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I have heavy cotton hakama and I contacted the place I bought them from and he told me that it was ok to put in the washer, just make sure it is on cold, set the dye first and not with anyting else.
I went to a laundramat and put the hakama in one of those front loading washers without the adjitators.
I just put it in folded with my gi. It worked great. When it came out I hung them up while we were finishing the rest of the laundry and when we were ready to go I folded the hakama up following the pleats.
Amazingly enough, the washer didn't destroy or take out the pleats. I folded them up in a lg black beach towel and brought them home.
After getting home, I opened them up but made sure that I pinched the pleats and kept them laying flat.
I just made sure that I flipped them over several times while they were drying to make sure that both sides were dry.

So far so good.

-Koori