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Don’t do the white thing: washing your clothes a lot is bad for the planet
All the cool people are going dirty, and here's how you can do it too without stinking out your office
It might come as a surprise to many that Stella McCartney, the fashion designer who dresses many of the world’s most stylish women, who cuts a very polished figure herself, doesn’t like to wash her clothes.
“In life, rule of thumb: if you don’t absolutely have to clean anything, don’t clean it,” she said in an interview at the weekend.
“I don’t just chuck stuff into a washing machine because it’s been worn ... I’m not a fan of dry cleaning or any cleaning, really.”..
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