Think how soothing the quiet, repetitive folding of clean clothes is and how satisfying it is to the eye when they are placed neatly in the drawer, smelling of soap and fresh air. If you shift your perspective – and laundry methods – it becomes less stressful, more mindful. We need to stop seeing laundry as a tedious chore and see it as cathartic: think of the satisfaction of the washing blowing on the line or a neatly folded pile of sparkling whites. In fact, if you do your laundry right it will improve more than your whites – it’ll improve your life, the planet and possibly even your soul. His mission? To make laundry not just faster, cheaper and kinder to the environment but more fun, too. Patric has dedicated years to the study and conservation of textiles. A man so obsessed with laundry he received a child-size washing machine for his third birthday and learned to wash and dry his own clothes before he was ten. Step forward laundry guru Patric Richardson. Sort your bedlinen and towels from your delicates – and, voilà, into the machine they go with your detergent of choice, perhaps some fabric softener and a spritz of stain-removing spray. Patric continues his love of laundry and home in St Paul MN with his partner and a very well cared for Lime tree.You know how to do laundry, right? Divide between darks, whites and colours. Patric has been featured in both local and national media including Live with Kelly and Ryan, the Washington Post, Good Morning LA, the Wall Street Journal, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, The New York Times, WGN, Twin Cities Live, the Pioneer Press, GMA3, The Tamron Hall Show, and internationally with the BBC, The Globe and Mail and Die Welt. These camps sparked a revolution, prompting a book Laundry Love, now in its fourth printing and a television show, The Laundry Guy on HGTV and Discovery+. Patric started sharing his expertise at his much talked about, and often sold out, Laundry Camps, teaching people new and better ways to care for all of their apparel and home textiles. This publicity completely changed his direction into the world of laundry and clothing care. This curiosity only grew when the Twin Cities newspaper, the Star Tribune, featured Patric and his love of laundering everything, from cashmere sweaters to tailored suits at home. The store carried a small, but curated collection of fine laundry products, sparking the curiosity of the Minneapolis/St Paul community. Opening his designer vintage store, Mona Williams, in 2013 Patric embarked on the next step in his journey. Time in these legendary stores taught him 2 major lessons, that incredible clothes are fun, and that all clothing, regardless of price can be cared for at home. He studied Merchandising Apparel and Textiles at the University of Kentucky then left for an incredible career in luxury fashion at McAlpins, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. Voted best dressed in 8th grade and in high school, the path was set. As a child, he loved clothes, both wearing them and their care. When he was barely 3 years old, Santa brought him a toy washing machine, fueling a passion already inside him and presenting itself when he helped hang clothes on the clothesline or fold the sheets with his beloved Granny Dude. Before there was a TV show, and before there was a book, Patric Richardson loved laundry.
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