T-Shirts Unravelled • Hacker News Board

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#41

Post by UnoriginalGuy » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:02 PM UTC

specialist wrote: post #40

This is a great resource, thank you. Being tall with a long torso, trial and error buying t-shirts has been torturous and expensive.

Ditto.

Then you finally find a shirt which is just the "right" length at the store, and three washes later and it is too short... But you cannot buy the next size up since you need more LENGTH not shoulder width.

Very few brands make t-shirts which are 2x-tall (as opposed to 2x-large, where both the length AND width increases). A medium-2xtall would be like the unicorn of t-shirts.

The sizes should be: S, M, L, 2x, 3x, etc & S-T, S-2xT, S-3xT, M-T, M-2xT, etc.

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#42

Post by sschueller » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:03 PM UTC

Very cool but please add a metric measurements option to your search.

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#43

Post by Rafert » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:06 PM UTC

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #41

specialist wrote: post #40

This is a great resource, thank you. Being tall with a long torso, trial and error buying t-shirts has been torturous and expensive.

Ditto. Then you finally find a shirt which is just the "right" length at the store, and three washes later and it is too short... But you cannot buy the next size up since you need more LENGTH not shoulder width. Very few brands make t-shirts which are 2x-tall (as opposed to 2x-large, where both the length AND width increases). A medium-2xtall would be like the unicorn of t-shirts. The sizes should be: S, M, L, 2x, 3…

There's a Dutch brand that specializes in extra long t-shirts: http://www.girav.com/ - they have Standard Long for men 1.75m (5.8 ft) to 1.85m (6 ft), Long Fit 1.85m (6 ft) / 1.90m (6.2 ft) or taller, and Extra Long Fit 2.00m (6.6 ft) and over.

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#44

Post by D3nver » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:15 PM UTC

carlob wrote: post #30

themartorana wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure this is a complaint worth worrying about if I'm them...

FWIW you personal website linked from your profile doesn't either: Fatal error: Namespace declaration statement has to be the very first statement in the script in /home/thebarproject/webapps/codecon_wp/wp-content/plugins/zencache/zencache.inc.php on line 13

Incredibly petty.

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#45

Post by samstave » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:15 PM UTC

>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?

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#46

Post by vanilla-almond » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:16 PM UTC

I don't have a dryer, but I've still had cotton shirts (not t-shirts) shrink in the washing machine. This usually happens the first time (or first few times) they are washed at the temperature recommended on the label: 40°C (104°F). However, at 30°C (86°F) I've never encountered any shrinkage. So this purely anecdotal experience makes me believe that the temperature of water can affect some cotton garments.

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#47

Post by _greim_ » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:22 PM UTC

Is there a "grain" to the fabric or something? Why not turn it 90deg and have the shirts increase in length and decrease in the chest instead? I'd prefer size to stay the same over time, but if I had to choose I think I'd rather have that.

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#48

Post by _greim_ » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:24 PM UTC

So is there no economic pressure to develop a fabric weave that's both efficient to manufacture and stable over time?

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#49

Post by xaybey » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:28 PM UTC

_greim_ wrote: post #47

Is there a "grain" to the fabric or something? Why not turn it 90deg and have the shirts increase in length and decrease in the chest instead? I'd prefer size to stay the same over time, but if I had to choose I think I'd rather have that.

Because the shirt would not stretch to your chest, making it hard to get on/off. Also it would look like a flaccid tube hanging off your body.

Re: T-Shirts Unravelled

#50

Post by clort » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 8:31 PM UTC

samstave wrote: post #45

> 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'm not sure that it would.. the next sentence says that the shirt expands when worn and 2x more in the chest than the length.. that says to me that its not the weave, its just being stretched more in the chest direction so the length never recovers from its shrinking which becomes cumulative.