STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

tennis balls WTF?

sage · Dooney & Bourke

I have heard of this before! Honestly. I think it is to even out the down so it doesn't get matted and clumpy. I could be way off here, but the whole tennis ball thing rings a bell with me.

luckylily · Gucci

Nope, I do that w/ my down vest. Actually, I dry it most of the way normal, then add a single tennis ball. It fluffs it up a bit and evens out the distribution of the down.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

wow! well, good to know!

Maddie · Coach

I usually dry it with an old shoe. As luckylily said, it fluffs it and distrubutes down. It's loud though.

twinkle · Coach

this made me laugh out loud & ppl in my office are staring at me like i'm crazy

. I had never heard of this either but glad to know its legit =)

FashionFreak · Kenneth Cole

When I wash my down pillows I usually dry them with a few tennis balls. That makes sense that a down jacket would need them.

katya · BCBG

I've also heard to do this if you're drying a bunch of towels or jeans. It distributes the heat better, and prevents your stuff from becoming one big, wet clump that's dry on the outside.

bex · Chanel

yup its true! i just had this discussion with my boyfriend b/c we were washing our down comforter and i said we needed to grab a couple of tennis balls to throw in while it was drying- he thought i was CRAZY until i explained why.

totally makes sense to do it with your down vest! trust us!

domkfox · BCBG

tennis balls totally work. i use them to dry my comforter. :)

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

Well, I will definitely try it then... but I bet I will get some strange looks when I put everything in the drier at my laundromat!