Why, oh why… Here we are in this world of mass consumption and production, and the simplest of items to make – the t-shirt – is seemingly impossible to construct. As any girl will know buying a t-shirt in Topshop, or New Look, or any other cheap high-street retailer, for £5 or so you are guaranteed it won’t last and will most likely shrink to an unusable size after four or five washes. That’s fine, you pay for what you get and it’s not this that I wish to take issue with today.
Anyone who knows me well knows that the t-shirt is the backbone of pretty much everything I wear. I wear them lots and own many, and varied items in this vein. However of late there has been a revolt occurring in my hallowed t-shirt drawer; most of my t-shirts are unwearable. Did I buy too many cheap t-shirts? No, I went out and spent a lot of money buying more the more expensive variety on a shopping expedition around Covent Garden…
So, what went wrong… Well after about two washes many of these t-shirt’s have shrunk, the kind of shrinking that’s not all-over smaller and just about get-awayable with, but the kind of shrinking that makes things short and wide. Now, although I am not overtly against the sight of my stomach, it is firstly a little cold to be flashing my navel, and secondly the lack of sit-ups or any sort of exercise has made that area of my body a little unsightly. Please tell me – what is with the shrinking?
I know absolutely nothing of the textile industry, but when any very simply made cotton t-shirt malfunctions on such a great level, you have to think something is awry… A plot is afoot, my friends, the t-shirt manufacturers are evil capitalists. They plot, they do, day by day, “make rubbish t-shirts, people will have to buy t-shirts more frequently, we make more money (ha ha ha, make your time…).”
What is to be done… I have a plan, t-shirt wearers unite. I am going to send back all my shrunken t-shirts (along with well-written polite letters) to the manufacturers and see what I get back… My next blog will consist of a cut out and send off letter for you readers to bombard the lousy clothing manufacturer of your choice. Even if I don’t get my money back I could always use a few new items of clothing…
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