A system for treating textile articles, comprising; - a household appliance for treating textile articles according to a treatment program that can be selected among a plurality of available programs and a program selection unit for selecting an article treatment program among the plurality of available programs, characterized in that it comprises: - a portable apparatus comprising first means for analyzing at least one textile article; - portable equipment, separate from said portable apparatus and from said household appliance and in signal communication with said first means; - an assessment unit in signal communication with said portable equipment for determining the nature of said at least one textile article analyzed by said first means, - said first means being configured to: - generate an electromagnetic radiation and direct the electromagnetic radiation so generated toward the textile article to be analyzed, - receive the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the textile article to be analyzed and generate a first signal representative of the reflected electromagnetic radiation, - transmit the first signal to said portable equipment, - said portable equipment being configured to: - receive the first signal transmitted by said first means and transmit the first signal to the assessment unit, - said assessment unit being configured to: - receive and process the first signal to generate, in response to the first signal, a second signal representative of a treatment program of the household appliance, to be selected for the at least one textile article that has been analyzed, - said assessment unit comprising a sending element configured to transmit said second signal to the portable equipment, whereby the program selection unit of the household appliance is configured to receive said second signal from the portable equipment. - a household appliance for treating textile articles according to a treatment program that can be selected among a plurality of available programs and a program selection unit for selecting an article treatment program among the plurality of available programs, - a portable apparatus comprising first means for analyzing at least one textile article; - portable equipment, separate from said portable apparatus and from said household appliance and in signal communication with said first means; - an assessment unit in signal communication with said portable equipment for determining the nature of said at least one textile article analyzed by said first means, - said first means being configured to: - generate an electromagnetic radiation and direct the electromagnetic radiation so generated toward the textile article to be analyzed, - receive the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the textile article to be analyzed and generate a first signal representative of the reflected electromagnetic radiation, - transmit the first signal to said portable equipment, - generate an electromagnetic radiation and direct the electromagnetic radiation so generated toward the textile article to be analyzed, - receive the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the textile article to be analyzed and generate a first signal representative of the reflected electromagnetic radiation, - transmit the first signal to said portable equipment, - said portable equipment being configured to: - receive the first signal transmitted by said first means and transmit the first signal to the assessment unit, - receive the first signal transmitted by said first means and transmit the first signal to the assessment unit, - said assessment unit being configured to: - receive and process the first signal to generate, in response to the first signal, a second signal representative of a treatment program of the household appliance, to be selected for the at least one textile article that has been analyzed, - receive and process the first signal to generate, in response to the first signal, a second signal representative of a treatment program of the household appliance, to be selected for the at least one textile article that has been analyzed, - said assessment unit comprising a sending element configured to transmit said second signal to the portable equipment, whereby the program selection unit of the household appliance is configured to receive said second signal from the portable equipment.