The Wash Guide
Wash at 40°C, very mild40International
Wash at 40°C, very mildUS & Canada

Wash at 40°C, very mild

40°C maximum, with much reduced mechanical action.

Machine-washable wool, most often. GINETEX is unusually specific here: the drum should be no more than a third full.

Where it sits on the label

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

Washing comes first 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 tub