Expertise
Jersey care research, fabric behaviour after washing, care-label accuracy and editorial standards
Elliot ran the garment care counter of a Rotterdam sportswear repair shop for four years before joining the desk in 2021. He writes the care and washing guides, runs the five-wash cycle and keeps the label-accuracy log that flags shirts whose printed care instructions do not match how the fabric behaves.
- Care label accuracy
- Cotton and polyester blend behaviour
- Shrinkage after repeated washing
- Colour bleed and print cracking
- Wash temperature and dryer effects
Parcours
- 2012
- Counter assistant at a Rotterdam sportswear repair shop
- 2016
- Garment care and textile finishing certificate
- 2017
- Care counter supervisor, running repair and wash consultations
- 2021
- Co-founds the Kakobuy Jersey Room as Editor-in-Chief
- 2023
- Builds the five-wash cycle protocol now used on every jersey test
Références
- Garment Care and Textile Finishing Certificate
- Rotterdam Vocational Textile Institute 2016
- Consumer Editorial Standards Course
- Netherlands Press Foundation 2022
Comment je teste
Elliot sets the wash protocol: 30°C, low spin, low tumble, five cycles, measured after wash one and wash five. He photographs every care label before the first wash and checks the printed fibre content against the fabric's behaviour in the hand and on the scale. A label that contradicts the fabric costs a point in the final desk meeting.