Very delicate pieces of clothing like silky or lace garments are typically labeled as dry clean only, but you may be able to get away with hand washing them. Sign up for Chip Chick’s newsletter ...

In response to a reader who has noticed more and more dry-clean-only labels on clothing, our critic explains why they are ...

Chances are, you have at least a few items in your closet that require dry cleaning. From a customer standpoint, dry cleaning is fairly simple — you just drop off dirty garments and then go back ...