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Threadless shirts are hands down the worst quality clothing I've ever bought online. Great designs, terrible quality.

I didn't know shirts could be sewn up with so little material. Felt like I was wearing a light handkerchief.

I instantly returned my shirt and had to cover shipping, sneaky bastards.

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I guess they are living up to their name: less threads.

Maybe they should branch out to other products and compete in other markets like Headcase (phone covers) and Stickermule.

Fun fact: "less" means "without", not "fewer", which is what you meant when you said "less threads".

Is that the company's definition? Or the standard English definition? I thought the standard English definition was "fewer". I never looked up the word, but just assumed from the context other people have used it during my lifetime. Either way, I think it is an example I am lousy at comedy and the English language :(

Sidenote: "Nickell and DeHart invited users to post their designs on a dreamless thread (hence the name Threadless), and they would print the best designs on t-shirts." ( dreamless.org, a forum where users experimented with computers, code, and art) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threadless#History_of_the_comp...

(I'm not arguing. Just curious. I was like, "Was I using 'less' improperly all my lifetime? Well, it probably is not the first time I misused a common word.")

The difference is between "less" as a stand-alone word, and "less" as a suffix.

Thanks for pointing that out. I see it now. Sorry for the confusion.

Oh... Now I understand. You're right. Disregard my previous comment below. Thanks.

It's my fault. I probably should have written "-less" to make it clear I was talking about the suffix.

As for the "fewer" vs "less" thing, I'd say most people get that wrong.

Must've changed since the early days when I bought 20+ of their shirts. Ended up wearing most gardening, etc and never had any tear or feel flimsy at all. Been many years since I bought from them though.

They changed from American Apparel to in-house (read: crappy overseas garbage) a few years back. Quality went down the drain, as did the fit.

That is disappointing to hear. I have bought years ago from Threadless and the American Apparel shirts still hold up well.

Yeah, I still have some shirts that I bought from them around 2004. The prints are a bit weathered, but the shirts are still in great shape.

They used to print on American Eagle tees, when they started making their own shirts I stopped buying them - the quality seemed to be okay last time I bought one, but the fit was weird.

*American Apparel

oops, thanks.

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