The seasons differ between the seasons of the year, especially summer and winter, among which you always need to store your clothes for the next season.
Adopting abayas with different fabrics requires many storage methods, especially heavy winter abayas, and for this we need to know how to store proper abayas to ensure their survival for the next season.
winter abayas
The first thing you have to do when storing abayas is to sort them and make sure that you save what you actually use. You have to follow some steps in storing them after that, the most important of which are:
1. Washing and ironing abayas. Stains and dirt in abayas become difficult to clean when used after leaving stains on them for a whole year.
2.Using cloth bags with wide pores, as it helps to save clothes while introducing appropriate ventilation for them.
3. Ensuring that there is no moisture in the place of storage, and it is preferable not to be stored in boxes, as it is easy for moisture to form in them, unlike wide tanks.
4. Separating the woolen clothes from the leather, as both of them need different packaging from the other, as well as separating the shoes from the silk gowns so as not to scatter the leather of the shoes if it is of a removable type.
summer abayas
It is much easier to store summer abayas than winter abayas, as they are light and easy to fold, and their fabrics are made of crepe, chiffon, cotton and linen, which only need to be folded and remain in the same basic shape without damage.
white abayas
Storing white abayas is one of the most difficult tasks in storing the abaya in general, because it is easy to change its color or acquire colors from other textiles next to it, and white abayas have become a widespread fashion in all its different forms, so it is indispensable to know how to preserve them between seasons.
Below are simple and easy steps to store white abayas
1. Be sure to wash it after the season ends with the same shades of “white/sugar/cream”
This is to ensure that it does not acquire another color during washing
2. Keep it in a clothes bag made of cotton to ensure its preservation
3.Keep it between colors with the same gradation, meaning not to put the white abaya with an abaya in a color other than the white gradations.
4.Keep it upside down to ensure its color is preserved for the longest time.
Evening and Occasion Abayas
Most of the occasions abayas contain different embroidery and some accessories or belts in silver or gold. Make sure to place these abayas upside down so that their embroidery is not damaged or is easily removed with any movement in your closet.
leather abaya
One of the most well-known fabrics that is quickly damaged is leather, and despite its elegance that gives your look modern and distinctive, important steps must be taken to preserve it from damage so that you can use it in the next season, including:
1. Clean the leather abaya well, preferably with steam cleaning, and then paint it with a very light layer of Vaseline.
2. Do not put all your leather abaya on the same hanger, in order to avoid peeling the skin from friction.
3. Choose a well-ventilated, cool and dry place as much as possible, and make sure that it is not exposed to direct sunlight or light, as light can change the color of the skin lighter.
4. Put the leather abaya upside down in your closet to make sure that there is no friction.
And because abayas are basic pieces that give you elegance and modesty at the same time, but they are among the most expensive pieces that you can wear, and therefore it is necessary to preserve them between seasons so that they do not get damaged and you have to buy new abayas every season.