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Wash on cool and don't use a dryer. Just hang them. It sounds stupid, but the people that work at my local Lacoste always say than when you buy a shirt.

will it still stay soft? usually when i hang dry it gets all cardboardy and stiff.

I have some Lacoste shirts and throw them in the dryer for just a few minutes and then let them hang dry. They end up a bit stiffer than normal but nothing terrible. Certainly not cardboard stiff. That's the only way I know of to prevent an all cotton shirt from shrinking.

what if i just dry it on super low heat?

Dido. Same at my locall la coste store. They say don't put it in the dryer they hang dry in no time.

have them dry cleaned

True, i dont know i want to spend the money to do that though.

Wash 'em cold water and hang dry, hopefully you have softwater running in your house. If wrinkled real bad just iron it, colored shirts I usually iron inside out. DO NOT DRY CLEAN, that's not a suit, Dry clean has chemicals!!! I'm a Lacoste fan myself, just check the picture on the left.

Wash in cold water, tumble dry on low heat, and take out when still damp. That way they won't get stiff.

Newsflash, its just lacoste, not izod lacoste. But year just wash on cool and hang dry. Pretty standard for all shirts that arent pieces of crap.

Like was said above, wash in cold water and dry fully on low heat. Pull them out as soon as the dryer stops and you won't even need to iron them. This has always worked for me.

IMO drying really shortens the life of lacoste shirts. It makes them feel like crap after maybe 4 wears. Only lazy people would dry to avoid ironing or hang drying.

I've been wearing golf shirts since IZOD was originally popular with the alligators on the chest. I just "handed down" some of my golf shirts to my father-in-law that were 7+ years old and they still look great (only reason I got rid of them is I've got too many). IMHO the method I suggested works great and the shirts continue to feel good. Best thing anyone can do is try it and see how it works for them.

When you're married with 4 kids who play sports, wife works (and plays golf), you work 60 hours a week running your own business, play golf whenever possible, and are very active in your church it's not called being lazy it's called finding ways to have more time in the day. Perhaps you'll understand that one day.

If you have a water softner, that helps. Fabric softner in the wash works as well - Downey is best.

I never dry my golf shirts - high heat causes shrinkage (as well as other elements - paging George Costnaza). A low heat will probably do the job but you may have to do it a few times.

The quality of the shirt matters, too. I have a Nickluas golf shirt that comes out soft as can be after line drying and with no wrinkles. On the other hand, an Antigua brand shirt I have can stand up on it's own after line drying and fabric softner.

This thread could be taken as an advertisement for performance material polos. With a good tech shirt, you wash, dry and can literally roll the thing up without it wrinkling - you can dry it all the way and let it sit in the dryer.

If the izod shirts are all that and a bag of chips you should be able to warm water wash (soap does not dissolve or rinse off properly in cold water and cold actually fades colors worse than warm) and tumble dry low thoroughly without noticeable shrinkage.

If this is not the case, you are simply getting ripped off. I have inexpensive cotton polos from Target and Kohl's that have retained their shape and color very well after multiple washings and dryings.

The idea of having them dry cleaned is truly insane - hot steam and chemicals? Read any directory on the care of fine mens wear and you'll see that they recommend that you dry clean your fine clothes a minimum number of times.

I overheard two guys my age talking in a golf shop recently. The one guy said his wife forbid him to buy anymore golf shirts because she had just ironed and folded 38 golf shirts. What kind of a tool (short of being on tv) has his golf shirts ironed? Another reason to wear performance materials.

Another vote for performance materials if you're spending that much...not only do they keep you cool and dry, but they're also low maintenance.

As for care...wash in cold water, and hang dry. Some dryers have an "air dry" setting (no heat), so thats a good choice too.

This question has plagued man since cotton was deemed awesome.

If you pay that much for the shirt, either dry clean it or buy some wizmatic garment steam cleaner.

Or else after a bad round with it on, wash it in boiling water using alot of elbow grease and one of those clothing cleaner scrub boards and then dry it on hell's kitchen hot setting for 5 hours.

Thats why i always buy one size larger so I can throw it in the dryer

Hope you didnt buy these on EBAY....fake as hell if you did!

no, i didnt buy them on ebay... its just because i washed and dried some of my other lacoste's and they shrunk up to nothing, and when i tried to hang dry them they were stiff.

Mine never shrink like that...

Well, do you dry them?

Yep, Not on high heat.