Our quilt guild made "sweatshirt jackets", so we wanted some shrinkage before we 'quilted' on them. I usually wear a ladies 10, but bought a men's L, and washed/dried it several times, and still had to alter it a bit....there was not excessive shrinkage. We particularly liked the color selection, and the efficiency of delivery. We were very satisfied, and all of us made several jackets, which we wear constantly.