Washing Clothes by a Mourner During the Thirty Days for Use After the Thirty Days
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Question
According to the Ashkenazi custom of not wearing laundered clothes during the thirty days, is it permissible for a mourner to wash clothes for use after the thirty days, or to have someone else wear them before he wears them within the thirty days?
Answer
Even according to the Ashkenazi custom, the prohibition is only on wearing laundered clothes, not on washing them.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 389, Se'if 7: "After seven days, it is permitted to iron, both for oneself and for others; they did not say thirty days for ironing, only for wearing." And even the Rema, who brought the custom of wearing laundered clothes during the thirty days, did not amend the words of the Shulchan Aruch regarding ironing, and certainly not regarding washing.