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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Wash & Wear with Caution



Not exactly what you'd expect on a clothing label, is it?

BUT this was the cautionary wording on a Lands' End sweater recently bought at a local thrift store; the label stated that was USA made

Here's the care label and the full text of that warning label, with the price solely for the purpose of a post — not costly, as you will see later.
It's certain that I won't be wearing this sweater near a flame/fire — who would anyway?

Maybe that's WHY it was on the sales rack — 49¢ was a very "HOT" bargain.

19 comments:

possum said...

Now THAT is scary! Not something to wear to a bonfire celebration or if you burn trash. Geez!

Latane Barton said...

That was the most interesting labels I have ever seen on a sweater or anything else, for that matter. Scary, scary.

Anvilcloud said...

Disclaimers/Warnings take on epic proportions in these litigious days.

MadSnapper said...

what a bargain, can't even buy a candy bar for that now... beware of flame

Out on the prairie said...

Ahh the funky from sweat shops

Anonymous said...

At least they are honest :-)

Have a great day!
Christer.

Montanagirl said...

Wow - That's kind of scary! No wonder nobody wanted to buy it!

jp@A Green Ridge said...

Leave it on the sale rack...that sounds a tad dangerous!!!...:)JP

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

Hi Folks, forgot to include in the original post that this Lands End sweater is a U.S. made product.

William Kendall said...

I haven't seen that in a label before!

Connie said...

Well gee, I've never seen that on a label before!

Wsprsweetly Of Cottages said...

Well..good for them for warning folks of the dangers. I am not fond of "intense" heat anyway. NICE sweater. One of my new favorite colors to wear! :) Such a deal, my friend!
Mona

Lois Evensen said...

Very unusual for sure!

Rebecca said...

This is a requirement for cotton fabric. It can catch fire. But polyester doesn't burn, so they use that for children's pajamas. Polyester does melt, though and can cause horrible burns, so I'll stick with cotton and stay away from open flames.

L. D. said...

My new bluejeans have a tag on them that has been in with the jeans in a die bath. I would have thought the material would be already the color before they sewed it.

Unknown said...

Well that is very different to me. Have never seen such a label but I would have spent the 49 cents immediately on it, take it home and run it through the washer...maybe you could Google Lands End and inquire.

(GBS) NewsFromTheHill said...

Yep, I always take extra caution when burning my sweaters. :)

Emma Springfield said...

Scares me a bit. The problem with so many things now is that if you avoid all the dangerous things you could not use anything at all.

Leonora said...

That looks like a good old cotton Land's End sweater all right. We've bought a few over the years and I should go back and check the labels- I've never seen anything like that!