Homies

Care Guide

How to care for luxury streetwear

Every HOMIES piece is cut from heavyweight combed cotton and finished with multi-colour screen prints. Treated right, it holds its shape, its depth of black and its print for years. Treated like fast fashion, it won't. This is how we care for ours in Kampala.

01 — Washing

Cold water, inside out, always

  • Turn the garment inside out before it touches water. This keeps the screen print off the drum and off other fabric.
  • Wash cold — 30°C or below. Heat is what makes heavyweight combed cotton shrink and what fades deep black into grey.
  • Use a mild liquid detergent. Powder granules sit in the print and sand it down over time; bleach and optical brighteners kill the black.
  • Wash with like colours only, on a gentle or hand-wash cycle, and never overload the drum — friction is what cracks prints.

02 — Drying

Never a tumble dryer

  • Line dry in the shade, inside out. Direct Kampala midday sun bleaches black cotton faster than anything in the wash.
  • Skip the tumble dryer entirely. Dryer heat is the single fastest way to shrink heavyweight cotton and crack a multi-colour print.
  • Hang tees flat over the line or dry them flat — a single hanger point stretches the shoulders on heavy fabric.
  • During the rainy season, dry indoors with airflow rather than leaving pieces damp; damp cotton in humid air picks up mildew smell within a day.

03 — Ironing & prints

Heat near the print, never on it

  • Iron inside out on low or medium. Never place a hot iron directly on a screen print — it melts and glazes the ink.
  • If you must press the front, use a cotton cloth between the iron and the garment and keep the steam moving.
  • Small cracks in a print are normal wear on heavyweight cotton — they spread only with heat and hard tumbling.

04 — Storing

Fold heavy, hang light

  • Fold heavyweight tees and hoodies. Hanging them for months pulls the neckline and drops the shoulders.
  • Store fully dry. Kampala humidity turns a slightly damp fold into mildew and permanent scent.
  • Keep pieces out of direct light in a ventilated wardrobe, with space between garments so cotton can breathe.
  • For long storage, add a silica sachet or cedar block — not mothballs, which stain and linger in cotton.

05 — Between wears

Wash less than you think

  • Heavyweight cotton does not need washing after every wear. Air it out overnight and re-wear; fewer washes means a longer life.
  • Spot-clean marks with cold water and a drop of mild detergent instead of running a full cycle.
  • Treat sweat and red-dust marks the same day — dried-in dust is abrasive and dulls the fabric surface.
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