First, I should have read the reviews before I made the purchase mostly because the material used is NOT preshrunk - which means it is not an easy item to be washed and dried.

Second, I washed this item seperately because I was concerned about color leaching onto other items. I was so glad that I did this because this item/material sheds in tiny clumps and some medium clumps, both on the shirt itself as well as leaving loads of little clumps all over the washing machine tub - requiring at least a single empty washing machine rinse. Also, even after washing it twice.

Third, I have to hang dry it - then after it is dried I have to meticulousily and tediously pick off all the little pills and clumps that have formed all over the shirt. Even after two washings. I have started off with using a super sticky lint remover/roller - and though that picks up quite a bit - there is a much a larger amount that literally has to be pinched off one at a time.

After a second wash, I noticed that the button holes are not done well - as though there were not enough sewing around them to keep them from fraying. Looks like the buttons will have to be sewn down in a better manner as the strings from them are freeing up and not leaving much to hold on to the shirt.

Fourth, the panel where the buttonholes are is lifting and fraying on the edge - looking like they cut it too close and then sewing on the edge rather than a proper fold of the fabric.

I need to proceed to see if I can return this blue one as well as the red one for my monies back - can't say how that will go, but for the price of these shirts they are so over priced lacking in all kinds of quality.

I can say one nice thing about them - the color stays vibrant after each of the two washes. Which it was the colors that caught my eye and made me want to get them for my husband. I am so glad that I didn't purchase them as gifts for someone else to have had to deal with such issues.

Too - the items came within the time allotted - so at least a positive mention to the seller for that.