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[RSN125]

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[binge]

I dunno about specific numbers, but yours sound reasonable to me.

 

[gdl203]

How do you even know that? Do you keep track?

 

[Lothar]

Depends on how often you wash them and how you wash them....do you get them dry cleaned?

 

[RSN125]

Originally Posted by gdl203

How do you even know that? Do you keep track?

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[gdl203]

You get your shirts dry-cleaned?

 

[brittain]

you're not also dry cleaning your suit after every wear, are you?

 

[sho'nuff]

if it's a quality suit and you dont dry clean it often (let say once every 20-30 wears) you can practically keep it for half a life.

how i know this? well, my father has several suits he wears very often that go way back to the late 80s, and they arent big name suits. just average run of the mill kinds. dry cleans them twice a year and he has them still and they are in excellent shape. no threads missing, no lining coming undone. just the usual dry cleaning effect on the wool. that is all.

 

[RSN125]

Originally Posted by gdl203

You get your shirts dry-cleaned?

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[The Louche]

Originally Posted by sho'nuff

if it's a quality suit and you dont dry clean it often (let say once every 20-30 wears) you can practically keep it for half a life.

how i know this? well, my father has several suits he wears very often that go way back to the late 80s, and they arent big name suits. just average run of the mill kinds. dry cleans them twice a year and he has them still and they are in excellent shape. no threads missing, no lining coming undone. just the usual dry cleaning effect on the wool. that is all.

So you are saying that the wool is shiny, though? Do you still wear suits that have developed shine? I grapple with this often...

 

[TheFoo]

My oxford shirts have taken a beating without any visible wear. I've put my older ones through at least a hundred wash cycles--some of them have been repeatedly put through the dryer, too.

 

[RSN125]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

My oxford shirts have taken a beating without any visible wear. I've put my older ones through at least a hundred wash cycles--some of them have been repeatedly put through the dryer, too.

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[AntiHero84]

You take it to the cleaners after every wear?

I tend to give mine the smell test.

 

[The Louche]

Originally Posted by RSN125

100 times with ZERO visible wear??? What type of shirts do you wear?

Foo notes that his shirts are oxfords. Specifically, I believe that they are MTM BB OCBDS.

 

[zjpj83]

Originally Posted by AntiHero84

You take it to the cleaners after every wear?

I tend to give mine the smell test.

That's gross.