Q. Can one wash during the Nine Days a dress that is clean, just for the purpose of having it shrink so it will fit? It will be worn on Shabbos Chazon.

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that it is permitted in need, since the soaking of the dress in water is not for cleaning purposes and it is not defined as washing.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a