# Do clothes still shrink?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-clothes-still-shrink/641502>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-clothes-still-shrink/641502 "2012-11-19T13:54:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-clothes-still-shrink/641502/21 "2012-11-21T15:00:02Z")

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So it seems that I need to take a few more chances with drying our clothes. I think I’ll start with mine, and move on to my wife’s afterwards 🙂

On a related note, one thing that occurred to me the other day is that I travel and stay in hotels quite often, and I frequently get my clothes washed in the hotel laundry. Since most of the time the clothes are returned washed, dried, and pressed the same day, I can only conclude they are using a dryer. And no real shrinkage so far…

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