Stores to find 100% cotton sleeveless shirts? Not online
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Comments (19)While living in California I worked at a large jail facility. Our uniform shirt was basically a heavy-weight polo. I had three-weeks worth of them and tried my best to take care of them. We had to pay for our replacements and I wanted to look "starched and pressed"...without the starching and pressing. I also wanted a large number of shirts because more often than not I'd need two shirts a shift in order to stay fresh looking. I normally folded them (front down, fold each side in, staighten the sleeve, fold it, and fold once up from the hem. The "Flip Fold" would have been a blessing! They stacked nicely. I had a couple of large drawers to keep them in. I would, sometimes, hang them. I'd hold the shirt by the shoulder seam and fold it in half, the back folded in and the fold line running down the center front of the shirt. Then I would drape the folded shirt over the bar of a hanger. It was "folded" and "hung." Either way presented shirts that were wrinkle free and ready to wear. I always pressed the collars, put a crease in the sleeves, and pressed the embroidered badge and name area, but this took only a minute or so per shirt....See MoreHancock's Closing 100 Stores
Comments (24)Actually, ALL of Hancocks stores are closing. Over the years it has become increasingly difficult to find anything worth buying there. But, still is was there if you needed something that you could settle for. Quiltsandquacks, it is not that simple that people did not support the store. There are many complicated factors that contributed to this. I was always there to support the store when the store had what I wanted to buy. Over the last decade, in particular, Hancocks let ME down with the poor selection and the drastic move towards fleece inspired awfulness. I kept visiting the store and leaving empty handed until I quit going in as often and I quit buying much of anything. If they still had the quality of selection that they used to have, you can bet that I would be in there shopping! I can't buy what they do not offer. And, I do not wish to buy what they offered. They have the fleece on at 80% right now. There is still an awful few tons of it left. It seems that I am not the only one who loathes that cheap stuff. It is my opinion that the overstocking of cheap fleece is one of the contributing factors in their demise. But, there are many factors that have lead to this closing. There are the dynamics of corporate structure and changing demographics, to name but a couple. It is almost an old fashioned idea to assume that just because there are customers that there is success in business. Corporations are convoluted entities and do not always follow that path. Simple business models do not always apply anymore. Add to those factors the fact that there is no production of the old fashioned fabrics that many of us grew up sewing with. The vendors cannot get those fabrics because they are not being produced anymore. We have much less land left for producing nice plant and animal based fibers in this world and we have an suffocating amount of old plastic jugs and petroleum based chemical that get made into "fabrics". THAT is what that fleece is made of, recycled plastic milk jugs. Ugh!!! The Walmart in my community has recently begun to carry a few fabrics, again. For a simple cotton they have some product by Waverly, I think. It seems fairly decent for what it is. Ultimately, Hancocks let ME down and quit selling the things that I needed to continue to sew. So, now they are gone. I see that there are some newer types of sewing businesses that are opening up, but they seem to have a different direction. They seem to be located in more affluent parts of the burbs and cater to people who have money to come in, take classes on making things like hand bags and piecing, They have become a vendor for people with a lot of disposable income, but not a vendor where just real everyday sewing people will go in to buy a couple of yards of wool crepe or some nice cotton twill or swiss dot. They are more likely to offer you the chance, for a price, to come in and buy an independent pattern for a child garment and the "kit' to make it with. Then, you can spend $30 to make a kids tshirt that you could have gone over to Kohls and bought for five bucks. It is more like hobby sewing than like old fashioned sewing that was born of passion, creativity and necessity and supplied by numerous fabric stores in almost every small town....See MoreWhy are T-Shirts so thin?
Comments (48)I'm with you, Kathsgardn. When we were at the Grand Canyon this spring we bought tee shirts that I had put away and forgotten--I have to wear sleeveless, cooler shirts in the summer because I feel the heat more intensely than most. As it cooled down yesterday I pulled it out and was pleased to notice it was a nice weight. And I remember being quite pleased with the price too--quite a bit less than I expected to pay! Yes, these thin, ridiculous shirts have been foisted upon us by greedy manufacturers who call it "style." I would be willing to pay more for a heavier shirt, but they don't seem to exist....See MoreEgyptian cotton shirts?
Comments (7)I put "casual long-sleeve button-down collar "Egyptian cotton" shirts" in search Here are several, and on sale! Nice looking. https://www.tmlewin.com/shirts/egyptian-cotton-shirts/ Here is a blend: https://www.nordstromrack.com/shop/product/2539861?cm_mmc=feeds--adlucent--google-_-pla&utm_source=adlucent&utm_medium=feeds&utm_content=google&utm_campaign=pla&utm_channel=shopping_acq_p&sid=545650&aid=%5BADL%5D%20%5BPLA%5D%20%5BShopping%5D%20-%20Categories%20-%20Non-Brand%5BDesktop%5D&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuafdBRDmARIsAPpBmVU_xXqNOEybLhSm_KykTn6-PcnxDDXmASasJdx5XY47_6sfJsdDNmUaAtREEALw_wcB&kwid=productads-adid%5E93310059397-device%5Ec-plaid%5E412190139597-sku%5E15069465-adType%5EPLA&color=SAIL%20BOAT%20GINGHAM%20-%20ISLAND%20PARADISE...See MoreElmer J Fudd
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