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Old 01-27-2020, 09:47 AM
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Nope, not HD Tee shirts. Paid an arm and a leg for a shirt, wear it on vacation and it fits just fine, bring it home and wash it, and up with a damn $45 halter top. Fantastic.
 
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You should always wash new clothing before you wear it. It's just more sanitary. And if you wash it properly there shouldn't be much shrinkage. Sorry if this wasn't the sympathy you're looking for, it's just what I know to be true.
 

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.......or you just got fatter on vacation
 
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Yeah, I usually do, but needed an extra tee shirt for the trip.

Hey Dawg, I wear a medium! Lol no, no I don’t, but the darn thing still shouldn’t have shrunk.

OK, on to real problems, I’m done bitching.
 
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Nope, not HD Tee shirts. Paid an arm and a leg for a shirt, wear it on vacation and it fits just fine, bring it home and wash it, and up with a damn $45 halter top. Fantastic.

Now for the important question do you look good in a halter top, if so flaunt it if you got it. lol.



I am sorry, I had to do that, but in all seriousness I hate when that happens I have a couple shirts like that. One is from the Iron Horse in Daytona, I wear an XL so I look like Rosie O'Donel in a halter top if I wear that one. lol
 
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Old 01-27-2020, 10:14 AM
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man that pic is too funny^^^^ that was a great wake up pic..
ok my tees dont shrink.and i too will always wash it before i wear it no exceptions
 

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I've found that nothing is per-shrunk as the more years I wear a shirt or pants it seems the tighter they get. They must continue to shrink.

I buy all my t-shirts one size larger and in the pear shaped style, that seems to help.
 
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Maybe not.
 
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My daughter makes T-Shirt Quilts and she can probably tell you more horror stories about shrinking, mis-shapened, crocked designs and wrong-sized t-shirts than you'll ever want to hear.

Oh, and $45 for a halter top? Cheap - very very cheap. The less fabric the higher the price. Just saying...
 
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This is actually a bit of a relief for me. I bought a Harley shirt not seeing that it was a slim fit so I swapped it out for a bigger size and the shirt actually fit a tad big. Going to wash it and see if it shrinks it a bit.
 


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