Linen shrinks an enormous amount. Especially if it is not pre-washed. Most linen used in Mfg. is not prewashed/preshrunk because the finish will come off and it will look terrible. The linen garment is also usually tailored differently than denim. The fibers of linen react much dirrerent than cotton to water. Lots of denim today is preshrunk and "distressed", so a lot of the shrink factor is gone by the time it is cut and sewn.
Monica -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Audrey Bergeron-Morin Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 12:56 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT: quick fabric washing question > Mfgs no > longer have the luxury of putting the "Dry clean only" tag on a garment > because it is convenient or safe. Then why do they insist on putting "dry clean only" on unlined, 100% linen pants? Lined I'd understand, because if they shrink then the lining will be too big, but unlined?? 100% cotton jeans shrink and they don't put a "dry clean" tag on them, why would they do it for linen if it's because of the shrinkage? Becase people don't know how to iron them after they've been washed? It's certainly not because of the dye (the two pairs of pants in question were white and natural-coloured)... then why? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
