If you regularly do your own laundry, you’ve probably seen those little pictogram symbols on your clothes’ tags hundreds, if not thousands, of times. You know what they are, but do you use them regularly? Do you know what they mean? Where did they come from? Translating your tags might seem more confusing than decoding Egyptian hieroglyphics, but with our help (and our handy cheat sheet) you’ll be able to follow the guidelines on your garments and keep them looking like new