Care
Washing instructions
Treat the length as cloth you will keep. Pakistani sun, hard water, and a rushed dhobi are harder on colour than a quiet wash at home.
Before the first wash
Keep the length unstitched until you are ready. Shake out packing dust. If you must store it, fold loosely in shade — not in a plastic bag in heat. Wash before a heavy starch if your karigar asks for it; some pieces prefer a rinse after stitching. Ask your tailor; we will not override that conversation.
Black
Wash with other darks. Cold water. Mild detergent. No bleach. Turn the finished kameez inside out. Hang in shade. The first few cycles may leave a little colour in the water — that is normal; it is not the cloth emptying itself.
White
Give white its own first few washes. Do not throw it in with new black or maroon. Mild detergent. No bleach unless the cloth is already a workhorse and you accept the risk. Iron while slightly damp if you want a crisp fall.
Wash and wear
Machine wash cold is fine. Short cycle. Low iron. Do not soak in bleach. This is the weekday cloth — it forgives a machine if the water stays cold.
Lawn
Gentle cycle or hand wash. Hang in shade — Karachi and Lahore sun will fade a summer colour faster than the wash itself. Do not wring hard. Low iron on the reverse.
Boski
Dry clean is kinder. If you wash at home: very quiet hand wash, cold, no wringing, no machine spin. Steam rather than a heavy iron. Do not crush it in a damp pile.
Karandi
Gentle cycle or dry clean. Do not wring. Lay flat or hang so the weave does not twist. Winter cloth wants patience, not a hot dryer.
What we do not cover
Colour run from mixing darks and whites, sun-bleach from a rooftop line, or a dhobi’s hard wring are wear, not a defect in the length we sent. If a piece arrives already stained or torn, that is a delivery issue — see returns.