Consumer Alert: Storing Your Summer Clothes May Shrink Them

Dear Readers:

Beware of storing your clothes in airtight plastic storage containers. This apparently will shrink the fabric causing some of your summer favorites to fit poorly or not at all.

I tried on several of my favorite outfits from last summer and noticed some pulling around the waist, hip and ass area. A few shirts were too short and seemed to resist my repeated efforts to button them properly. It’s quite apparent that I did not change in size-the clothes did.