IHSH-304-RED - Ultra Heavy Flannel Western Shirt - Ombré Check - Red
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If anyone's interested I just took some pre and post wash measurements. I have 3 other Iron Heart shirts that are all mediums but this one I ordered in large with intention of shrinking. I requested a shirt that was on the smaller side in the shoulders and arms.
The shirt was washed warm and tumbled dried hot.
| | Pre (inches) | Post |
| Shoulders | 17.75 | 17 |
| Length | 29.25 | 28 |
| Chest | 22 | 21.5 |
| Sleeve | 26 | 25 |Fortunately it shrank the perfect amount. I love the shirt and it makes me wonder why I would buy any other brand. It's so warm it almost feels like wool.
(Please excuse the bathroom pic)
Post wash:
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Did the chest and shoulders stretch back out after wearing it? I found that to be the case.
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@paymar @Griffwald both doing this bad boy justice. You both make me want to break my no new shirt rule.
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I could use some fit check advice here. I'm torn… Do I go with L and hope it doesn't shrink too much, or go XL and hope it shrinks quite a bit?
Keeping with the bathroom selfie theme here...
I generally prefer a slimmer fit… I'm also packing a few extra pounds these days, which isn't terribly flattering.
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I could use some fit check advice here. I'm torn… Do I go with L and hope it doesn't shrink too much, or go XL and hope it shrinks quite a bit?
The XL looks big as it is. The arms are certainly overly long and the body is getting there. It will shrink with a hot wash, but even then it may be borderline large.
The L looks better. While these will shrink on hot washes, careful washing results in minimal shrinkage (less than 3%). In fact if you wash at 30C/cold and with little or no spin, then air dry you won’t get any noticeable shrinkage.
I’m not too sympathetic to folks concerns about shrinkage on these shirts. It is a known quantity and entirely controllable. The only difficulty comes from people not understanding how a washing machine works.
Tl/dr. If I was you, I’d be very happy with the L.