item in question might possibly be revived. And then there was the other day, when I eyed my client’s designer “white” handbag, died a lovely shade of blue thanks to denim transfer, and insisted that she give me ten minutes alone with the thing. When I emerged from the laundry room, bag as white as toilet paper, she was aghast, giddily clapped her hands and very possibly jumped not once but twice.
Use your judgement, but do err on the side of ruthlessness is what I mean.
If you deem your items in need of love but not beyond the point of no return, you’ll need supplies to get them shiny, new. Here’s a few:
1. Leather Rescue Moisturizes, Restores, and Protects – Natural, Non-Toxic, and pH-Balanced – Safe and Gentle
2. Wonder Lint Sweater & Fabric Shaver
3. Heavy Duty Water Repellent Spray
4. Shoeslulu Intensive Care Suede & Nubuck 4 Ways Leather Brush Cleaner
5. TightWipes Pre-Moistened Sneaker Cleaner Wipes
6. Pink Miracle Bottle – Shoe Cleaner
7. Boot Wax : All-Natural Leather Protectant by Otter Wax
8. The Laundress Cashmere Brush
p.s. Got any garment-refreshing tried and true tips or tricks to share? Hey, please do!
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on May 24, 2016 at 7:41 am
Annie, what was it that you used in your client’s denim dyed handbag? Leather Rescue?? I want to use it on the beige leather seats of my car where denim has transferred! Ugh! Thanks for the great post!
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on May 24, 2016 at 8:09 am
Yes, it was!! (I think sometimes it’s a matter of finding the best leather cleaner for the specific item to be treated– another great one: http://amzn.to/2460TFz ). Do a test patch DEFINITELY. Let me know if/what works for you! xx
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on May 24, 2016 at 9:12 am
Yes! My favorite pair of boots missed most of boot season due to an unfortunate mud puddle incident and my unknowing-ness of how to deal. Definitely worth a shot before I say goodbye forever.
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Definitely worth a shot!
Actually I sort of relish when I’ve already mentally accepted that things might be total goners, and then attempt to rescue them. Feels like a science experiment where, if it goes well, you get to revive something you’ve loved, and if it fails miserably and you further ruin the item, it’s even easier to let them go. You know?
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on May 24, 2016 at 3:15 pm
Annie ~ is that the sweater shaver you got at the Container Store a while back?… the one where you mentioned that the clerk told you people get one and then go back for more to gift? That line has stuck in my head for so long and I think of it every time I see a sad sweater.
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Such a good memory!! That was The Gleener https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/small-things-fuzz-lint-pill-remover/ which IS great. It happens to give great control that other motorized versions do not lack…that said, it’s also not the fastest. I’m currently test driving some other versions and will happily report back as to best options for battery-operated! xx
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Thanks Annie! When you do report back, can you please include those wood sweater shavers with what looks like wire mesh on the sides? (probably the equivalent of the stone age model). That’s what I have and maybe I need to upgrade!
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Annie, what was it that you used in your client’s denim dyed handbag? Leather Rescue?? I want to use it on the beige leather seats of my car where denim has transferred! Ugh! Thanks for the great post!
Yes, it was!! (I think sometimes it’s a matter of finding the best leather cleaner for the specific item to be treated– another great one: http://amzn.to/2460TFz ). Do a test patch DEFINITELY. Let me know if/what works for you! xx
Yes! My favorite pair of boots missed most of boot season due to an unfortunate mud puddle incident and my unknowing-ness of how to deal. Definitely worth a shot before I say goodbye forever.
Definitely worth a shot!
Actually I sort of relish when I’ve already mentally accepted that things might be total goners, and then attempt to rescue them. Feels like a science experiment where, if it goes well, you get to revive something you’ve loved, and if it fails miserably and you further ruin the item, it’s even easier to let them go. You know?
Annie ~ is that the sweater shaver you got at the Container Store a while back?… the one where you mentioned that the clerk told you people get one and then go back for more to gift? That line has stuck in my head for so long and I think of it every time I see a sad sweater.
Such a good memory!! That was The Gleener https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/small-things-fuzz-lint-pill-remover/ which IS great. It happens to give great control that other motorized versions do not lack…that said, it’s also not the fastest. I’m currently test driving some other versions and will happily report back as to best options for battery-operated! xx
Thanks Annie! When you do report back, can you please include those wood sweater shavers with what looks like wire mesh on the sides? (probably the equivalent of the stone age model). That’s what I have and maybe I need to upgrade!