Why are expensive clothes a pain in the ass to wash? - GoFuckYourself.com

Libertine · 01-04-2004, 03:05 PM

I just doesn't make sense... a $20 shirt can be washed at 60 degrees Celsius with aggressive detergent and dried in the dryer, while a $200 shirt has to be handwashed at 30 degrees Celsius with mild detergent, then put back into shape and laid out to dry.

What the fuck?! Aren't expensive thing supposed to be higher quality, and more resistant to abuse? What use is buying expensive clothes if they actually end up costing way more time to clean than cheap clothes.

who · 01-04-2004, 03:07 PM

Fragile materials.

Libertine · 01-04-2004, 03:11 PM

I fail to see why Boss cotton would be more fragile than brandless cotton.

bopha · 01-04-2004, 03:59 PM

They don't want you coming back to Nordstoms pitching a fit because the 110 dollar (100 percent cotton) Polo button down
faded, shrank or looks like every other 100 percent cotton shirt.

Returns cost the company money.

I just made that up. Maybe it's to make you feel like you bought something really special.

Sidebar. My grandma worked in a factory in a small town for years. Her job was to sew the 'Izod aligators' on shirts. The same shirts that went out as plain lable or not designer and ended up at JC penny as their brand HuntClub. (at half the cost)

KRL · 01-04-2004, 04:04 PM

I hate that too. You get a spot and you got to take it to the dry cleaners. Wool makes me itchy so I don't even buy clothes made out of it anymore.

I was just at the mall shopping and bought a couple Kenneth Cole dress slacks, Clairborne slacks and some Ralph Lauren Polo dress shirts. The Kenneth Cole slacks are microfiber and too me way more comfortable than wool. Everything is washable.

And got discounts to boot, saving about $150 off the $400 regular price total.

Babaganoosh · 01-04-2004, 04:06 PM

Expensive clothes aren't hard to wash. I can wash my $12 t-shirts exactly the same as I do my $5 t-shirts...newbie.

69pornlinks · 01-04-2004, 04:22 PM

If you're paying this much for clothes you should be able to dry clean

Plugger · 01-04-2004, 05:47 PM

I hate that as well, just go a new shirt that has to be "hand washed and line dried" what a pain in the ass . . .

Sosa · 01-04-2004, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Armed & Hammered
Expensive clothes aren't hard to wash. I can wash my $12 t-shirts exactly the same as I do my $5 t-shirts...newbie.

For sure!

Rictor · 01-04-2004, 06:06 PM

Who cares how hard it is to wash? That's what the maid is there for.

Head · 01-04-2004, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 69pornlinks
If you're paying this much for clothes you should be able to dry clean

Ya dry clean them.

Libertine · 01-04-2004, 06:17 PM

Dry cleaning them would take more time than doing it myself. No dry cleaners near here that I know of.

01-04-2004, 03:05 PM	#1
Libertine sex dwarf Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 17,860	Why are expensive clothes a pain in the ass to wash? I just doesn't make sense... a $20 shirt can be washed at 60 degrees Celsius with aggressive detergent and dried in the dryer, while a $200 shirt has to be handwashed at 30 degrees Celsius with mild detergent, then put back into shape and laid out to dry. What the fuck?! Aren't expensive thing supposed to be higher quality, and more resistant to abuse? What use is buying expensive clothes if they actually end up costing way more time to clean than cheap clothes. __________________ /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

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Libertine sex dwarf Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 17,860	I fail to see why Boss cotton would be more fragile than brandless cotton. __________________ /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

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KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	I hate that too. You get a spot and you got to take it to the dry cleaners. Wool makes me itchy so I don't even buy clothes made out of it anymore. I was just at the mall shopping and bought a couple Kenneth Cole dress slacks, Clairborne slacks and some Ralph Lauren Polo dress shirts. The Kenneth Cole slacks are microfiber and too me way more comfortable than wool. Everything is washable. And got discounts to boot, saving about $150 off the $400 regular price total. __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

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01-04-2004, 03:07 PM	#2
who So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ICQ #23642053 Posts: 19,593	Fragile materials.

01-04-2004, 03:59 PM	#4
bopha Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,882	They don't want you coming back to Nordstoms pitching a fit because the 110 dollar (100 percent cotton) Polo button down faded, shrank or looks like every other 100 percent cotton shirt. Returns cost the company money. I just made that up. Maybe it's to make you feel like you bought something really special. Sidebar. My grandma worked in a factory in a small town for years. Her job was to sew the 'Izod aligators' on shirts. The same shirts that went out as plain lable or not designer and ended up at JC penny as their brand HuntClub. (at half the cost)

01-04-2004, 05:47 PM	#8
Plugger Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Coast Posts: 592	I hate that as well, just go a new shirt that has to be "hand washed and line dried" what a pain in the ass . . .

01-04-2004, 06:06 PM	#10
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	Who cares how hard it is to wash? That's what the maid is there for.

01-04-2004, 06:17 PM	#12
Libertine sex dwarf Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 17,860	Dry cleaning them would take more time than doing it myself. No dry cleaners near here that I know of. __________________ /(bb\|[^b]{2})/