Short Wool Coat

Wool Coats | Careful Cleaning

Wool Is Wool, but How It's Made Decides How It's Cleaned

Wool coats cover a wide range: from lined wool blazers, to unlined single-layer tweed coats, to double-faced wool, where both sides are finished as the outside. They look similar, but their inner construction is very different, and so is the treatment they can take.

The first thing we do at pickup is assess the construction, not just read the fabric label.

Felting Can't Be Reversed, and Every Decision Starts There

Wool fibers are covered with scales. When water, heat and agitation act together, the scales lock and tangle: hot water causes shrinking and stiffens the fibers, and vigorous tumbling tangles them. Once the fibers are matted, they can't be separated. It's an irreversible change in the fabric that no later treatment can undo.

So our rule is: better to skip a wash than take an irreversible risk.

How We Choose Between Dry Cleaning and Wet Cleaning

A P or F inside a circle on the care label stands for two dry-cleaning solvent systems. F is hydrocarbon solvent, which is gentler on the fiber structure and better preserves the material's strength and original feel.

• Wool coats with a lining and interlining → dry cleaning. Washing would make each layer shrink by a different amount, and the coat would lose its shape.
• Single-layer, unlined items labeled for wet cleaning (W) → after assessment, may be wet cleaned at low temperature, with agitation and temperature controlled throughout.
• Double-faced wool and hand-sewn items → always dry cleaned, without heavy pressing.

Dry Cleaning Isn't a Cure-All, and We'll Be Honest About That

Dry-cleaning solvents are non-polar. They work on oily soil, but the salt, urea and amino acids in sweat are water-soluble, and dry cleaning can't remove them. That's why a dry-cleaned wool coat can look clean, yet yellow spots appear inside the collar after a season in storage.

So if something needs extra attention, we don't rely on the dry-cleaning process alone. We'll ask you first, and then spot wash it with water.

Please Tell Us Before Sending

• Blends with specialty animal fibers such as cashmere, camel hair, alpaca or angora
• Double-faced wool (cleaned and pressed in a completely different way)
• Leather or suede panels and piping
• Special buttons (shell, wood or leather-covered)
• Areas with existing shine marks, moth damage or repairs
• Untreated salt, water or rain stains
• Any known past cleaning mishaps

About Pilling

Pilling can't be completely avoided on wool garments. It usually happens where surfaces rub together: the underarms, the sleeves and the middle of the body. We trim pills before finishing, but we can't promise they won't come back; that depends on how the coat is worn and what you wear underneath.

Storing It After Pickup

• Hang woven wool coats on shaped or thick hangers, not thin wire hangers. (Note: knit styles should be folded instead; see our Knit Cardigan notes.)
• Don't pack the closet too tightly; leave room for wrinkles to fall out naturally.
• After wearing, brush off surface dust with a soft clothes brush along the weave, so it doesn't set into stains later.
• Always clean before long-term storage to remove body oils and lower the risk of moth damage.
• If it gets wet, let it air dry naturally at room temperature in a well-ventilated spot, away from direct heat and sunlight.
• We recommend cleaning at the end of the season before storing, rather than at the start of the next one: the longer stains sit, the harder they are to remove.

Pricing

From NT$250 per item.

Add-on options:

• Express (within 3 days): +NT$200
• Extra cleaning for heavily soiled items: +NT$200

We check the item and confirm the quote before cleaning.

Payment: cash, bank transfer, LINE Pay or account credit.

Turnaround

Need it sooner? Express service (within 3 days) is available for +NT$200.

Pickup & Delivery

Door-to-door pickup & delivery covers all of Taoyuan City and Linkou District (New Taipei City). The rest of Taiwan is served by shipping.

At pickup we check and photograph every item, and each item gets a garment tag so you can track it.

Before You Send It

• Let us know about specialty fiber blends, double-faced wool, leather or suede trim, special buttons, existing damage, untreated stains or past cleaning mishaps (see the list above).
• If the coat is a knit style, see our Knit Cardigan item instead.

How to Book

Book via LINE (you can send photos first for a quote), or add this item to My List and check out on the website.