Why is it that most of my shirts, shrink from the bottom to the top? (i.e. shirts become shorter)?

Question

I'm washing all my colors (cottons) in warm

Answer 1

I have found that it is not the water temp. It is usually the dryer that causes clothes to shrink.
You know how much better a pair of jeans feel right after you take them out of the dryer? The more you wear them the more they loosen up, that shrinkage came from the dryer.
Try hanging your shirts to dry and fluffing in dryer later.

Answer 2

They are being overdryed in the dryer. Anything that contains cotton will shrink even with regular drying. Try less drying time or hanging clothes on hangers to air dry. I use a combination of the two. Dry for about 15 minutes and while shirts are damp hang them on hangers to finish drying. They don't shrink the color stays longer and they usually dont wrinkle.

Answer 3

They shrink at the same rate throughout all the fabric. It only seems like they shrink from the bottom to the top because they hang from your shoulders -- so if they shrink, they don't hang down as far. Doesn't mean the bottom has shrunk -- the whole thing has shrunk, it's just that you see it most at the bottom.

Answer 4

Manufacturers of women's shirts generally make them too stinkin short for a normal female body to begin with. They also do not pre wash the fabric before construction. It helps to slow shrinkage to dry them flat instead of in the dryer.

Answer 5

They make them that way, I believe. They place the bias of the fabric so that the garment will shrink in length rather than width. They must think people would prefer it that way.

Answer 6

Wash them in cold water, and than hang-dry them outside or on hangers. Even go as far as to stretch them while they are still wet.

Answer 7

hello, you said cotton always always cold water warm and warm and warm water with cotton will become smaller and smaller.