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Finally got my first Jantzen

DocHolliday

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Originally Posted by Quirk
Does anyone here wash your shirts yourself, but send them to the drycleaner for ironing only? I'm wondering if that's a decent compromise that allows you to at least manage the care they're laundered with without spending all the time on ironing. I've been washing and ironing my own for a while now, but I'm starting to get lazier. Er, I mean, busier.
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My dry cleaner insists on washing before ironing. They don't want the hassle of having to spray down the shirt, I guess.
 

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I wash and iron all my own shirts. Not sure if I trust the $2.05 dry cleaners near my house.
 

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Originally Posted by Quirk
Does anyone here wash your shirts yourself, but send them to the drycleaner for ironing only?

Tried it once. They don't like it. And in the end, maybe I just found a good laundry, but there is no appreciable difference in wear or color retention between the shirts that I keep at home and the shirts that go to the laundry.
 

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Two points:

1. I generally send most of my Jantzen shirts to the drycleaner for laundering. There is no doubt in my mind that this drastically cuts down the life of the shirts.

2. Most of my Jantzen shirts seem unshrinkable.
 

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I also have sent all my Jantzens to the cleaners and have not noticed any shrinking.
 

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I've been doing my Jantzen shirts w/ cold water and hang dry and they haven't shrunk on me. Welcome to the club!
 

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Why wouldn't the cotton shrink? Does Jantzen prewashe its fabrics? Or is it that the shrinkage is minimal (1-2%)? I guess the consensus would then be to order true to size...
 

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Glad the quality is still top notch! I placed my order 1 month ago and the wait is killing me.
 

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Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman
The really amusing thing is that certain makers like T&A won't match patterns on a $300 shirt. It can't be that hard...
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Whereas I see your point price wise, I personally would rather pay a higher price for a shirt that fits perfectly and has no pattern matching then pay little for an ill fitting shirt with matching. I think Jantzen would be a great deal if you were able to get measured and fitted in person by Ricki, I feel the $300+ shirts have this factored in. I know this has been agued over and over again and am not trying to start anything new but just wanted to ad that pattern matching is not some peoples biggest concern but rather a properly fitted shirt. Also i believe in contributing to the local (U.S.A's) dying trade that is custom shirtmaking.
 

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just an observation: It seems that most clothes sold in Asia don't shrink in the wash
 

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Originally Posted by jamesbond
Whereas I see your point price wise, I personally would rather pay a higher price for a shirt that fits perfectly and has no pattern matching then pay little for an ill fitting shirt with matching. I think Jantzen would be a great deal if you were able to get measured and fitted in person by Ricki, I feel the $300+ shirts have this factored in. I know this has been agued over and over again and am not trying to start anything new but just wanted to ad that pattern matching is not some peoples biggest concern but rather a properly fitted shirt. Also i believe in contributing to the local (U.S.A's) dying trade that is custom shirtmaking.

Nothing in my previous post (#5 on this thread) is at odds with this. I think you are responding to an argument of your own invention.
 

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Originally Posted by larryr
Any pics?


Yes, here's me with my new Jantzen. You can critique the fit if you want (personally, I think the shoulders need to be lengthened by between .25 and .5 inch and it should be pretty good.

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All shirts made from sanforized cottons should have less then 3% shrinkage. Usually less. Just keep them away from the dryer.

It is the fuseing in the collars and cuffs that cause most of the shrinkage problems.
The commercial laundries don't stretch the collars and cuffs out before they are placed on the buck for pressing.

Allright odereater, tell me the truth. did you take your Jantzen measurements off of the shirt I made for you?

Carl
 

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Originally Posted by Shirtmaven

Allright odereater, tell me the truth. did you take your Jantzen measurements off of the shirt I made for you?

Carl


Carl, if you check out the "what are you wearing today" thread, you will see that the shirts you made for me get more wear than any of the other shirts I own.
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The rest of these shirts are just interesting little science experiments. When push comes to shove and the stakes are high, I reach for a Cego.

What can I say, variety is the spice of life (except with women - in that case, I'm a one woman man).
 

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