| abstract |
A label assembly (11) and method of using the same to label articles durably, yet removably. In one embodiment, the label assembly is used to label fabric articles, such as clothing, and comprises (a) an image forming laminate (13) for forming an image on the fabric article, the image forming laminate comprising an ink layer (17), the ink layer (17) being bondable to the fabric article; and (b) an image removing laminate (14) for removing the image from the fabric article, the image removing laminate (14) comprising a remover layer (21), the remover layer (21), upon being activated by heat and/or light, being bondable to the ink layer (17) of the image forming laminate (13); (c) whereby, upon bonding of the image removing laminate (14) to the ink layer, the bonding between the image removing laminate (14) and the ink layer (17) is stronger than the bonding between the ink layer (17) and the fabric article. |