Clothing Hacks That Changed Our Lives

It’s probably fair to say we’ve all done a Vivian in Pretty Woman, Sharpie-ing our scuffed leather shoes to make them last. We’ve also had other classic Julie Roberts movie moments, spilling drinks down our shirts à la Notting Hill and splitting seams like character Jules in My Best Friend’s Wedding. Life is plagued with endless opportunities to be a gooseberry, and its our poor clothes that suffer the most.

How to redeem our clumsy actions? These mind-blowing clothing hacks should do it.

1. Remove sweat stains by spray lemon juice onto the affected area and then put the piece of clothing in the wash.
2. De-pill your clothing with a razor and catch any leftovers with a strip of tape you’ve wrapped over itself.
3. Iron collars with a hair straightener.
4. Remove makeup stains around the neck by rubbing shaving cream over them and then popping them in the wash.
5. Stop zips from opening by reef knotting an elastic band through your the zip and looping the free end around your the garment’s button.
6. Buy trousers without trying them on: If you wrap the waistband around your neck and the side seams meet neatly the trousers will fit perfectly. The greater the overlap, the looser they’ll be, and vice versa; a gap between side seams (so you see your neck) means they’ll be too tight.
7. Remove static from woollen clothing by rubbing a small amount of moisturiser on it. Alternatively, freeze it for a few hours pre-wear.
8. Clean suede with stale bread crusts.
9. Shine patent leather with Windex.
10. Lubricate jammed zipper teeth with graphite pencils.
11. And our favourite: Remove red wine stains with white wine. True story.