I really dislike the smell of dry cleaned clothes and have washed so many things, like keepingquiet, on a short gentle machine wash. OH had a toothpaste stain on a fairly new linen jacket - dry clean only of course. I washed it and it looks perfect. I thought the shoulder padding might contort, but luckily not. Has anyone noticed how expensive dry cleaning is now ? Like the cost of everything else, it is going through the roof.