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I'm not even talking about the color fading in 5 years, I'm talking about clothes that shed pigment from the first wash and not only discolor, but ruin the rest

I'm not even talking about the color fading in 5 years, I'm talking about clothes that shed pigment from the first wash and not only discolor, but ruin the rest of your laundry... If you don't experience it often, I imagine it might be a Europe vs. US thing. I have often heard that clothes for sale in the US tend to be more robustly made (maybe because of the widespread use of tumble dryers?). In Spain what I said above is definitely a common occurrence, and you don't even get rid of that by paying for good brands, I have had clothes from e.g. Lacoste do that. And the reason is that they skimp on a chemical that fixes the dye. It's perfectly avoidable, but they just don't bother.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
Interesting, I cannot relate to that. > I have often heard that clothes for sale in the US tend to be more robustly made (maybe because of the widespread use of tumble dryers?). Maybe, although the Next brand I wear a lot gets shipped to me from UK. I throw my unsorted clothes in the washer and then the dryer and then fold them and put them away. My British family spends a lot more time sorting by color, turning jeans inside out, washing them on specific water cycles, then line drying them, then ironing them. I figured I was just buying clothes that need less work.
wincy 4y ago
The only time that’s happened to me was maybe 11 years ago when someone bought me a red t-shirt in Mexico. Red everywhere. That’s literally never happened to me in the US.