Life Hack: How to prevent your clothes from shrinking when washing and drying

Plus how to bring your clothes back from the shrink

Avoid finding a shrunken item of clothing in your machine with these tips

Bar a red sock finding its way into your white wash, there are few things worse when you’re doing the laundry than picking up a piece of clothes after it’s been washed or dried and discovering it has shrunk. Whether it happens in the washing machine or while being dried, certain fabrics often do not come out in their original size. As we move into colder, wetter months you may be using appliances like a dryer more frequently and therefore run the risk of shrinking a wardrobe favourite. Here’s how to avoid ruining your clothes — and how you might be able to undo the shrinking if it’s too late and bring your clothes back from the shrink.

In the washing machine