T-shirts
We all have them. And we all have dirty little secrets pertaining to our t-shirts. I've been folding t-shirts for hours and thought... why not share my secrets.
Logistics
- I roll my t-shirts instead of folding them and store them in a drawers separated as follows - white shirts, grey shirts, all other colors, long sleeve t-shirts. I almost have enough navy shirts to warrant an independent drawer.
- I started rolling my shirts about 2 years ago for several reasons. First, obviously, it saves space. Moving to NYC, I became very space conscious and picked up numerous habits relating to. Second, I can't fold for shit. Rolling minimizes wrinkles. Finally, I roll my clothes when packing for travel; this saves a step.
- I have way too many t-shirts. We all do, moving on.
Practice
- I have t-shirts of all colors and they serve 3 purposes, actually 4. I wear them solo, but not often, and, when I do, I prefer to wear statement shirts. I wear them under other shirts. I wear white and grey under anything (even grey when it's barely appropriate) and try to coordinate what I wear the other colors under. I wear t-shirts to workout. Long-sleeve t-shirts are clutch for early spring and late fall running. I also love to wear long-sleeve t-shirts under athletic vests. Finally, I have on several occasions used t-shirts in lieu of newspaper for packing glasses and plates while moving.
- Once a t-shirt becomes old, I relegate it to sleeping-shirt status. Once the shirt hits sleeping-shirt status, it gets its own drawer. Sleeping shirts also double as workout shirts. I usually sleep in a shirt for a few nights, then work out in it. If I am heading to play sports with a friend, I'll grab a fresh old shirt.
- There are 3 tiers of old shirt. Sleep and then workout. Sleep when having company and/or wear to a tennis date. Sleep and work up the courage to throw away. I generally throw these 3rd-tier shirts away when I am moving, having a cleaning fit or trying to avoid overloading the washing machine. I also wear a shirt one last time before tossing it. I hardly ever toss clean shirts (unless packing for a move).
- There are some t-shirts I covet and never wear. I am not sure how/why this happens, but I save these shirts for occasions that never come. Examining the shirts I choose to covet, I can draw no sound conclusions as to why. Sometimes they are sporting-team related. Sometimes I get the shirt as part of a class project and other times they are shirts I pick up being a tourist. One says "Amsterdam Drinking Team" another says "Harrah's London". Finally, some are gifts that I don't really like, but can't seem to part with. I can honestly say there is one shirt in my covet collection that I've had since 1996 and another since 1997.
- Lastly, I wear "large." I switched from extra-large to large several years ago. There are several reasons for this: (1) lost the baby fat, (2) I wanted shirts that fit better - one day I noticed I was swimming in extra large, (3) I stopped tucking my shirt in... probably leading to the realization in #2, and (4) large shirts fit better under my polos. It is so tacky when the shirt sleeves hang out. I am still guilty of this from time to time.
Thanks for reading this utter nonsense. I supposed I should return to rolling my shirts.
2 Comments:
this is my favorite type of entry. true story!
thank you. to me it is just a late-night brain dump
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