How many times would you wear the same shirt without washing it?

blackcard · 10-01-2016 01:33AM

Candie wrote: »

I wouldn't look down on anyone for anything they wear, but if someone wore the same shirt for days on end I wouldn't keen to be too close!

I don't talk about people's hygiene to others, but sometimes a look can pass between people if someone walks by and leaves a distinctive aroma in their wake, that's just human nature. Everyone knows who the soap dodgers are, you don't need to discuss it.

Do you find there is any difference between male/female colleagues?

10-01-2016 01:33AM

bluewolf wrote: »

Twice, apparently I'm a weirdo

A filthy dirty weirdo.

Stheno · 10-01-2016 01:35AM

Once i.e a workday as I am a sweaty creature.

Sometimes when working from home I don the previous days clothes and it feels rank

10-01-2016 01:35AM

blackcard wrote: »

Do you find there is any difference between male/female colleagues?

I think women might notice these things more, but I probably only think that because I'm a woman.

The only person I ever heard publicly complain about a smelly colleague was a man though.

10-01-2016 01:54AM

Candie wrote: »

I can't imagine getting out of the shower and putting worn clothes back on, it just feels wrong on many levels. I don't dry myself with a previously used towel either. Fresh towel, fresh clothes, always.

How many towels do you get through

Alienigenis · 10-01-2016 01:59AM

bluewolf wrote: »

Twice, apparently I'm a weirdo

Nah, not a weirdo, the majority of people I know do it.

10-01-2016 02:00AM

bluewolf wrote: »

How many towels do you get through

Loads, but I rarely use terry towels. I use pestamal (ham-am) towels. They're a lot less bulky and easier to get washed and dried.

10-01-2016 02:01AM

Candie wrote: »

Loads, but I rarely use terry towels. I use pestamal (ham-am) towels. They're a lot less bulky and easier to get washed and dried.

Yes, I know some of these words

They look less fluffy. Are they nice

10-01-2016 02:08AM

bluewolf wrote: »

Yes, I know some of these words

They look less fluffy. Are they nice

You won't have a dead skin cell left on you after a good drying with a pestamal.

They're slightly coarse like muslin and I like how they feel when you dry yourself vigorously. Great for holidays when you want to pack light too.

They're absorbent, but they're not fluffy at all. Most of the world would use either waffle cotton or pestamal type towels, you get used to them very quickly and it makes sense for washing and drying.

I do have a couple of fluffy terry towels that are a nice change now and then but you get addicted to the sort of wakey uppy feeling of a pestamal.

Stealthfins · 10-01-2016 02:13AM

If it's a shirt for a suit or one of those tacky jock style Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren or Paul Smith cheap thing's I'd wear once,then wash it.

If it's a rugged Barbour or Superdry warm kinda flannel type of classic shirt I'd wear it a few times as I'd usually have a long sleeved t-shirt underneath.

Minderbinder · 10-01-2016 02:42AM

I think anyone who buys good quality clothes won't wash them after one wear. They will know how to protect their nice clothes by not wearing them at home or doing anything arduous in them. If I'm going for dinner or to a meeting I'll wear a nice shirt for a few hours and then change immediately when I get home. After two or three times I'll hand wash in tepid water.

People in my own family wreck their clothes by washing them too much in machines. They don't buy good quality clothes but it's still death by washing. Then they have to go and buy another item and end up paying more on clothes than I do and I have top brands and they have superdry and that kind of stuff.

After one or two or three uses is not the important issue. Knowing how to look after clothes is important. Unless you are excessively sweaty you don't need to wash after every use. I'm not sure why some people who buy crap clothes suddenly have this snobbish attitude when it comes to excessive cleanliness. Is it their way to make themselves feel in a higher bracket of society than they really are?

fatknacker · 10-01-2016 02:44AM

depends how many days it passes the sniff test from the floordrobe...

Oh wait. Maybe that's why I'm single

johnnyskeleton · 10-01-2016 02:50AM

bluewolf wrote: »

How many towels do you get through

Eh? Surely one is enough?

JupiterKid · 10-01-2016 02:53AM

If it's a t-shirt, once. If it's a shirt over the t-shirt, twice.

o1s1n · 10-01-2016 02:54AM

Minderbinder wrote: »

. I'm not sure why some people who buy crap clothes suddenly have this snobbish attitude when it comes to excessive cleanliness. Is it their way to make themselves feel in a higher bracket of society than they really are?

How very dare the lower classes attempt to be clean! I almost dropped my monocle into my brandy at the thought.

...

I suggest you spend more time cleaning yourself and less time buying your way into 'high society' via fancy clothes. I'd rather sit beside a clean person in Primark than a smelly one in something expensive.

TheChizler · 10-01-2016 03:04AM

In the summer it's one day only, other times it's worn for a day, on the rad to air for a day, folded and put into the good-for-another-wear section of my wardrobe. Wouldn't be more than 2 days unless I ended up wearing it only for a few hours in total.

The smell test always has the final veto though!

murpho999 · 10-01-2016 03:12AM

People who insist on washing all clothes after one wear are not realising how much they damage the environment by shortening the lifetime of their clothes by frequent washing and also the damage that washing detergent does.

Also, who needs to change their towels everyday?

