Beware: Men's White Nordstrom Smartcare Dress Shirt

The Drycleaning & Laundry Institute issued a warning for this men’s Nordstrom Smartcare dress shirt.

The white buttons down the front of this men’s cotton dress shirt dress discolor during professional laundry and pressing. The written care label recommends washing in warm water, only use non-chlorine bleach, tumble dry low, warm iron. The care label also has corresponding International Code Symbols.

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Normal consumer garment care practices include taking men’s dress shirts to the cleaners for professional care. When this dress shirt is professional finished, the heat in pressing causes the white buttons to discolor to a yellow or tan cast. The discoloration of the buttons may occur in the first professional care process, or may be progressive over several professional cleaning and pressings.

As noted by DLI, there are many types of white buttons that can be used on men’s dress shirts that will not be adversely affected by professional cleaning and pressing over the entire life of the shirt.

Since this damage only develops on the buttons, the buttons can be easily replaced when discoloration occurs, which will return the shirt to a wearable condition.

DLI also pointed out that Nordstrom, Inc is not knowingly or continually producing defective goods.  While this shirt may be considered defective due to its inability to withstand normal consumer care procedures for men’s laundered shirts that does not mean any other garments from Nordstrom, Inc are defective.

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