Clothing....

[poltr1]

I hate clothes that are too tight. They make me feel fat. Time to wash them and put them in the donations sack.

I'm wearing a burgundy cotton twill shirt and jeans today. (I love long-sleeve cotton twill shirts in the wintertime.) The bottom two buttons popped and went MIA some time ago. If I found them, or found replacements, and sewed them back on, would they stay on? Would I be comfortable in that shirt, or not?

I should have worn the striped rugby shirt instead.

Do clothes shrink over time? Or am I (still) getting bigger?

Comments

[daisy-knotwise.livejournal.com]

Frankly that depends on the fabric.
I wear a lot of cotton gauze. It's light and airy, and washes easily. And it keeps shrinking. I know because your arms do not get longer when you gain weight and the sleeves do creep up my arms.
Denim and the like (a heavy cotton twill for example) will tighten up in the laundry and then stretch out as you wear them.
A fabric with a significant synthetic content should stay true to size.

GHR

[hawklady.livejournal.com]

What she said.

Button-wise, it depends upon why they popped. If there's pressure being put at that point all the time (as in, the shirt's too snug there), then they'll probably keep popping. If it's just because they got snagged on something, then probably not until they get snagged again.

[poltr1]

To be blunt, they popped because of my gut.