Why are people also afraid of dead skin, it just creates some dust at worst.

People are so precious nowadays, from needing to shower more than once a day to now changing their clothes more than once a day. It's all completely over the top.

yourpics · 10-01-2016 03:16AM

Depends on the shirt!

If it is nylon or close fitting 1 day.
If it is cotton and loose fitting 3 days!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 10-01-2016 05:21AM

Minderbinder wrote: »

I think anyone who buys good quality clothes won't wash them after one wear. They will know how to protect their nice clothes by not wearing them at home or doing anything arduous in them. If I'm going for dinner or to a meeting I'll wear a nice shirt for a few hours and then change immediately when I get home. After two or three times I'll hand wash in tepid water.

People in my own family wreck their clothes by washing them too much in machines. They don't buy good quality clothes but it's still death by washing. Then they have to go and buy another item and end up paying more on clothes than I do and I have top brands and they have superdry and that kind of stuff.

After one or two or three uses is not the important issue. Knowing how to look after clothes is important. Unless you are excessively sweaty you don't need to wash after every use. I'm not sure why some people who buy crap clothes suddenly have this snobbish attitude when it comes to excessive cleanliness. Is it their way to make themselves feel in a higher bracket of society than they really are?

I have an assortment of clothes, ranging from pennies right up to "good clothes" (wtf?) and I would rather wear my clean pennies clothes than go about in prada laced with eau de 3 day old BO.

Similarly, I'd rather sit next to a clean poor person than a snobby mankbag.

mynameis905 · 10-01-2016 07:59AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd wear dresses more than once sometimes.

Tshirts would generally be of the gym kind do would only ever be worn once.

I only own one shirt and have only worn it once!

I rarely wear underwear.

Are we still on the two truths and one lie thread?

steamengine · 10-01-2016 10:26AM

Anyone here remember the men's shirts that came with separate collars, which were attached to the shirt via three studs. God knows how long the actual shirts were worn for ! In any event, I'm talking about the era of weekly baths, Monday washdays (by hand) and where showers occurred in April mostly.

HamsterFace · 10-01-2016 10:50AM

Unless you have a physically demanding job then you shouldn't be leaving bo all over your clothes.
You shouldn't sweat without exertion.
If you do then you need to change your lifestyle, or buy fabrics that can breathe at least

melissak · 10-01-2016 10:54AM

HamsterFace wrote: »

Unless you have a physically demanding job then you shouldn't be leaving bo all over your clothes.
You shouldn't sweat without exertion.
If you do then you need to change your lifestyle, or buy fabrics that can breathe at least

Add your reply here.
Apparently bo is sometimes caused by poor nutrition. The skin is an excretory organ. Toxins etc are put out through the skin causing smells

mynameis905 · 10-01-2016 10:58AM

I would wash shirts after one wear usually, sometimes I might get two wears if I only put it on to pop down to the shop etc. Same for jeans and chinos. Can't understand the raw denim heads that wash jeans once every six months.

Mantis Toboggan · 10-01-2016 10:58AM

Thankfully we've air conditioned offices at work so I usually can wear 5 or 6 days until she's ready to be washed. Works perfect though as ironing a shirt doesn't go well for me.

10-01-2016 12:42PM

Candie wrote: »

I can't imagine wearing something three times, putting it on repeatedly after a shower seems counterproductive.

Lots of people don't see the necessity in showering everyday so they can be on a clothes change cycle with their showers. That said personally I don't see any issue putting on something I've worn after a shower as its always done with jeans, trousers etc which get worn for a week+ between washes and some that only get occasional use are rarely washed at all.

murpho999 wrote: »

People who insist on washing all clothes after one wear are not realising how much they damage the environment by shortening the lifetime of their clothes by frequent washing and also the damage that washing detergent does.

Also, who needs to change their towels everyday?

Why are people also afraid of dead skin, it just creates some dust at worst.

People are so precious nowadays, from needing to shower more than once a day to now changing their clothes more than once a day. It's all completely over the top.

It's pure and utter obsessiveness in my opinion. What's the point in buying a nice polo shirt or shirt if you only wear it for a few hours once ever two weeks. I like to get the use out of my clothes and actually wear them for a reasonable amount of time hence getting two days along with the fact washing them is so bad. My clothes last for ages and ages and I think a lot is to do with the fact they don't get washed as often as some people do.

The changing a towel every days is beyond madness, mine is hung up after every use to dry and I get many many uses out of it.

Penny Tration · 10-01-2016 12:58PM

HamsterFace wrote: »

Unless you have a physically demanding job then you shouldn't be leaving bo all over your clothes.
You shouldn't sweat without exertion.
If you do then you need to change your lifestyle, or buy fabrics that can breathe at least

Why shouldn't you sweat without exertion?

The human body sweats an average of one litre per day, most of which is immediately evaporated. That's without exertion.

steamengine · 10-01-2016 02:25PM

Some of us don't sweat though, we perspire, or pess-paw.

10-01-2016 03:45PM

Ladies overheat, gentlemen perspire, horses sweat :pac:

Figbiscuithead · 10-01-2016 04:05PM

T-shirt under jumpers everyday. Jumpers every 2 days. Jeans every 2-3 days. Socks and knickers everyday.

How many times would you wear the same shirt without washing it?

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