IHSH-443-IND - 7oz Cotton Linen Chambray Work Shirt - Indigo

[cooldude_abe]

First wear of the 443

[jordanscollected]

@cooldude_abe did you wash or soak? It has that telltale linen wrinkle

[cooldude_abe]

@jordanscollected No soak or wash—factory fresh. No wrinkles initially, but after a full day of wear I started seeing some creasing at the elbows. Nice texture to the fabric.

[Larkens]

Just got it in, a minute before I had to head out. Perfect shirt for today’s warmer weather

[will6er]

The fabric is weird. "Very flecky".

Bad news on my side though - I didn't get a sticker in the package. Gutted.

[northsouthdenimguy]

First wear and I promise the chest isn’t actually this tight. I just do this weird thing where the material bunches up in my armpit when I take pictures. I’m not a model, nor do I claim to know how to be one

[Oaktavia]

Holy FECK this shirt is creasing like PAPER! But boy is it strong! Look at this fecking thing!

I have dampened the sleeves as you can see in the photos to encourage the creases. I can see the crest of the folds caused by packing it have faded already a tad. Similar to the 21oz sashiko but less noticeable. This is a good thing! It means mad fades ahead AHOY!

[SKT]

@Oaktavia looks great and bet it’s a wild difference to wearing the 189…enjoy it Stevie!

[Oaktavia]

@SKT oh for sure!!! Thanks, I will still be wearing the 21oz CPO till June, just to round a year, then its all in on this one.

[northsouthdenimguy]

@Oaktavia

Damn that looks killer. I don’t think mine is gonna quite do that sitting at a bar.

[Jord]

@northsouthdenimguy you gotta rotate your arm to mouth hand

[Oaktavia]

@northsouthdenimguy dry your hands off on your elbow pits next time you use the loo.

[Archie]

I’m thinking of picking up this beauty but am in between sizes. The product description says all shrink should be out already but can anyone comment on whether you’ve experienced some shrinkage after a first wash? Or any shrinkage with IH linen/cotton blend shirts?

[TeflonDon]

@Archie

This shirt came out Wednesday, and it’s “sister” only about a week before that. As I understand this particular combination of cotton and linen is new - so the user experience with washing is limited.

That said, my experience with IH products in general is that if they are pre washed - like this shirt - they do not shrink if washed according to instructions.

You do need to be vary of your washing machine, though. They don’t all have very precise temperature control.