To hate all the polyester crap out there

Clothes have become very cheap. And disposable. A vicious circle where they don’t last so we have buy more often, so we buy cheap. So they don’t last. In my grandparents’ day, you average middle class woman would have very few garments and would re-wear them and launder less often. Clothes lasted well as they were higher quality and looked after carefully. Hence the availability of vintage clothing. I wonder how many clothes sold new today will be sold in vintage shops in 30 years time....

Interesting about your dg and quality of clothes

Even in the 80s the cotton was much nicer and had a sheen. The jumpers didn't bobble either

Now the cotton is very sheer

Meant to add: I’m currently visiting my 97yo grannie. She has a wardrobe chock a block with clothes from every decade since the 1930’s. It’s really interesting to see the differences in quality in things called ‘linen’ or ‘cotton’. Her clothes were all made for her (she is pretty aristocratic!) but she insists the fabric was not particularly special in its day. Given a lot of it was wartime and aftermath, I believe her.

She still wears things bought in that era, and they look bought yesterday. They hang much better than our clothes do, they wear better and they are certainly somehow denser and far more lovely. Some of it might come down to not washing them in modern machines (with detergents). She does a lot more ‘sponging off spots’ than I do. They sponged and steamed and aired clothes more in her era.

Still, we really need new names for modern quality fabrics- they aren’t the same thing at all!

Sorry, but viscose looks/feels nothing like silk. I can pick it from 20 paces on a rack.

I sometimes marvel how a fabric that’s essentially a ‘natural’ substance (albeit using very toxic chemicals in the process) can look and feel so profoundly synthetic. I think it really takes on prints and colours in a very different way to silk, so that stands out. In fact, it seems to me that any ‘silky’ fabric with a vivid print is almost certainly not silk. Only very high end designers seem to be able to print bright patterns on real silk?

MixedBouquet viscose is mashed up tree pulp, not cotton! I don't have a problem with it myself, especially bamboo.

YANBU
I'm 26, I hate it and it gives me a rash!!
I got some nice linen and cotton stuff from ASOS, Forever 21, Next and H&M this year. I just search "linen" in the search bar, but do check incase it's mixed with something else.

I hate it too op. I only buy natural fabrics, and 2nd hand at that. Polyester is just vile although I appreciate you can get nicer versions of it these days.

I love it. Because it's cheap.

Thank goodness it's not just me. I always seem to smell by the end of the day if I wear artificial fabrics.

Natural fabric clothes are getting harder to find. Boden, Pure, Fat Face and White Stuff usually have some!

kalde those Decathalon bottoms look amazing!

viscose often makes me a bit sweaty and stinky - I'm not sure why if its just 'mashed up cotton'. maybe its not absorbent enough?

I hate polyester and will not buy it especially in tops. Viscose is better but I always look out for cotton

I find linen makes me sweaty

Each to his own - I love polyester! Doesn't crease, decent ones look like silk. They don't make me sweat - I think the trick is buying mid-range clothes like Boden and Reiss - polyester in New Look is not the same.

Viscose was invented as a cheaper alternative to silk (it used to be called “viscose rayon”).

It’s basically mashed up cotton that’s extruded into fibres that look and feel a little little silk. That’s why it creases so much. So it’s man-made from a natural fibre. I love it, especially when it’s very lightweight.

Polyester has come a long way since the days of Crimplene. I don’t find it sweaty at all, especially the lightweight fabrics, and it washes and dries very quickly. Environmentally it’s not great, but then neither is cotton, with the massive amounts of water needed for its manufacture.

lol I have a seasalt dress in linen, which needs ironing again!! linen drives me nuts. Cotton is more forgiving.

I'm currently rotating a couple of Linen mix dresses from Asda

Yes a lot of shops are full of polyester but even the supermarkets now are doing cottons/ linens

For outdoorwear style t-shirts and jumpers there is a company based on the isle of Wight called Rapanui who do all cotton or bamboo tops and I think they donate to marine charities. Not any good for work wear though.

Seasalt do cotton clothes.

I like 50s style dresses and get annoyed how many of those have synthetic materials. There's a small company I use called Aspire style who stock a range of 50s style brands - definitely not the cheapest! but they normally have some that are 100% cotton.

I am sitting here in a cotton teeshirt from Primark, I bought four this summer, I love the flamingoes. Then on top a boyfriend shirt from JD Williams or whatever incarnation it was at the time, sadly my cotton trousers are from the defunct BHS. ditto cotton knickers.

YANBU even high end brands are at it.
It drives me mad.
Polyester is gross and always looks cheap.
The environmental impact is huge. The same people wanking on about plastic bottles, etc can often be found dressed head to toe in polyester.

For jumpers and cardigans I wear cotton or cotton blends. I have a few from gap, Sainsbury’s and monsoon mostly.

Brora do nice cotton and linen, although it can be expensive.

@notsofastcuckoo Decathlon do nice organic cotton (and elastane) joggers that are thin rather than bulky.

www.decathlon.co.uk/yoga-organic-cotton-bottoms-id_8394014.html