https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:42:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants#post-1036397 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:24:37 +0000 Caro in Oz 1036397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some rayon &amp; viscose can shrink in the wash but will come back to their original size with ironing. I would try washing them again &amp; ironing them while they are still damp. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants#post-1036192 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:19:02 +0000 deb 1036192@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually it is the weave of the rayon. A straight weave does not shrink that much but a knit or a cross weave, there will be shrinkage. I always look at the way the garment is woven and size up with rayon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants#post-1036177 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:31:40 +0000 Scarlet 1036177@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I avoid rayon because it's been so unreliable to wash for me. Sorry about your pants! Never heard of a phone number before! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants#post-1036171 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:13:51 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 1036171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is why I avoid rayon.&nbsp; I had a shirt that I hand washed - not in the machine - in cold water and it shrank at least 3".&nbsp; I don't think a manufacturer should use a fabric if they know it will be wearable one time.&nbsp; That is just too extreme even in this age of disposable fashion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants#post-1036156 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:19:35 +0000 Janet 1036156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would try rewashing or wetting them and then pulling and stretching them back out to reshape them. It may work! Rayon can be really funky that way. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants#post-1036138 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:39:55 +0000 kkards 1036138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>wow....just wow....i cannot believe that they would even suggest hand washing if they know that they would shrink that much.&nbsp;<br />i have to be honest, i dry clean almost everything that will need ironing, so i rarely encounter anything like this.&nbsp;<br />i'm interested in what they say when you call the number. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants#post-1036109 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 12:27:54 +0000 Glory 1036109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah - I just had this experience with my brand new ponte pants. In may case I did not read the label and not only washed but dried them. Ooops. I had worn them exactly one time.&nbsp;They shrunk 3 full inches - could not believe it.<br />One of our fabbers suggested I wet them and pull them back to size - and it worked!!! They are back to the original length. It is the rayon that causes this.<br />So I would say this is worth a try.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-incredible-shrinking-violet-pants#post-1036091 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:23:58 +0000 froggiebecky 1036091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dear fabbers, I just wanted to say you were right on the money by calling my new printed pants "diva pants". I did keep them, and wore them and loved them. Then I washed them. And my love changed a little bit.&nbsp;</p> <p>The instructions say to hand-wash cold, line dry in the shade. The pants are made of 100% rayon. A little fussy, but not a problem. I put them in the washing machine with 2 other fluid tops of similar colouring, put them on the hand-wash cold setting, line dry. All is well.&nbsp;</p> <p>At the end, they were a bit wrinkled, so I ironed them out. They looked a little bit small, so I put them on to see if the fit had changed. THESE PANTS WENT FROM LOOSE TO TOO SMALL TO PULL UP. I couldn't believe it. I've sewed for 20 years, and have bought hundreds of garments.&nbsp;Short of machine felting,&nbsp;I've never encountered that much shrinkage in the wash.&nbsp;I pondered what to do about it (take the darned things back to the store they came from), and read the label a bit more closely. This is what it said:&nbsp;</p> <p>"Despite hand-washing, this garment may shrink. Restore to original shape with steam iron on med. heat. If you have any questions about the garment, please call #phone number."&nbsp;</p> <p>Has anyone else ever encountered a garment so fussy the manufacturer thinks it necessary to put their phone number on the garment tag, so they can give you specific instructions on restoring a garment to its original size???&nbsp; </p>