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I've gotten a few tissue tees in the past months, and I've noticed a trend with either my washer or my dryer DESTROYING them! It's always small holes near the bottom of the tee - whether it be the front, side, or bottom. I was quite upset to see one of my newer JCrew ruffle tees be the last victim of this strange occurrence. I had worn it ONE TIME.
I do have a front load washer - has anyone else noticed this? I thought that I read that front loaders were supposed to be more gentle on clothes. Is there anything to prevent this, short of taking the tees to the dry cleaners? Or am I destined to be the girl that wears holey tissue tees?
Your opinions are wanted, please weigh in.
8 comments:
In my opinion, you can't dry them. All of my tissue tees hang dry in the laundry room or on the shower rod in the bathroom.
I doubt it's the washer ruining them - I put my money on the dryer.
I actually don't put anything in the dryer anymore. I have the j.crew tissue tee (long sleeve) with the rosettes around the neck. i actually dry clean those because they're so delicate. my ring snagged one of them one day and a tiny little hole was made. i think you just have to be really careful and put the tees on a drying rack.
My dryer ruined a couple tissue tees that I had only worn once. I wash them in my front-loader and they are fine, I just hang or lay mine to dry.
I've found tiny holes near the bottom of some of my regular tees too. No idea how that's happening!! I love the soft feeling of tees from the dryer....but maybe that won't be possible. I do love the tissue tees!
I have had the same problem for awhile too, and not just with J. Crew tees. My holes are all around the bottom front of the tee. I have determined that it could be due to the shirt rubbing against the button/zipper of my jeans. Some culprits I have found are my laptop (when used on my lap) and the bottom edge of the granite counter in the kitchen. It has been a real mystery for a long time for me. I now have a stack of really expensive rags because you just can't repair them.
I put mine in the bra bags ... do you know what I'm talking about? And I use the delicate cycle and put them on air fluff only in the dryer. Seems to work.
Good luck!
I have to wash my jcrew tees separate from my other laundry on a handwash load. It's a bummer, but the shirts stay better.
I just googled this and found your blog after yet another brilliant t-shirt (marc jacobs) showed up w/ holes after just one or two wears. I think it is something about belts and rubbing at the waist during wear. But how to prevent????
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