Clothing Labels

[Squink]

Back when I were a lad, I'd buy an item of clothing, put it on and all would be good and comfortable as long as I checked to make sure it wasn't itchy wool material.

Now, every garment including undercrackers comes fitted with a massive, massive label and nine times out of ten it's sewn into the seam in such a way that it scratches uncomfortably against the skin unless you wear something underneath. Nor can you easily remove these labels without making a hole in the garment itself.

It is annoying and I do not like it. How has the world of clothing come to this?

 

[joey1211]

Go commando or go home.

 

[Squink]

Go commando or go home.

But then there are itchy t-shirt labels to worry about! I spend all day working at home on my computer so I suppose I could go completely naked.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Agreed, I hate itchy labels. If they're really annoying I just to my best to cut them out. Not much more that you can do!

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Back when I were a lad, I'd buy an item of clothing, put it on and all would be good and comfortable as long as I checked to make sure it wasn't itchy wool material.

Now, every garment including undercrackers comes fitted with a massive, massive label and nine times out of ten it's sewn into the seam in such a way that it scratches uncomfortably against the skin unless you wear something underneath. Nor can you easily remove these labels without making a hole in the garment itself.

It is annoying and I do not like it. How has the world of clothing come to this?

Because idiots try to sue manufacturers for the fact that they shrunk their wool socks in a 90°C wash. Additionally, manufacturers sell their wares in umpteen different countries and only want to pay for one warning label.

Ergo, an FOGB garment care label in a dozen languages sewn into everything.

 

[Rickyw88]

Yeah I just tend to try and cut them out without leaving a really itchy edge, sometimes I swear I make it worse

 

[ttaskmaster]

Swiss Army knife out, unpick the stitching, remove label entirely... and if the garment was cheaply fabricated with shortcuts, just run a quick patch thread on the resulting hole.
6 minutes at most, job's a good 'un.