What is missing is the place to start
Every honest care guide for this label has to open 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 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, refunds are what the FAQ covers, and there it stops. No such instruction has been given by the brand, so nothing below can be presented as the brand’s Awful Lot of Cough Syrup brand instruction. 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 is published, fabric by fabric
Specifications this detailed make the silence on care stand out more. 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. At about $200 on the same date, the Classic Cough Syrup Hoodie is 16 oz organic cotton, hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles, and prices do change. A fleece of 14 oz, published as 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester, is what the classic sweatpants are. 14 oz denim, garment-dyed by what the brand calls a double dye process to mimic sun-fading, makes up the Double Cup Cargo Shorts. The signature yellow woven label goes on the garments, while the Dickies pieces are published as a 65/35 cotton-polyester blend.
Organic cotton jersey, first
This is the fabric behind most cough syrup clothing you are likely to own, and it is the best documented of them. 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. The fabric has already been through water before it reached you in a few lighter styles, which are described as cotton jersey that has been rinsed for a vintage feel. Nothing is published by the brand on wash temperature, cycle, drying or ironing for any of it. A mid-weight cotton jersey with a large print is, as general practice, washed cool and inside out, dried gently, and kept away from direct heat at the print. What is described there is standard handling for that fabric and construction, and not something the label has told anyone to do.
Heavyweight cotton and the fleece
The heavy end of the range holds two pieces. Unusually heavy for a hood, 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. The sweatpants are a 14 oz fleece at 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester, with the logo screen printed across the front and up the back legs. Neither carries a published wash instruction, a shrinkage note or a drying recommendation. Because dense fabrics take their shape from how they dry, general practice for heavy cotton fleece runs to a cool wash, a gentle cycle to protect the loft, and drying flat or on low heat. A hand-dyed piece would usually warrant more caution still, with 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. Whether that denim is raw or pre-washed, whether it will shrink, and whether the dye will transfer to lighter fabrics or upholstery: it publishes none of that. With any garment-dyed indigo or overdyed piece that last question counts, yet no answer exists on the site. Washing rarely, inside out, in cold water with like colours, and air-drying rather than machine-drying is general practice with heavy dyed denim. That, once more, is the usual handling of heavy dyed denim, and not an instruction from the brand.
Cotton-poly workwear
Because of the polyester content, the Dickies line sits apart from everything else here. 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. The brand does publish the blend and the construction, 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 screen-printed artwork
The prints warrant separate treatment because they are the reason most people bought the garment. In its own copy the brand describes jumbo screen prints at front and back, artwork screen-printed in Los Angeles, and water-based screen printing on some of the lighter tees. 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. The brand publishes nothing on whether a print should be washed inside out, ironed over or tumble dried. 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. 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. 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. Light will fade a dyed finish unevenly, so denim is happiest folded or hung by the waistband, away from direct sunlight. Across all of it the real enemy is damp, and nothing about alocs clothing makes it otherwise. None of this is brand guidance; it is ordinary practice for those weights, and worth saying plainly because the brand says nothing.
The whole picture, gathered into one table
What the table does is keep apart the two categories that matter here. What the brand actually publishes fills one column, and it is a useful set of facts about weight and composition. General practice for that fabric goes in another column, drawn from how such fabrics are normally handled and not from the label. Knowing what has not been answered is as useful as knowing what has, which is why the last column names the gap. Type thats a awful lot of cough syrup looking for a wash symbol and the same emptiness described here is what comes back. Treat any care chart attributed to this brand elsewhere as somebody’s reconstruction, not a published document.
| Fabric | What the brand publishes | General practice for that fabric | What the brand does not say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic cotton jersey fabric | 6.5 oz organic cotton, a relaxed fit, jumbo prints | Cool wash, inside out, and gentle drying | Temperature, cycle, shrinkage, and ironing |
| Heavy cotton and fleece | 16 oz cotton hoodie, hand-dyed; 14 oz 80/20 fleece | Cool gentle wash, drying flat or on low heat | Anything at all about hand-dye colour settling |
| Dyed denim | 14 oz, garment-dyed, with a leather patch | Wash rarely, cold, inside out, air-dry | Raw or pre-washed, plus shrinkage and dye transfer |
| Cotton-poly workwear | A blend of 65 percent cotton, 35 percent polyester | Warm or cool wash, and low drying heat | 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. The published specifications are better than many labels bother with, and a 16 oz hoodie and 14 oz denim are substantial garments. The gap is simply this: specification and care are two different documents, and only one of them exists here. 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. Until then the sensible position on any awful lot of cough syrup piece is caution: cool water, low heat, inside out, plus patience with a garment hand-dyed and screen-printed rather than mass-finished. What has just spoken is general practice, and it should be read in that light and no other.