The T-shirt dress
Released in March 2025
This is still the first generation of our t-shirt dress, but we didn't start from scratch: we're using the fabric from the men's heavyweight t-shirt we've been selling since 2023.
We use organic cotton because so-called "conventional" cotton is a disaster for insects, birds, farmers… (more on this choice here)
An airy cut for hot days, mid-length and slit up the leg. You can belt it or wear it straight (the belt is removable).
Over the years, t-shirt fabrics lose their shape (especially at the hem). We can't change that sad fate, but we can make sure it happens as late as possible: by developing a dense knit (around 220g/m2), knitted from a thick open-end cotton yarn.
This dress is made in Portugal, in the Triwool factory we've been working with since 2017.
The techniques behind the quality
Open-end yarn
This type of spinning gives the fabric a rather "dry" feel. The upsides: no pilling (because the fibres are tightly intertwined with one another), and zero twisting (because the yarn isn't twisted back on itself, unlike conventional so-called "ringspun" spinning).
Open-end yarn
Dense fabric
Pre-washed
Dense fabric
Between 220 and 250 g/m2 depending on the colour (the darker the colour, the heavier the fabric) thanks to a thick 16/1 count yarn, which gives excellent resistance to stretching: on cotton jerseys, the heavier the fabric, the less it stretches out of shape (see the results of our tests).
Open-end yarn
Dense fabric
Pre-washed
Pre-washed
This dress is stabilised and pre-washed at the factory so it won't shrink at home (with cotton clothing, most of the shrinkage happens during the first wash).
Open-end yarn
Dense fabric
Pre-washed
A dress, in t-shirt fabric
A midi-length dress for elegance, with a nice bit of volume so it doesn't cling, and slit on the sides (because no one will have your freedom to think to walk). To keep it from losing its shape over the years, we picked a fabric with good structure, knitted from a thick "open-end" (organic) cotton yarn — a spinning technique invented in the '70s that tightly tangles the fibers together. The result is a slightly irregular feel and grain, like the great t-shirts you find in vintage shops. Wear it with or without a belt.
In detail
Fabric with some texture
Simple collar
The collar is attached with a double topstitch for a better hold.
Removable belt
Subtle logo
Embroidered tone-on-tone on the right shoulder
How to wear it
A few ideas if you're stuck
Composition
100% cotton
Origin and certifications
- Spinning, weaving, dyeing, and manufacturing: Portugal
- Cotton: Turkey
... make in Portugal and not in France? Of course, producing in Portugal lets us sell at a lower price. But it's also easier to achieve good quality there: back in the 80s, when France offshored its industry, Portugal strengthened its own. That said, others do manage to make T-shirt dresses that are 100% made in France, like La Gentle Factory.
... does the cotton come from so far away? Actually, it's hard to get any closer. While a few die-hard Gauls manage to grow some in their fields, cotton farming is marginal in Europe. The closest places we can source it from are Egypt, Turkey and Greece.
How this product will age
How do we know? We ask our customers what they think of the product one year after they've bought it. And if the product is less than a year old, we give you our predictions based on some spontaneous feedback and on our experience with similar products.
Thanks to the high density of the fabric, this t-shirt dress will barely lose its shape. Thanks to its "open-end" yarn with tightly tangled fibres, it won't pill. And because the yarn wasn't twisted during spinning, it won't twist out of shape. That said, as with all 100% cotton garments, the colours will fade over time with washing and exposure to the sun.
Care instructions
Don't overthink it, treat it like a t-shirt: wash it inside out at 30°, with similar colours, and everything will be just fine.
Environmental cost
This environmental cost is calculated using the official methodology of the French environmental labelling scheme (in force since 1 October 2025).
The label above shows the product's environmental cost according to the official methodology of France's environmental labelling scheme. It's what its production "costs" nature when you look at its impact on climate change, ocean acidification, its toxicity to freshwater, and so on. Currently rolled out in the textile sector, this label should soon appear on many everyday consumer products (food, cosmetics, furniture, etc.) to help you shop more responsibly.
So the t-shirt dress has an environmental cost of 852 impact points*.
By comparison, a garment of equivalent weight, 100% polyester, made in Bangladesh and sold by a fast fashion brand, has an environmental cost of 2501 points*.
Why this difference? Here are the main reasons:
- The countries of production: manufacturing in Portugal or France requires less fossil energy than in Bangladesh (one of the main producers of low-cost clothing). The result: this more local manufacturing limits the impacts on climate change, ocean acidification and resource depletion.
- The material: organic cotton has a fairly low environmental impact compared to polyester, notably because it uses few pesticides (so low toxicity for freshwater) and it's biodegradable (so fewer issues with microfibres or end-of-life waste).
- Durability: fast fashion brands drive purchases in particular by refreshing their collections very quickly and offering a huge number of styles, and they discourage repairs by charging ridiculously low prices. This increases the number of garments sold per person and reduces the number of times a garment is worn. At Loom, on the other hand, we've chosen business practices that encourage our customers to keep their clothes as long as possible.
Even though we've done everything we can to keep it as low as possible, the environmental impact of this product isn't negligible. So before you buy, make your clothes last as long as possible.
*Calculations made by Loom on 31/08/2026. Click the links to access the simulations from the official Ecobalyse tool and get more details on the assumptions used. Please note: the number of points isn't always exactly the same on Ecobalyse (whose method evolves regularly) as on the official environmental labelling (based on version 7.0 of Ecobalyse)
Reviews for this product
The standard practice is to send review request e-mails a few days after the purchase. We wait a month, the minimum time needed to form a well-informed opinion
Customer review policy
When do you ask customers for reviews?
We send you a review request one month after you receive your order. We reckon that's the minimum amount of time needed to have worn and washed a garment several times and to really form a well-informed opinion. After that, all your reviews are published within the week, whether they're good or not.
Do you ask for reviews on 100% of the products customers order?
We used to do that at first, then we realised we were starting to send far too many emails to some people who buy from us regularly. In short, we were spamming a bit. On top of that, it was starting to take up way too much of the team's time to reply to reviews - since we want to reply individually and privately to almost every person who leaves us a review. Today, we no longer ask for reviews on products that meet the following two criteria: 1/ There are enough reviews shown on the site for people who want to buy to form a well-informed opinion about the product 2/ We've read enough reviews within the Loom team to understand how to improve the product for the next generation.
Hold your horses: what proves we don't tamper with reviews by slapping 5 stars everywhere?
Honestly: nothing, we're just giving you our word. Same as for everything else, by the way: where we manufacture, where our wool comes from, our lab test scores, and so on. The only times we might touch what you write are if your message contains spelling mistakes (and even then, quite a few slip past us) or if it's racist, homophobic, and so on (but that's never happened so far).
Asking for a review after a month isn't enough to know whether the clothes really are durable, is it?
You're right, which is why we send you another review request email a year after your purchase – we even ask for a photo to see how your garment has aged. The answers help us improve our clothes and provide information about "how this product will age" on our product pages. To avoid bothering our customers needlessly, we don't ask for these reviews on 100% of the products ordered: as soon as we have enough data to understand the areas for improvement, we stop asking for the one-year reviews.