Inevitably, clothes will lose their colour and go out of shape with continued washing. However, you can make your clothes last longer by handwashing them. It takes about 5 minutes per garment and you'll find your clothes looking better and staying new for longer.
Handwashing is actually not as hard as most make it out to be. I handwash my t-shirts every day and it takes only a few minutes. I would recommend a liquid detergent (dissolves faster) and a fabric softener. Follow these steps.
1. Fill sink with water (preferrably cold) and add detergent (liquid detergent recommended over powdered detergent). Mix to ensure even spread of detergent and to get water soapy throughout.
2. Add your clothes. Wash similar coloured clothes together.
3. Kneed your clothing to get the soap through it. Be careful with fragile garments like wool/silk.
4. Unplug the sink. Fill the sink with water again and add the fabric softener. Kneed the clothing again.
5. Unplug the sink and fill the sink with water to rinse. Repeat this until the water runs clear.
6. Wring the clothing (again, be gentle with fragile clothes) and hang it up to dry (on heavier garments like jumpers lay them out flat to dry to avoid stretching). You can roll them up in a towel to absorb more moisture if you want them to dry quicker.
If you do this regular (rather than saving it until a huge load of washing builds up) it should take you at most 10-15 mins a day in exchange for your clothes lasting much longer and looking much better.
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