Open with what is missing
Every honest care guide for this label begins with an absence. Nowhere does That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup give any washing or care instructions: not on the product pages, not in a care section and 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. There is an FAQ, but it covers payments, shipping and refunds, and stops there. Nothing below can be put forward as the brand’s instruction, because the brand has given none. Below is general graphic hoodie garment-care practice for the fabric weights and constructions the brand does publish, clearly separated from the handful of things it actually states.
What the brand does put out, fabric by fabric
Thorough specifications make the silence on care more noticeable. The classic tees are published as 6.5 oz, 100 percent organic cotton in a relaxed fit, about $150 at the brand’s own store as of September 2026. The Classic Cough Syrup Hoodie comes in 16 oz organic cotton, hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles, at about $200 on the same date, and prices do change. Published at 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester, the classic sweatpants come as a 14 oz fleece. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts are cut from 14 oz denim, garment-dyed by what the brand calls a double dye process to mimic sun-fading. Garments carry the signature yellow woven label, and the Dickies pieces are a 65/35 cotton-polyester blend.
The organic cotton jersey
The best documented fabric of the lot is also the one behind most cough syrup clothing you are likely to own. The composition, 100 percent organic cotton, the weight, 6.5 oz, a relaxed cut and jumbo screen prints front and back: that is what the brand states. The fabric has already been through water before it reached you in some lighter styles, which are described as cotton jersey that has been rinsed for a vintage feel. Wash temperature, cycle, drying and ironing: the brand says nothing on any of them. General practice with a mid-weight cotton jersey carrying a large print is a cool wash, inside out, gentle drying, and no direct heat at the print. All of that is standard handling for the fabric and the construction, not something the label has told anyone to do.
Heavyweight cotton and the fleece
The heavy end of the range holds two pieces. The awful lot of cough syrup hoodie in the classic cut is published as 16 oz organic cotton, hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles, 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. A published wash instruction, a shrinkage note and a drying recommendation are all absent from both of them. 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. Cold water and separate washing while colour settles would ordinarily be warranted by a hand-dyed piece, but the brand specifies none of it.
Raw and dyed denim
Least documented of all, and the most interesting, is the denim. The published detail on the Double Cup Cargo Shorts runs to the weight, 14 oz, the finish, garment-dyed by a double dye process meant to mimic sun-fading, and a custom leather patch. The brand does not publish whether that denim is raw or pre-washed, whether it will shrink, or whether the dye will transfer to lighter fabrics or upholstery. That last question matters with any garment-dyed indigo or overdyed piece, and the site carries no answer to it at all. Washing rarely, inside out, in cold water with like colours, and air-drying rather than machine-drying is general practice with heavy dyed denim. Once again, that is how heavy dyed denim is usually handled, not an instruction from the brand.
Cotton-poly workwear
The Dickies line works differently from everything else here because of the polyester content. The classic workwear ratio, and the most forgiving fabric here, is the published blend of 65 percent cotton and 35 percent polyester across the work shirt and the lined jacket. Blends like that are more stable than pure cotton, less prone to shrinking and quicker to dry, which is why workwear has used them for decades. Down to the pencil pocket on the jacket sleeve, the blend and the construction get published, though 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, which makes a fully lined jacket a different proposition.
Screen-printed 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 the brand’s own copy. The brand does not label which pieces use which, although water-based inks sit into the fabric rather than on top of it and feel softer, while thicker prints sit on the surface. On whether a print should be washed inside out, ironed over or tumble dried, the brand publishes nothing at all. With a large screen print, general practice is to turn the garment inside out, keep the water cool, skip the dryer where possible, and never press a hot iron onto the print. The usual outcome of heat is cracked or faded artwork, and heat is the one variable you control entirely.
Things nobody writes down, and storage
The absence of published guidance matters least at the storage end, since the physics are the same for everyone. Heavy knits do badly on hangers: a 16 oz hoodie or a 14 oz fleece can stretch its own shoulders over months, 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. Denim is happiest folded or hung by the waistband, away from direct sunlight, since light will fade a dyed finish unevenly. The real enemy across all of it is damp, and nothing about alocs clothing changes that. None of this is brand guidance; it is ordinary practice for those weights, and worth stating plainly because the brand says nothing.
The whole picture in one table
What the table does is separate 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. Another column holds general practice for that fabric, 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. The same emptiness described here is what searchers who type thats a awful lot of cough syrup looking for a wash symbol will find. Any care chart attributed to this brand elsewhere is a reconstruction by somebody, not a published document.
| The fabric | What the brand does publish | General practice for that fabric | What the brand does not publish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey in organic cotton | 6.5 oz organic cotton, a relaxed fit, jumbo prints | Cool wash, turned inside out, gentle drying | Temperature, cycle, shrinkage and ironing |
| The heavy cotton and fleece | 16 oz cotton hoodie, hand-dyed, plus a 14 oz 80/20 fleece | A cool gentle wash, dried flat or on low heat | Anything about hand-dye colour settling |
| The dyed denim | 14 oz, garment-dyed, with a leather patch | Wash rarely, cold and inside out, then air-dry | Raw or pre-washed, shrinkage and dye transfer |
| Cotton-poly workwear | 65 percent cotton with 35 percent polyester | Warm or cool wash, and low drying heat | Care for that lined jacket |
| The screen-printed graphics | Screen-printed in Los Angeles, and some water-based ink | Inside out, cool water, never a direct iron | Ink type per garment, and heat tolerance |
The gap, and living with it
This is not an argument against the clothes, none of it. Serious garments is what a 16 oz hoodie and 14 oz denim are, with published specifications 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. Where a definitive answer matters, ask at the brand’s own store or its locations in Los Angeles and Houston, 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 been speaking throughout, and it should be read that way.