How many times would you wear a pair of trousers....

Idiophreak

Torry_Quine wrote: »

It always amuses me on TV programmes when great play is made of people wearing the same as yesterday. :rotfl:

Oh gosh...I hadn't even thought of the gossip it would cause.

Just imagine...both you and Colin from accounts come in wearing the same clothes as yesterday.... saucy!

Torry_Quine

daisiegg wrote: »

I didn't interpret the question about 'where do clothes go if they are to be worn again' as being to do with them ponging up other clean clothes. Isn't it more about having a system to separate things that have been worn and things that haven't - to avoid wearing the same item half a dozen times because each time you get it out of the wardrobe you think it is the first wear, and then it goes back in the wardrobe for another wear and then next time you get it out you think it is the first time....etc?



If you are wearing the same item two days in a row you wouldn't have this problem but if you are not planning to wear it again for a week or so it could be easy (if you have a lot of clothes) to forget it has been worn once and to treat it as a 'first wearing'.

I thought that was what the question was about.

Hope that makes sense...!

I suppose but personally things don't go in the wardrobe unless just washed.

Idiophreak wrote: »

Oh gosh...I hadn't even thought of the gossip it would cause.

Just imagine...both you and Colin from accounts come in wearing the same clothes as yesterday.... saucy!

Do people really think wearing the same clothes means something is going on. :rotfl:

Idiophreak

daisiegg wrote: »

I didn't interpret the question about 'where do clothes go if they are to be worn again' as being to do with them ponging up other clean clothes. Isn't it more about having a system to separate things that have been worn and things that haven't - to avoid wearing the same item half a dozen times because each time you get it out of the wardrobe you think it is the first wear, and then it goes back in the wardrobe for another wear and then next time you get it out you think it is the first time....etc?

Yeah, I suppose that's possible....but stuff does smell "less clean" through wear, anyway.

Wear a tee-shirt once and by the end of the day I can still smell the washing powder.

Day two, it doesn't really smell of anything.

Day three, it smells a little pongy - wash.

Of course, if you assume that 1 day in 3 I do something that makes the top dirty - maybe I go for a fag break with a guy at work, or go drinking and it gets weatherspoons-sticky, or I have to walk back fast and break a sweat...So the chances of it surviving more than 3 days without it becoming "overtly dirty" are quite small, anyway.

dreamdreamer

Jeans I'd wear probably 4-5 times before washing them, but a couple of those might well be just after work etc. The exception to this is if I've worn something "out out" in the evening, then it'll go straight in the wash.

T-shirts/tops go in the wash after one wear, very occasionally 2 if I've done nothing on the first wear and it still smells fresh. The chances of me not having spilled something on it the first day are slim though!

Jumpers/Cardigans I'll wear for ages because I only tend to put them on for a few hours and over something else. Probably get washed every few weeks!

Work uniform goes in the wash after one shift. I'm in an active NHS job and OH is in the military, PLUS does voluntary work 2 nights all with different uniforms so together we produce 12 lots of uniform in a week! Because of this we try to minimise our other washing. I do probably 5-6 loads a week for 2 of us! :eek:

Poppy9

Is putting worn clothes back in the wardrobe any different to putting coats or shoes in wardrobe?

tea_lover

Torry_Quine wrote: »

What's wrong with wearing the same thing to work two days running or more?

I'm sure that logically there isn't anything wrong with it but imo it's a bit eugh. Why advertise the fact your clothes aren't clean on??

Torry_Quine

tea_lover wrote: »

I'm sure that logically there isn't anything wrong with it but imo it's a bit eugh. Why advertise the fact your clothes aren't clean on??

Equally, why advertise the fact that you 'need' to wear clean clothes every day.

paulineb_2

daisiegg wrote: »

I didn't interpret the question about 'where do clothes go if they are to be worn again' as being to do with them ponging up other clean clothes. Isn't it more about having a system to separate things that have been worn and things that haven't - to avoid wearing the same item half a dozen times because each time you get it out of the wardrobe you think it is the first wear, and then it goes back in the wardrobe for another wear and then next time you get it out you think it is the first time....etc?

If you are wearing the same item two days in a row you wouldn't have this problem but if you are not planning to wear it again for a week or so it could be easy (if you have a lot of clothes) to forget it has been worn once and to treat it as a 'first wearing'.

I thought that was what the question was about.

Hope that makes sense...!

Who knows, I dont tend to think about my clothes that much, if I wear something twice I dont hang it back up, certainly not if its a T shirt, but I'll be able to tell when it needs a wash.

I dont really have systems for my clothes, a lot of them are on hangers, such as going out clothes I dont wear so much, the stuff I do wear a lot tends to be on shelves, other people will do it differently

Certainly cant see me ever having a wardrobe for clothes Ive worn once already specifically, but some people might think thats a good idea.

I think I would be able to tell how many times Ive worn something, because even though I have a few pairs of jeans, they dont look identical, same with skirts, tops

And even T shirts, its very rare I have identical T shirts, do have a couple of certain branded fitness t shirts but I'll rotate them anyway so I wouldnt be wearing 2 clean Ts in a row that look as if they are dirty.

I dont really put that much thought into my clothes, probably because I wear so much casual wear.

paulineb_2

tea_lover wrote: »

I'm sure that logically there isn't anything wrong with it but imo it's a bit eugh. Why advertise the fact your clothes aren't clean on??

Ive worn skirts to work more than one day in a row with no problem, the thing is, some people could be going home, washing the outfit and shoving it back on, wearing the same thing two days in a row doesnt mean its not clean on.

tea_lover

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Equally, why advertise the fact that you 'need' to wear clean clothes every day.

True. But I think I'd rather err on that side! I don't need to wear clean clothes everyday from a smell/dirt perspective, but I certainly do from a mental perspective (as in I need to know I'm wearing clean clothes).

That's not coming out very clearly, I know what I mean! :rotfl: