kapusta, yossi, this is what happened. I tried kapusta’s idea (which was really funny since normally, I give my ‘dirty’ work to cleaning lady/my mother. This time, I was really embarrassed and I didn’t want anyone to know so I had to figure out how to do it myself. That’s what’s great about the CR!) Anyways, so here I was trying to do something I had no clue how to do, I was sure something would go terribly wrong and I’d have to call my mother. Help! Thank goodness, I think I got it right. I soaked the garment in tons of good smelling detergent plus color safe bleach overnight. Then I put it in the washing machine with the next dark load. Dont ask, I felt like I was in the olden days, doing laundry by hand. Whatever. It was a real experience! It came out smelling SUPER good. BUT, the fish smell is still slightly there. It doesn’t smell “bad” (the fishy part) so, I’ll have to see what I’ll do, like if other people will smell it when I wear the garment.
JF, its not dry cleanable. Can you imagine? Most things are these days. I wouldn’t have gone through all this trouble if it was!
Thanks all for your help!