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Taycat wrote on 2013-05-04 06:11
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Washing clothes is such a drag. Just imagine how much time you could save if you didn’t have to bother with such a time consuming task. That thought will soon become a reality for some if 24-year-old marketing grad Mac Bishop has anything to say about it.
That’s because he recently took to Kickstarter to fund what he calls “the better button-down†– a shirt he claims is wrinkle proof and can be worn odor-free for 100 days straight. How does he know that? Simple – he wore one of the shirts for 100 days straight without washing it.
In an interview with CBS News, Bishop said he ran four miles in the shirt, biked five miles in it and even tossed it on after a basketball game. Even through all that, it didn’t smell or look worn. The secret is in the material the shirt is constructed of: wool.
No, this isn’t the same itchy wool that your grandma used to knit those dreadful sweaters when you were a kid. Bishop spent six months developing the trademarked Cotton-Soft wool fabric using the finest shirting yarn typically reserved for the luxury fashion industry. The material is said to be naturally anti-wrinkle, odor-fighting and lasts six times longer than cotton.
To turn the dream into a reality, Bishop turned to Kickstarter with a goal of raising $30,000. With 19 days to go in the campaign, he’s already raised nearly $300,000 thanks to the generosity of more than 2,100 backers. The project will be funded on May 22 with an estimated delivery date of March 2014.
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Well now, this ought to be fun.
It'll save a lot of money in the long run for cleaning fees, etc etc.
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2013-05-04 06:32
I'm very doubtful about the 100 days figure.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2013-05-04 08:23
Quote from Sumpfkraut;1081805:
I'm very doubtful about the 100 days figure.
it doesn't account for body oils either
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2013-05-04 09:13
Also I'm pretty sure his self-trial is completely undocumented.
Considering he used the "finest shirting yarn" reserved for so called "luxury fashion" (I can only think of Angora wool here, which isn't even cotton, as the brand name seems to imply), it's either way probably a lot more cost effective to get regular clothes and some nano coating instead.
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Royale wrote on 2013-05-04 09:59
just because it doesn't look dirty doesn't mean it's not dirty, you don't wash cloths because washed cloth looks better, you wash it for personal hygiene....
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Osayidan wrote on 2013-05-04 15:37
Not to mention people will start to look at you funny after wearing the same clothes for 2 or 3 days, never mind 100.
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2013-05-04 21:13
Quote from Osayidan;1081911:
Not to mention people will start to look at you funny after wearing the same clothes for 2 or 3 days
Not as far as I noticed.
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Hanna wrote on 2013-05-04 21:29
Quote from Royale;1081839:
just because it doesn't look dirty doesn't mean it's not dirty, you don't wash cloths because washed cloth looks better, you wash it for personal hygiene....
i would say people wash them so they dont stink and i think most of you are missing the point
this isn't a shirt intended to go unwashed for 100 days, the point is people on the go or business men who can't wash their clothes right away don't have to worry about it because the shirt is odor free
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2013-05-04 22:45
Ah, right. Good point.