The barong tagalog is the traditional formal men’s attire in the Philippines. The attire’s delicate-looking features belie the fact that the garment holds up quite well in very strenuous circumstances –which most barong wearers are quite familiar with. What the barong is not, however, is the fact that not knowing how to clean it properly can lead to damaging it. In the Philippines, most dry cleaning services are quite adept at cleaning barongs –which ironically don’t involve the typical dry cleaning processes. But if you’re outside of the Philippines and need to have the barong washed, what should you do?