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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Josie Clarke

Expensive T-shirts are not more durable, first study into the garment finds

(Alamy/PA) -

There is no correlation between the price and durability of T-shirts, a first major study into the popular garment has found.

The most expensive T-shirt tested by the University of Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC) and environmental group Wrap was outperformed by one costing just a 30th of its price.

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