The balmy days of summer can prove to be a real nightmare for our clothes, especially when it comes with the unwanted bonus of stubborn stains in the underarm areas of our favourite tees.

Add to this any penchant for self-tan application, and you’ve got yourself a recipe for disaster that seems beyond the help of countless laundry cycles.

The only resolution appearing to be bidding adieu to our once-cherished garments – but don’t rush to bin those tops just yet.

There’s apparently no need to…