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paul17maher aka Paul Maher is a 26.5 year old boy, has been a member since January 5, 2006, has scored 106 submissions, giving an average score of 2.23.

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Sep 07 '07 by paul17maher

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Quality of shirts

about The Communist Party

I have bought quite a few Threadless shirts over the past 18 months, but I have noticed that the last 6 or so that I have ordered have been pretty poor quality - the shirts that is - NOT the prints. They are not always the best fitting shirts either (especially brown - but black is perfect). Weird..

Don't get me wrong, I love Threadless and the prints are always fine, but 2 of the shirts I've ordered in as many months have had faulty stitching and one even had a pretty large hole under the arm.

While I know that the shirts can be returned, I have not bothered because I am not US based.

Has anyone else noticed this?

Krakaboom on Sep 07 '07 at 8:42am

Totally agreed about the sizing. Black shirts always fit ok, but the brown ones are terrible. I've bought three so far - Anthill Trap is fine, Beast and Pearls is a bit loose but Haikus Are Easy was so hideously unflattering (flappy sleeves and baggy all over) I had to give it away.

wullagaru on Sep 07 '07 at 8:44am

this is an issue that T-Less cont do much about as it is a fault of the manufacturer. but hopefully when they start using their own brand things will change

Edword on Sep 07 '07 at 8:51am

Yeah I guess the new shirts r ready to go, seens they r printing the grand opening shirt on one. I can't wait to see all the new colors we'll have to design on.

thevitaminjunkie on Sep 08 '07 at 9:50pm

Well, I'm a new member and I haven't even received the shirt I ordered yet (this one, the Communist Party) so I'm not entirely sure on this, but I think for the guy's shirts they've started using Fruit of the Loom? I was reading something like that earlier. The girl's shirts are on American Apparel, and the like, Threadless Select guy's shirts are too, but all other guy's shirts are Fruit of the Loom. That may explain the suckage.

opifan64 on Sep 08 '07 at 9:53pm

Can't wait for the new shirts. The designs are just too good to print on FOTL. I've had some sizing issues too, but I keep ordering because I love the designs.

wml230 on Sep 09 '07 at 10:17am

unfortunate! first time buyer, but still avid about the shirts because they're threadless woo

eskimokiss on Sep 09 '07 at 10:20am

i just hope the new shirts are no where near as baggy as the threadless logo shirts

amishpowerandlight on Sep 09 '07 at 10:28am

My shirts are always too long, but that's nothing new and definitely not the fault of Threadless.

MrDomino on Sep 09 '07 at 10:32am

Well that's one of the reasons I only buy the Selects. I think that the American Apparel tees are much better and have more consistant quality control. I'm sure it helps that they are manufactured in the states by people paid a fair wage for what they do.

sectionbb on Sep 09 '07 at 11:04am

I really don't understand why T'less couldn't find a quality, politically correct, 100 % COTTON shirt to print the GREAT designs.

I too buy the shirts for the designs, but the 50/50 blend is uncomfortable and lessens the overall quality.

The majority of shirts I have purchased have been gifts, for women [100% cotton] But the quality of these still is not first rate.

I hope the T'Less brand shirts are a better quality.

mpolo421 on Sep 10 '07 at 4:56pm

I just received my latest batch and the quality is way different than when the shirts were on american apparel. I'll wait to buy anymore and try one when they've started producing their own shirts. I'm on the cusp of not being a fan anymore. sadness.

70 days later

paul17maher on Nov 20 '07 at 12:02pm

mpolo421, I'm in the same boat as you where I am simply not buying any for a while in the hope that the quality will improve.

For those of you that are saying that the quality of the shirts is not the fault of Threadless.. That's just plain silly! Quality control people...

Once again, I'd like to stress I'm not trying to bag threadless. Just wish the qaulity of the shirts was close to the quality of the prints. As soon as it is my mailbox will be bursting with new tees!

93 days later

ashiegirl2 on Feb 21 '08 at 5:13pm

I think threadless does the 50/50 blend thing just to be unkosher.
They're anti-PC like that.

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