I still have a problem with my big and tall shirts - I have to hang-dry them to keep them from shrinking vertically when run through the dryer (due to my body type). This backs up what I've complained about for years :)
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#102It's pretty well known that tees made using 1920s-era loopwheeling machines don't suffer from size changes, and age really well. But sadly these are now super expensive, and only offered by Japanese niche brands who bought machinery from American corps.
>It's pretty well known that tees made using 1920s-era loopwheeling machines don't suffer from size changes, and age really well
Well don't I feel stupid, I didn't know this pretty well known thing. Thanks for the share. :)
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#103It's pretty well known that tees made using 1920s-era loopwheeling machines don't suffer from size changes, and age really well. But sadly these are now super expensive, and only offered by Japanese niche brands who bought machinery from American corps.
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#104I feel obliged to share a lifehack my mother taught me regarding the laundry. After removing the laundry, take your t-shirts and stretch them yourself, one by one, when they're still slightly wet. Grab them with two hands symmetrically, stretch horizontally, moving your hands down along the shirt. Do the same vertically, and with the sleeves. Do not use a machine dryer, just a regular standing dryer like [1]. Put you…
It's funny. As I was reading the entire post I kept thinking, "You know, these guys could have saved so much time by just asking a bunch of Moms."
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#105I'm the founder of threadbase. Thanks everyone for your kind words. I'd love to hear any comments or suggestions for what you'd like to see next or how we can improve the user experience. We're also looking for front-end/design help, as well as help with computer vision tech. Feel free to email me chris@threadbase.com.
You need kids! Well, at least kids sizes. I understand the desire for adults to have a shirt that fits, but I think that falls squarely in the bucket of "nice to have". As a parent of a child that doesn't fit any of the sizing charts, being able to predict what size of what brand will fit my kid would be a "must have"! Kids also tend to go through clothes a lot faster than adults, making the potential savings of gett…
Is it as important that kids clothing fits precisely though? I mean, evidently it is to you but I would I would have thought parents would be happy that the kids look decent enough. You even point out their rapid growth so it's not like they're going to be continuously wearing the perfect fit all the time. Buy slightly big and they grow in to it.
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#106I'm the founder of threadbase. Thanks everyone for your kind words. I'd love to hear any comments or suggestions for what you'd like to see next or how we can improve the user experience. We're also looking for front-end/design help, as well as help with computer vision tech. Feel free to email me chris@threadbase.com.
Yes: this is actually amazing, thank you. I'm 6.5" and way 175 pounds. No. Shirts. Ever. Fit. Me.
Well, at just above half a foot I think even kids sizes are out of your range.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
You need kids! Well, at least kids sizes. I understand the desire for adults to have a shirt that fits, but I think that falls squarely in the bucket of "nice to have". As a parent of a child that doesn't fit any of the sizing charts, being able to predict what size of what brand will fit my kid would be a "must have"! Kids also tend to go through clothes a lot faster than adults, making the potential savings of gett…
Is it as important that kids clothing fits precisely though? I mean, evidently it is to you but I would I would have thought parents would be happy that the kids look decent enough. You even point out their rapid growth so it's not like they're going to be continuously wearing the perfect fit all the time. Buy slightly big and they grow in to it.
Tell that to Instagram moms.
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Superdry is a British brand which produces rather nice shirts with Japanese print on them :)
Damn, it felt Japanese though :(
It's quite funny actually: "The Japanese text incorporated in the brand's logo—極度乾燥(しなさい) (kyokudo kansō (shinasai)?)—literally translates as "Maximum dry (please do)", the text in brackets being due to the translation software used offering alternatives depending on whether dry is intended as a noun (e.g., super dryness) or an imperative, (e.g., dry this shirt out)." [0]
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#109I feel obliged to share a lifehack my mother taught me regarding the laundry. After removing the laundry, take your t-shirts and stretch them yourself, one by one, when they're still slightly wet. Grab them with two hands symmetrically, stretch horizontally, moving your hands down along the shirt. Do the same vertically, and with the sleeves. Do not use a machine dryer, just a regular standing dryer like [1]. Put you…
> Do not use a machine dryer, just a regular standing dryer like.
How does this contraption dry clothes? Looks like someone tried to take a clothesline indoors.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
You need kids! Well, at least kids sizes. I understand the desire for adults to have a shirt that fits, but I think that falls squarely in the bucket of "nice to have". As a parent of a child that doesn't fit any of the sizing charts, being able to predict what size of what brand will fit my kid would be a "must have"! Kids also tend to go through clothes a lot faster than adults, making the potential savings of gett…
Is it as important that kids clothing fits precisely though? I mean, evidently it is to you but I would I would have thought parents would be happy that the kids look decent enough. You even point out their rapid growth so it's not like they're going to be continuously wearing the perfect fit all the time. Buy slightly big and they grow in to it.
Most important (for us, anyway) is t-shirt quality and softness. Like you said, we buy big and they grow into it and out of it but it's the quality that really matters. We buy mostly Hanna Andersson shirts for our boys. They're expensive but they still look good after two seasons of wear, which is remarkable for kids' clothing. Our younger boy wears many of the HA shirts and coats that his big brother once wore.