quick american apparel question

[fadingblue]

I just have a quick question that i dont think would be answered as good if i put it in the small questions thread.

I came back from american apparel and i had never bough tshirts there except for 1 of the tri blends and my mom told me that american apparel shrinks a lot and not im a little scared since the fit is almost spot on.

If the i pull the hem completly down, it stops at about 22.5 centimeters below my belly button (or 11.5 bellow where i wear my pants). I can pinch about 2 centimeters on each side without the shirt pulling.

Should i size up or should i wash cold and hope it doesnt shrink.

by the way, i dont think not drying it in the dryer is an option cuz i dont do the laundry (except for my jeans) and the shirt is bound to end up on the dryer.

thank you in advance

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[lilodxd]

in my experiences, washing aa clothing does not shrink it, but using the dryer does.

simple solution: wash your own clothes.

[Mr Fingers]

Not what you want to hear but you probably want to cold wash and not machine dry. AA stuff shrinks in length and also stretches in width, leaving you with a much box-ier shirt than the one you bought. The last bunch of AA shirts I bought haven't seen a dryer and they are all holding up very well after a couple dozen washes.

Also, I think that as you size up the shirts gain more in width than in length.

[Guest Chocodove2]

Get the poly/cotton 50/50 blends instead of the jerseys. Far superior in so many ways.

[bkforever]

tri-blend won't shrink as much as any other shirt does. if you're really scared of shrinkage just cold wash and hang dry. safest way to go.

[evisu 2000]

none of my aa shirts (crew & v) have ever shrunk. or if they did, i didn't notice it!

[hakim]

I accidently dried on of my v's from AA and it shrunk a full size, so I rewashed and then stretched it out over a chair to dry and it fit like normal after that. But if your talking about the tri-blend they dont shrink in the dryer.

[kavorka]

any of those shirts with a significant amount of poly in them will shrink much less... hence the recommendations of 50/50 and tri blends. I find they shrink in length some, but not much elsewhere.

seriously though, do your own laundry

finally, it's much easier to just stretch the shirt a little before wearing it each time than to be stuck w a too big shirt... just my experience

[plongin]

the 50/50s and tri-blends shrink, but very very little. (im talking about a washing machine + dryer scenario). the other shirts shrink about to about one size smaller.

[M4TM]

my mom says to size up on AA.

[innA]

All my AA shirts shrink marginally on the first wash (in cold water).

[chadler]

Get the poly/cotton 50/50 blends instead of the jerseys. Far superior in so many ways.

am i mistaken or is the 50/50 shirt SO much more thin than the cotton jersey? i was comparing the white ones and the 50/50 was like see through

[fndmybetterhalf]

Get the poly/cotton 50/50 blends instead of the jerseys. Far superior in so many ways.

second this, polycotton blend shirts are cut a bit longer and dont shrink nearly as much after hot wash and dry

[jskidder]

the 50/50 and tri blends, as stated, shrink very minimally if at all. and they also don't stretch out much with wear either, so the way it fits in the store is pretty much how it will stay. its the 2001's you really have to watch out for shrinkage with. not so much in the chest, but the length will shrink a shit ton if you dry them on medium or higher. personally i go with the sheer jersey summer shirts from aa. they don't shrink nearly as bad as the 2001's and they are much softer and stretchier than any of their other offerings.