The Original RainSkirt

Emergent Designs is happy to announce that 1% of our sales revenues will be donated to Project Laundry List. This group of dedicated citizens advocates for our right to dry clothing outside using nature’s free, safe, and effective nuclear power plant: the sun. Line drying not only preserves the life of clothing, it reduces the demand for domestic energy production which in turn decreases our demands on the natural world.

Grandmothers suddenly find themselves law-breakers because local covenants prohibit hanging clothes out to dry. Families move to a new neighborhood only to later find out their clothing care routine is illegal in their locale. In a time when the energy and financial crisis looms large throughout the world, we encourage people to take back the right to “hang out.” If you want to get involved, sign the petition to ask the US’ First Family to line dry in support of this common-sense initiative.

We dry our clothing outside, in part because we like saving money while saving natural resources, but also because we like the way it feels and smells when it comes off the drying rack. Some object to the stiffness of line-dried clothes, but we encourage them to try line-drying their clothing most of way, then finishing the clothes in the dryer. This saves energy, money, and results in clothing which feels like it was dried the entire time in a dryer.

If you don’t have a line, or a yard, consider buying an indoor/ outdoor rack. It’s perfect for year-round use, can be moved to partial shade if fading is a concern, and is great for those who live in an apartment.

Long live hanging out!