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Article: Fashion: Suits For Surviving Summer.(The Good Life)
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- Newsweek International
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- July 28, 2008
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Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi
For those truly pressed for time, there's now an easy way to wash a business suit without sending it out to the dry cleaners: just give it a shower and hang it up to dry. The Japanese suit maker Konaka is manufacturing a suit made with an innovative coating that allows it to be cleaned only with hot water. It's made of a special wool fabric developed in association with the Australian Wool Innovation Ltd. that dries overnight. Small holes at the bottom of the jacket help the water drain.aAnd it retains its ...