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Show Wash-and-wear fabrics really real-ly come into their own in summertime. sum-mertime. They also come in for some hard knocks from some home-makers home-makers who say these socalled "easy' care" fabrics don't always al-ways live up to their names. . Getting best results from wash-and-wear depends on two things, according to the Maytag May-tag Home Service department. First, buying the right kind of garment, and second, knowing how to care for it once you've got it. When it comes to buying wash-and-wear clothes, keep the following points in mind. The 1960 Textile Labeling Act requires that garment labels la-bels show generic names for the fabric type. Look for the names "acetate," "acrylic" and "polyester." Each is a type of synthetic. You'll get the maximum maxi-mum in wash-and-wear characteristics char-acteristics from a garment made of 100 per cent synthetic synthet-ic fabric. Alternative wash-and-wear choices are blends of at least 50 per cent synthetic synthet-ic fabric. |