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I'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.
I'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.
Good stuff. I'm interested to see data on other cotton garments, particularly buttondown shirts. Cotton is just a lousy fiber. On the other hand, wool is a strong and resilient fiber. It also never needs to be washed provided it isn't stained. My wife knit a wool sweater for a close friend of mine who spent 6 months as a bosun on the tallship the Lady Washington (the Interceptor in the Pirates of the Caribbean). Fres…
You're mixing things up. Cotton is stronger than wool, cotton shirts last many years longer than wool shirts. It's less noticeable with sweaters simply because their fabric is thicker.
On the other hand, wool can be more comfortable to wear because it retains more heat and absorbs moisture better.
> What surprised us was that over the course of many wash cycles, the chest and waist will drift wider and the length will drift shorter. What if the fabric was rotated 90 degrees upon manufacture, wouldn't this eliminate this problem? The shrink pattern is related to the orientation of the thread build of the fabric used is it not?
I 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.
On a less sarcastic note: Water has no problem evaporating at room temperature. A batch of clothes is usually dry overnight. In fact you can even dry stuff at below-zero temperatures through sublimation.
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Most 45 year olds would not give a flying duck to what 25 year olds year.
Oh I assure you, mid life crises are a thing.
I don't see many 45yo people wearing 20yo clothing -- there are some of course, but not that many to be a "phenomenon" one would notice.
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That piqued my interest. Do you know the name of any of the Japanese niche brands?
The Real McCoys, The Strike Gold, Studio D'Artisan. Here's a good introduction on loopwheeled shirts from Japanese repro brands. http://www.heddels.com/2014/03/an-introduction-to-loopwheele...
They're £58.33 plus £10.00 shipping which converts to roughly $100 US. I'm not that frugal, but Jesus this shirt better be tip top quality and last longer than 6 months for $100.
I'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.
This is very cool. Hopefully, you can do this for jeans as well. It would also be handy if the user could select the region they are buying from. PS. Could you include "stretch" t-shirts, like this one (just an example): > http://www.iwantpants.com/polo-ralph-lauren-stretch-cotton-w...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2459720/Tommy-Hilf...
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I remember visiting a Japanese clothes shop here in Dubai and I noticed their shirts were quite different in texture than anything else I'd seen. It was expensive too. I think it's called Superdry? Could that be one of the niche brands you're talking about or are they just using a unique blend of textiles? In any case, it's quite fascinating how sometimes old tech is simply better than what we have today.
Hah, Superdry is overpriced rubbish bought by 45-year-olds who can afford it because they think that's what 25-year-olds wear.