#cotton
Apparel & Quality
Cotton, Polyester, and the Blends In Between
Fiber content is the most useful thing on a garment label, and most people read it without knowing what it predicts. What each fiber does well, badly, and unexpectedly.
Care & Maintenance
How to Wash a Heavyweight Tee So It Actually Lasts
Most T-shirts are not worn out so much as laundered to death. A textile specialist on water temperature, the dryer problem, and the small habits that add years to a cotton garment.
Apparel & Quality
Reading a Garment Label Without Getting Fooled
A label tells you fiber content, origin, and care instructions. It does not tell you whether the garment is any good. Here is what to check instead, in about ninety seconds.
Apparel & Quality
What GSM Actually Means (And Why Heavier Isn’t Always Better)
GSM is the closest thing a T-shirt has to a spec sheet, and it is routinely misread as a quality score. Here is what the number measures, what it cannot tell you, and the weights worth looking for.