Garment price no guarantee of durability – study

Price has very little to do with the durability of most t-shirts sold in the UK, and spending more money doesn’t guarantee the item will be more durable and hard-wearing, new research suggests.

The academic study, conducted by the University of Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC) with environmental NGO WRAP, also found that more hard-wearing t-shirts tended to have a percentage of synthetic fibres in the composition including polyester, polyamide, and elastane.