Striped T shirts!

Ah, if it was that one Gonegirl, then it's not what I thought at all. Not the pattern going out of line, but a bad choice of design, with that curved bottom edge, for that particular fabric. It would suit a plain fabric, or an all over smaller print much better.

If it was this one, the royal blue and white one in the little thumbnails pictures seems to have an uneven bottom stripe.

I do love them though. Again - tempted, wobbly stripe or no! (No!!! norty)

I love their shorts too.

phoenix - you can't beat them usually. I'm tempted by this one (flowered one) but I guess I've got enough.

I wrote a note explaining why I was returning them and put it in the parcel, but might email them as well.

I would send them back as I'm sure it would annoy me every time I wore them if the stripes were irregular. phoenix perhaps as a regular customer it would be worth sending them an email regarding this as it could be down to quality control being lax and maybe it should be pointed out to them. I buy T shirts from various places, Landsend are expensive so I have only bought in their sales but they do wash & wear very well, Primarks definitely of the cheap & cheerful variety, only ever bought one and it did not last very long. M&S you have to careful which ones you choose, some good some very poor quality indeed. I have this week bought myself one from Uniglo as I was near one of their stores for the first time, feels soft and fits well but I have not worn or washed it yet, anyone else bought from them?

I do a lot of dressmaking, and the problem with stripes - or any geometric pattern - is that the patterns are often printed rather than woven. This means that it is very common for the stripes to not correspond precisely with the weave, so when the fabric is carefully cut 'on the grainline' the printing veers out of line. If I'm cutting this kind of fabric, I always cut according to the print rather than the grainline - it's usually only a mm or two out, so has minimal effect on the drape of the garment. Cutting on the grainline, however, can have a huge visual impact, totally ruining the look of the finished item.

Yes, phoenix, I agree with you, I would have sent the t-shirts back too. It would have annoyed me every time I wore them.

send them back .that shoddy clothes for expensive t-shirts.

Gonegirl the T shirts in question were from Cotton Traders!

I have got one of Seasalt's "tin" (?) raincoats. I like it but never wear it because when it rains I stay inside.

I do think you get what you pay for. I buy t-shirts from Cotton Traders. They are medium price range and are very good.

I always liked the Stella Artois slogan - 'Reassuringly expensive'! It made me smile.
Maybe that's why some people like to spend over the odds?

My beautiful seasalt striped reversible top has got so wide and short I can only wear it over a long vest top. Okay perhaps its no longer that beautiful
DD once worked in a high end retailer whose t'shirts were very overpriced. She explained to me that rich people went for the leather chairs and deep pile carpets along with the customer service she provided. She wanted to tell them to cross the road to Tesco where the same thing was a tenth of the price, but she held her tongue and kept her job.

I don’t think classics ever go out of fashion GabriellaG and am interested to see that sustainable fashion is gaining support as the way forward.
Frankly nothing looks more dated than last year’s “trendy look” anyway, but you might be interested in this article I read about sustainable and ethical shopping

www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/apr/25/the-vintage-comeback-is-it-the-solution-to-sustainable-shopping

FYI, it wasn't Seasalt.

I'm a Seasalt customer who is highly satisfied but I have never posted on Trustpilot.

Personally, I don't want to wear stuff thst I've paid over the odds for made in exactly the same place by the same people who make for the supposedly 'high end' retailers.
Those retailers have a much higher mark-up which is not justified by the quality.
If you want to wear clothes which were fashionable when you bought them 5/10/20 years ago...then good luck.
I don't.
I like current fashion and when I get sick of an item, I have no qualms about giving it to charity shops or, more usually, a women's refuge or Sally Army, because I haven't paid top dollar ie: £45 for an unremarkable top.
Each to her own.
No-one sees the label unless you wear clothes inside out.
If you wear clothes with panache, you can wear sackcloth and ashes and still get compliments.

I would love a teashirt that doesn't grow sideways in every wash!
I try to be ethical but can never be sure. I reckon if you get several year's wear from a garment, that's ethical enough.

The vast majority of Seasalt clothing is made in China in the same factories as M&S and Primark among many many other High St brands.
If you read recent (2019) Seasalt reviews on Trustpilot you will see for yourselves how disgruntled and disappointed customers are at the quality.

It's alright! I had a 40% off coupon. So t-shirt was £22.80. Phew!

I bought a dress from them too. That's striped. Not sending that back. It's nice.

I've just paid £35 for a plain t-shirt from Lands End. I don't know what came over me. Perhaps I'll send it back. I usually get a grease mark or two down the front by the second wearing anyway.

Might go to Primark tomorrow.

GabriellaG54 the T shirts were from a company that I have bought lots of things from, over quite a few years.

This is the first time I have had a problem with anything that I have bought from them.

I make a point of restricting what I buy, and have certain "rules" ,

It must go with at least 1 item that I already have

It will wash well on a low temperature

It is not a "fashion" item, & can therefore be worn for years,(providing it survives repeated washes)

Ideally, it does not come from a "sweatshop" style manufacturer.

Yes, I know that the people that work to supply cheap clothing do at least have employment, and if we all boycotted that they might earn nothing, but we all have to do our best.

So, yes, I ordered T shirts that were £18 each, but I expected to have them in my wardrobe for at least 5 (possibly more) years, and I also expected them to be properly finished.

No GabriellaG you get what you pay for.
Quality Pima cotton, good finish, ethical manufacture, t shirts which will wash time after time and still come up looking good.
You may be satisfied with Primark, but never having shopped there I have no personal experience of their quality. However girls like my hairdresser describe their pieces as cheap and cheerful, wear a couple of times then chuck.
There are so many reasons why this throwaway attitude is so wrong in our world.
Fewer and better.

Not about something that was someone else's choice. Because that's rude. And that's not what gn is for.