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chaos_sl said:
The 15 dollar Croft and Barrow shirts I get from Kohls survive the wash just fine. Is this really a thing? These expensive shirts not surviving washes?
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Those shirts are cheap enough that honestly I don't worry about it. They were $9 on black friday so I bought a shitload. They look nice enough that I can wear them everyday to work, yet they're cheap enough that if they fall apart I can just buy more relatively cheaply. If I had expensive shirts I would probably dry clean (my work has a weekly service). Handwashing can work well too, because usually my shirts aren't really dirty unless I sweat a little.
 
Khane

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That's really all it comes down to. It's not that expensive shirts don't survive the wash, it's just that people tend to take better/more appropriate care of things that are more expensive because it's more than just a "who cares I'll just replace it if it gets worn out" kinda thing
 
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Pretty much all cotton clothing will eventually start to fall apart after numerous washes through the spin cycle. How many washes depends on the quality of the cotton, the quality/type of weave, and thread count. You don't have to take them to a dry cleaners, but a lot of people do(with respect to expensive shirts). Just make sure you trust the dry cleaner to not fuck up your shirt. A good cold water soak in the sink would do you just fine. Use a detergent like Woolite black to wash your shirts. And never throw them in the dryer as your shirt will shrink especially in the sleeves. If you have the room, spread them on the floor with the sleeves extended, the entire shirt wrapped between towels. Drying them with the sleeves extended out will help to prevent some of the shrinking, but cotton shirts will almost always shrink some after the first wash. Basically, the less agitation the better.

Anyways, you shouldn't really wash your shirts after each use unless you sweat like a pig or something.
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QFT. I wash my cotton shirts 2-3 times in cold and on gentle cycles. Once I know the material won't shrink more, I hand wash gently in a sink then tumble dry on low or no heat in the winter and dry outside in summer. Oh in regards to cotton, don't wash your jeans a lot either. I was them once a month inside out in cold water. There is no reason to wash every week or other week even with stains you can use warm water and soap to get most of the stains out without washing it and destroying the denim.
 
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Khane_sl said:
That's really all it comes down to. It's not that expensive shirts don't survive the wash, it's just that people tend to take better/more appropriate care of things that are more expensive because it's more than just a "who cares I'll just replace it if it gets worn out" kinda thing
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Ah, yeah, got it. I actually tend to take pretty good care of even my cheapo work shirts, but I never dry clean them because I regard that as some strange magic.

I was listening to a podcast the other day where he strongly recommended against dry cleaning for suits and sportcoats. He basically said steam it once a month and never dry clean unless you absolutely have to.
 
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I wash my dress shirts on the cold, delicate cycle and iron while still damp. No dryer. Once you learn how to properly iron a shirt and do it enough times it doesn't take much time at all to get a week's worth of shirts ironed. If you like a starch effect, don't actually use starch...get sizing spray. Better for the cloth and your iron.

Don't dry clean anything unless I absolutely have to. It's expensive and horrible for the cloth.
 
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For shirts that I'm concerned about shrinking, I'll throw them in the dryer with the other clothes, but pull them out after ~5 min and then hang up/layout. Removes wrinkles and lint, doesn't cause shrinkage. That said, I don't really have any singles items over ~$90.
 
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chaos_sl said:
Ah, yeah, got it. I actually tend to take pretty good care of even my cheapo work shirts, but I never dry clean them because I regard that as some strange magic.

I was listening to a podcast the other day where he strongly recommended against dry cleaning for suits and sportcoats. He basically said steam it once a month and never dry clean unless you absolutely have to.
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This goes for any article of clothing with the exception of underwear. Try to put off washing your clothes till you have to. Hell I have had a dress shirt for over two years that I have yet to wash. Granted I do not work where there is a dress code and only use it for interviews or special occasions. The shirt is clean and has no yellow stains. One of the perks of living in socal is the lack of humidity, extreme heat, or dust.
 
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How do you guys take care of sweaters? I never really wore them before but recently picked up a few nice merino v and crew necks from Brooks Brothers. The problem is after wearing a few times the fabric gets a little "stretched out". They don't need to be washed but they don't look as sharp as if they just came out of the dryer and I don't want to tumble dry them, even on low heat, too often because I'm afraid the material will start to ball up.
 
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What do the directions say about washing them? Are you wearing another shirt underneath them?

Normally for sweaters that can be washed, I turn them inside out, follow the washing directions, and disregard the drying directions. I lay out all my sweaters and dry them flat.

If they are dry clean only I will dry clean them once a year unless I get a stain or spill something on them.
 
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Will hand washing them with a bit of woolite and then flat drying them cause them to regain their original shape? That's really what I'm looking for.
 
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Wool sweaters I dry clean. Once a year is fine since you only wear them for a few months. As for not washing your clothes for a long ass time, IMO that's bad advice. Wash your clothes, but be smart about it. If you are that worried about ruining a $100 shirt by cleaning it, go buy two $50 ones IMO. I've washed several $200-300 shirts and dry cleaned them several times a year, and they are still great. As long as you follow instructions and KISS it you will be fine.
 
Khane

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You only need to wash a shirt when it's soiled or smells. If there is no reason to wash it why would you? Just to say "Hey I washed this"?
 
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Another advantage of wearing an undershirt. You rarely, if ever, need to wash your sweaters and shirts.
 
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Are there any stores similiar to Nordstroms or Neiman Marcus in Canada? Nordstrom has some stores opening in 2014 here, but i can't google fu anything similiar thats already here.
 
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