How To: Age New T-Shirts into Well-Worn Favorites

It can take weeks or months and several wash cycles to take a stiff, new printed t-shirt into that just worn enough, soft favorite. Thankfully, the team at Found Item Clothing, who recreate iconic t-shirts spied in classic cult movies and TV shows, have been testing a few methods to age things nicely.

created at: 05/20/2011

“We’ve subjected our esteemed t-shirts to a series of field tests, each experiment conceived to challenge or (confirm) the conventional wisdom and bring a degree of clarity to the t-shirt aging process. Below, we present our initial findings to you, in the form of a comprehensive guide to what works – and, conversely, what doesn’t – when aging t-shirts.”

How to Age New T-Shirts: Six Easy Steps Anyone Can Do at Home!