The Wash Guide
Dry in the shadeInternational
Dry in the shadeUS & Canada

Dry in the shade

Keep it out of direct sunlight while it dries.

Sunlight is a bleach. This is the instruction on anything dyed a strong colour, and on silk, which yellows.

Where it sits on the label

  1. Washing
  2. Bleaching
  3. Drying
  4. Ironing
  5. Professional care

Drying comes third of the five. A label is always written in this order and simply leaves out whatever does not apply, so a tag carrying only three symbols is not missing anything. The next shape along yours is the next of these its maker had something to say about.

The rest of the square