Why do clothes shrink?

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When clothing is made of natural materials like wool or cotton the fibres are stretched and stressed in order to we woven into cloth. When those fibres are dried and/or washed at a high temperature those fibres would try to return to their natural state.
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Clothes shrink, because some fibers shrink from the heat of the washer or dryer. Some fibers that do this, are wool and cotton. Some pre-shrunk cottons, may not shrink any further.
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