Super Soft T-Shirts

jgold47 · Apr 23, 2008

I am not sure if this belongs here or in the MC thread but - since I associate T-shirts w/denim....

anyways - I was at saks yesterday and they had these t-shirts with vintage sports logo's on them. super cool, but besides the point. These t-shirts were sooooo soft, and I have always wondered what was up with that. Is this a special fabric that they are using? Is there a way to replicate that easily without having to wash your favorite shirt 3000 times? I have tried to distress shirts before but with little luck (Hot water, dishwasher detergent, salt, etc...)

Any thoughts?

shellshock · Apr 23, 2008

i dunno dude. get an AA tri-blend tee. pretty soft.

Mauro · Apr 23, 2008

there are tons of great super soft tee's. Some are washed down cottons with emzyme treatments and others are micro modells and ploy blends.
Did you try retro sport or trunk LTD?
Try splendid or if you want a solid check out MJK and help out a forum guy. His fit is sweet and it washes nice. MJK is made from 100% bamboo.

kveldulv · Apr 23, 2008

Wont using a softener ruin the shirt though?

jgold47 · Apr 23, 2008

thanks - I wasnt so much intersted in buying shirts like this (althought I have heard AA's stuff is top notch and they supply a lot of companies with shirts), as much as I was interested in getting some of my existing t-shirts to come out like that.

robin · Apr 23, 2008

Splendid Mills makes the softest shirts that I've handled so far.

Hummingbird · Apr 23, 2008

Originally Posted by jgold47

thanks - I wasnt so much intersted in buying shirts like this (althought I have heard AA's stuff is top notch and they supply a lot of companies with shirts), as much as I was interested in getting some of my existing t-shirts to come out like that.

You won't get any old t-shirt to come out like that. Softness is tied to the type of cotton fiber used, and with a thick, cheap grade, you won't see softening at all.

somatoform · Apr 24, 2008

You can't go wrong with a BB401 AA 50/50 poly/cotton tee.

akaidiot · Apr 24, 2008

American Apparel's youtube video has a video on aging one of their shirts with oxyclean. I don't know if it's supposed to make it soft in addition to discoloring it, but that might be because this computer doesn't have found and I can't hear what the guy is saying. Might be worth checking out though:

converge · Apr 24, 2008

Alternative Apparel eco-heather

BrettChaotix · Apr 24, 2008

Originally Posted by jgold47

I am not sure if this belongs here or in the MC thread but - since I associate T-shirts w/denim....

anyways - I was at saks yesterday and they had these t-shirts with vintage sports logo's on them. super cool, but besides the point. These t-shirts were sooooo soft, and I have always wondered what was up with that. Is this a special fabric that they are using? Is there a way to replicate that easily without having to wash your favorite shirt 3000 times? I have tried to distress shirts before but with little luck (Hot water, dishwasher detergent, salt, etc...)

Any thoughts?

Mauro, the brand he's talking about is Retro Sport

I bought one of those shirts (Philly Flyers) for $40 at Saks D.C. last month. They are really soft but it's not an exclusive "expensive" fabric. I've bought tshirts from Target that were just as soft, and tshirts for W+H and Dior Homme that were not as soft.

I'll look at the label when I get home to see if there is any special comment about fabric but I think it's just a method of treating the cotton. If it was a terribly expensive process I wouldn't have been able to find one at Target for $12.

hermes · Apr 24, 2008

it may be a mercerized cotton but as stated above, it's the type of cotton and the manufacturing technique that usually determines this

gumercindo · Apr 24, 2008

Originally Posted by shellshock

i dunno dude. get an AA tri-blend tee. pretty soft.

+1 on this. I'd love to find a similar print shirt. The AA triblends are solid colored. Any ideas?

why · Apr 24, 2008

My favorite tees are from Burberry...they cost a lot, but they're really f'ing nice.

atroopan · Apr 28, 2008

Try either a smartwool or icebreaker t shirt in a plain colour. Merino is the **** and washes and drys real easy too for high usage in a rotation.

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