https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:13:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471265 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:11:01 +0000 Elly 471265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I fit in two jeans sizes without some henious crotch issue or major muffin top, I buy the smaller size and they will end up fitting comfortably by the time the new jean stiffness is gone. Normally I buy the comfy pair unless they are loose comfy. As a fellow tall girl, ALWAYS buy the longer inseam. All jeans seem to shrink in length. I have to have a 36" to start out if I wear mine with flat shoes, and I hang dry. They puddle a tiny bit in the dressing room, but after 6 washes or so, they are almost too short. With heels, I go for the 38" and will hem after multiple washes if needed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471251 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:16:05 +0000 Marley 471251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I size down in jeans to allow for stretch - other items I tend to buy the best fit for me when I first try them on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471207 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:02:30 +0000 Suz 471207@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm still learning, too, Patty. </p> <p>I get the advice to buy snug on jeans...but it doesn't always entirely work for me. I think I am somewhat between sizes, so one size is not do-uppable, but the size up is a bit loose. </p> <p>I buy other stuff to fit and pay attention to care instructions. If I am worried about shrinkage or stretching or fading, I wash in cold and air dry. Sometimes a steam iron can stretch things out a tiny bit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471205 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:59:53 +0000 Amy 471205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely! I size down in stretchy pants like jeans with lycra, altthough I try to find pants that are too long. I can hem them at the proper length after a few washes and wears. Depending on how garments are constructed, they tend to shrink more in length than width. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471197 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:46:19 +0000 Anonymous 471197@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm still learning. I seem to either get jeans that look great (but are too tight for comfort and therefore never get worn) or feel great (and look baggy after the first wearing). Still trying to find the happy medium.<br /> For years I bought all my clothes at thrift stores, so someone had already shrunk them! Now, sometimes I forget to take that into account with knit tops. One of my new ones has shrunk in length and now looks better with skirts than pants. :/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471143 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:40:44 +0000 modgrl 471143@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I size down a bit in jeans. They will relax and stretch out to your shape. You want them to be fitted on your rear </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471091 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:13:07 +0000 Mo 471091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am right between sizes in tops and usually buy the bigger size in knits, since they do tend to shrink, especially rayon blends. The rest I buy to size when I can. I don't have the 'bag out' trouble with jeans, but I don't wear jeggings and other very stretchy pants so that might be why. I pretty much wash and wear my wardrobe. I try and remember to pull some things so they don't go in the dryer, but don't always catch them. Twice a year I dryclean maybe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471055 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:04:12 +0000 Ana 471055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I only buy items that fit well to begin with or that I plan to have tailored. I air dry or dry clean most items in my wardrobe anyway, so shrinkage isn't something I take into consideration. Also, I've never had any luck trying to shrink something that is too big in the dryer. It usually just ends up kind of misshapen (or shrunken in places I didn't want it to be). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471037 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:35:56 +0000 Anonymous 471037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I buy pants with a bit of wiggle room (literally, lol) to accommodate the 10lbs I lose, gain, lose, gain</p> <p>I also hang most pants to dry and hem longer than I ever used to..tops always buy to fit, a minimizer bra can help a shirt fit better if you shrink it, for us big chested girls </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471033 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:32:27 +0000 lyn* 471033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also buy everything to fit except jeans - I buy jeans a smidgen too snug and after wearing for 15 min or so; they fit pretty nice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471027 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:26:33 +0000 sarah 471027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I buy my jeans way tighter than I used to, and I buy everything else to fit. I do preshrink all of my pants before hemming. But I've gotten burned a bit by washing and line-drying my BR pants - they've shrunk in length way more than I'd expected (they're supposed to be dry cleaned). In fact, I just ordered a new pair of Martins in the regular length (I usually wear petites) to start over, after letting out the hems on my current pair of Martins once already. I now hem my pants much longer than I used to. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-accomodate-for-wash-shrink-or-stretch#post-471014 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:46:55 +0000 Patty 471014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What do you buy and size up or down to allow for stretch or shrink (or would this be called relax?) after wash? Do you count on shrink or stretch to fix a fit??</p> <p>I used to buy larger in jeans to allow for shrink-I hate flod pants--but after being here I learned about bag out (never thought or even noticed it as bad before but get it now) and have sized down in waist and hope they have long lengths still.<br /> T-shirts seem bad for this even if hung to dry--buy up a size we (family member) can wear them longer. </p>