What is missing goes first
Any care guide for this label has to open honestly, and opening honestly means opening on an absence. Washing and care instructions are not published by That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup anywhere at all: not on the product pages, not in a cult streetwear label from LA care section, not in a policy page. Its two size-chart pages carry no chart and no care content at all, which is why there is no global reference document to fall back on anywhere on the site. Payments, shipping and refunds are what the FAQ covers, and it stops there. Nothing that follows can be passed off as the brand’s instruction, because no such instruction has been given by the brand. The fabric weights and constructions the brand does publish are what the general garment-care practice below is written for, and it is kept clearly separated from the handful of things the brand actually states.
What the brand does publish, one fabric at a time
Thorough specifications make the silence on care more noticeable. About $150 at the brand’s own store as of September 2026 buys a classic tee, published as 6.5 oz, 100 percent organic cotton in a relaxed fit. 16 oz organic cotton, hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles, is the Classic Cough Syrup Hoodie, at about $200 on the same date, though prices do change. A fleece of 14 oz, published as 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester, is the classic sweatpants. Garment-dyed by what the brand calls a double dye process to mimic sun-fading, the Double Cup Cargo Shorts are published as 14 oz denim. Garments carry the signature yellow woven label, and the Dickies pieces are a 65/35 cotton-polyester blend.
Organic cotton jersey, first
This is the cloth behind most cough syrup clothing you are likely to own, and it is the best documented. Composition at 100 percent organic cotton, weight at 6.5 oz, a relaxed cut and jumbo screen prints front and back are the things the brand does state. Described as cotton jersey that has been rinsed for a vintage feel, some lighter styles have already been through water before they reached you. Wash temperature, cycle, drying and ironing: the brand says nothing on any of them. As a matter of general practice, a mid-weight cotton jersey with a large print is washed cool and inside out, dried gently, and kept away from direct heat at the print. Standard handling for that fabric and construction is all that is, not something the label has told anyone to do.
Heavyweight cotton and the fleece
Down at the heavy end sit two pieces. Hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles, the awful lot of cough syrup hoodie in the classic cut is published as 16 oz organic cotton, which is unusually heavy for a hood. A 14 oz fleece at 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester is what the sweatpants are, the logo screen printed across the front and up the back legs. Neither of them carries a published wash instruction, a shrinkage note or a drying recommendation. A cool wash, a gentle cycle to protect the loft, and drying flat or on low heat is general practice for heavy cotton fleece, because dense fabrics take their shape from how they dry. More caution still is what a hand-dyed piece would ordinarily warrant, meaning cold water and separate washing while colour settles, but the brand specifies none of it.
Raw and dyed denim
Least documented of all, and the most interesting, is the denim. About the Double Cup Cargo Shorts the brand publishes the weight, 14 oz, the finish, garment-dyed by a double dye process meant to mimic sun-fading, and a custom leather patch. What it does not publish is whether that denim is raw or pre-washed, whether it will shrink, or whether the dye will transfer to lighter fabrics or upholstery. There is no answer on the site to that last question, which counts with any garment-dyed indigo or overdyed piece. General practice with heavy dyed denim is to wash rarely, inside out, in cold water with like colours, and to air-dry rather than machine-dry. Again, that is how heavy dyed denim is normally handled, not an instruction from the brand.
Workwear in cotton-poly
The Dickies line behaves differently from everything else here because of the polyester content. Across the work shirt and the lined jacket the published blend is 65 percent cotton and 35 percent polyester, which is the classic workwear ratio and the most forgiving fabric here. Workwear has used them for decades since such blends are more stable than pure cotton, less prone to shrinking and quicker to dry. The brand publishes the blend and the construction, right down to the pencil pocket on the jacket sleeve, but no care guidance whatsoever. General practice with a 65/35 shirt is a warm or cool machine wash and a low drying heat, since high heat is harder on polyester than on cotton. Lined outerwear is often handled professionally rather than at home, so a fully lined jacket is a different proposition.
The graphics, screen printed
Separate treatment is what the prints deserve, because they are the reason most people bought the garment. Jumbo screen prints at front and back, artwork screen-printed in Los Angeles, and water-based screen printing on some of the lighter tees: that is what the brand’s own copy describes. Water-based inks sit into the fabric rather than on top of it and feel softer, thicker prints sit on the surface, and the brand does not label which pieces use which. On whether a print should be washed inside out, ironed over or tumble dried, the brand publishes nothing at all. Turning the garment inside out, holding the water cool, skipping the dryer where possible, and never pressing a hot iron onto the print is general practice for a large screen print. Heat produces cracked or faded artwork as a rule, and heat is the one variable you control entirely.
Storage, plus the things nobody writes down
The absence of published guidance matters least at the storage end, because the physics are the same for everyone. Over months a 16 oz hoodie or a 14 oz fleece can stretch its own shoulders, because heavy knits behave badly on hangers, so folding is the usual recommendation. Lighter tees are fine on a hanger, though a crowded rail creases prints along fold lines that can become permanent. Light will fade a dyed finish unevenly, so denim is happiest folded or hung by the waistband, away from direct sunlight. The real enemy across all of it is damp, which nothing about alocs clothing changes. Brand guidance this is not; it is ordinary practice for those weights, and it is worth saying plainly because the brand says nothing.
One table that holds the whole picture
The table splits the two categories that matter here. A useful set of facts about weight and composition, which is what the brand actually publishes, fills one column. General practice for that fabric fills another, drawn from how such fabrics are normally handled and not from the label. Because knowing what has not been answered is as useful as knowing what has, the final column names the gap. Searchers who type thats a awful lot of cough syrup looking for a wash symbol will find the same emptiness described here. Any care chart attributed to this brand elsewhere is best treated as somebody’s reconstruction, and not as a published document.
| The fabric | What the brand states | General handling for that fabric | What the brand never states |
|---|---|---|---|
| The organic cotton jersey | 6.5 oz organic cotton, a relaxed fit, jumbo prints | Cool wash, turned inside out, gentle drying | Temperature, cycle, shrinkage or ironing |
| The heavy cotton and fleece | 16 oz cotton hoodie, hand-dyed; 14 oz 80/20 fleece | Cool gentle wash, then dry flat or on low heat | Anything on hand-dye colour settling |
| Dyed denim | 14 oz, garment-dyed, leather patch | Wash rarely, cold, inside out, air-dry | Raw or pre-washed, plus shrinkage and dye transfer |
| The cotton-poly workwear | 65 percent cotton and 35 percent polyester | Warm or cool wash, and low drying heat | Anything on care for the lined jacket |
| Screen-printed graphics | Screen-printed in Los Angeles, some of it water-based ink | Inside out, cool water and no direct iron | Ink type per garment and heat tolerance |
Living with that gap
This is not an argument against the clothes, none of it. A 16 oz hoodie and 14 oz denim are substantial garments, and the published specifications are better than many labels bother with. Specification is one document and care is another, and only the first of them exists here, which is the whole of the gap. If a definitive answer matters, the brand’s own store and its locations in Los Angeles and Houston are where to ask, and that answer beats anything inferred from a fabric weight. Cool water, low heat, inside out, and patience with a garment hand-dyed and screen-printed rather than mass-finished: until then that caution is the sensible position on any awful lot of cough syrup piece. General practice is what has just spoken, and that is how it should be read.