People who don’t wash new clothes before wearing them

28-08-2022 9:19am #1

So many Irish people will happily try on a new shirt, pants, sweater, blouse, skirt or what have you, pay for it, and then wear it without washing it. Wash your new clothes folks! They invariably have other people’s sweat and myriad chemicals soaked into them. And they smell.

Jim_Hodge · 28-08-2022 9:40am

Sweet @#$€. What next?

That sounds ludicrous. Invariably? I think not.

Pinch Flat · 28-08-2022 9:41am

I love the smell of new clothes 😍

Comer1 · 28-08-2022 9:44am

That's why, as a man, I love wearing brand new women's underwear.

furiousox · 28-08-2022 9:45am

And when you return it to the shop they'll refuse to exchange it because it's been washed, great advice!

jim-mcdee · 28-08-2022 9:47am

I enjoy wearing other people's clothes. Maybe because of all the hand me downs I got as a kid. There's comfort in it. Or Lenore maybe.

28-08-2022 9:54am

Would you not just buy em online,if this was a concern,

they come in a sealed plastic bag

Andrea B. · 28-08-2022 10:00am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058260717/people-who-don-t-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing-them

You copped it!

It is an "Irish" thing. Makes us feel unEnglish.

We didn't want ye finding out.

Deeec · 28-08-2022 10:13am

The only time I washed new clothes was when I was pregnant - washed the new clothes for the baby.

I've never washed new clothes for myself. I've never picked up any bad diseases/illnesses from new clothes. As soon as you wash new clothes they lose their 'newness' and are on the path to being old.

OP can you tell me what exactly happens people who don't wash new clothes?

Greyfox · 28-08-2022 10:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058260717/people-who-don-t-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing-them

You should only wash clothes when they smell or are dirty, if they were either at the time of purchase I wouldn't of bought it. Its common sense really. Your post belongs in the ridiculous conspiracy theory section.

FurrySlippers · 28-08-2022 10:20am

Have to say, I do this with kacks. I know they are non returnable, and tend to be multi-pack, and so there is little risk that anyone has tried them on, but considering friction, heat, moisture, etc, I don't want to pick anything up. Wife considers this ridiculous...

Gaspode · 28-08-2022 10:22am

Wash the chemicals out of your clothes with the chemicals in your detergent?

Pauliedragon · 28-08-2022 10:23am

What about shoes OP? I got a dose of verruca a few years ago I put down to trying on shoes I just bought.

893bet · 28-08-2022 10:28am

My wife got pregnant from a pair of an underwear. Should have washed it.

Leg End Reject · 28-08-2022 10:36am

It's people who don't wash new towels and bedclothes before using them that you need to worry about.

fryup · 28-08-2022 10:38am

new clothes can be a tad stiff - jeans and that, for that i'd wash them before wearing them

delboythedub · 28-08-2022 11:06am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119532015#Comment_119532015

"O you Bitch"

AMKC · 28-08-2022 11:14am

So youngest if someone buys new clothes to wash them. Have you seen the price of electricity recently @OP. I guess not. Probably still lives with Mammh and Daddy.

I will happily wear any new clothes without washing them and have never got anything off them. I only wash clothes when they are dirty.

Graces7 · 28-08-2022 12:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119532164#Comment_119532164

Why? I mean why wash them? Not that I have had that problem for years.

Leg End Reject · 28-08-2022 12:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119532566#Comment_119532566

https://www.bhg.com.au/how-to-wash-new-towels-the-secret-to-fresh-fluffy-soft-towels

https://www.mulberryscleaners.com/blog/should-you-wash-new-sheets/

The same applies to clothes really, so the OP has a point, but I always wash new towels and bedclothes. There is an awful smell off new bedclothes and I don't want to sleep with that.

Furze99 · 28-08-2022 12:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058260717/people-who-don-t-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing-them

What are you on about - never heard anything as ridiculous in a long time. Have you also some obsessive compulsion to wash yer hands and clean all household surfaces several times a day?

freshpopcorn · 28-08-2022 12:57pm

This is a thing I've only ever heard of on Boards.ie. It seem bizarre to me. (Fair enough if you've some under lying condition or something.

However you go into a shop and try it on and you probably pick something up then anyway if your going to.

Also, what do you do with suits, dresses, etc. I've never heard of a wedding where the bride and groom were washing the dress and suit before the day.

Leg End Reject · 28-08-2022 2:24pm

Is it time for another "How Often Do You Shower" thread? 🙃

Jim_Hodge · 28-08-2022 2:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119533039#Comment_119533039

🤣And have to face another barrage of 'I only sponge bath once a week using a bowl of cold water and carbolic soap'? No thanks. Been there, done that.

cezanne · 28-08-2022 2:31pm

Clothes are mass produced in 3 world places and in cramped factories by unfortunates who barely have clean water or adequate sanitation. My friend is a nurse and has been to these places and now she washes everything before use duvet covers sheets t shirts every item she buys get a pre wash before she wears them. She maintains the handlers of the garments are not inoculated against a lot of diseases and you should wash everything . She uses good earth liquid cleaners in her machine soits not a corrosive detergent. i dont wash the clothes but i often think about what she had said to me but now i barely ever buy new stuff so its ok. I have out grown consumerism