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To think this is why people buy all brand new clothes for holidays?

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Kittythepink · 08/08/2020 20:33

We are going on a family holiday to the seaside tomorrow. I am so stressed under mountains of clothes to wash, iron and pack for five people.

AIBU to think this is why so many people go holiday shopping for brand new clothes? Put them straight into the suitcase what a brilliant idea! Wink

Seriously though, does anyone buy all brand new clothes for going away? I used to know someone who bought all brand new underwear and socks for each holiday, so maybe it's a thing?

OP posts:
swimlyn · 08/08/2020 23:36

Well this is an eye opener!

I just wear new things for the flight out and back, as if the plane were to crash, I wouldn’t want the rescuers to think I was riff-raff and not worth saving.

Blackbear19 · 08/08/2020 23:38

@Polnm

Why would you have different clothes for a holiday? Surely you just take whatever clothes you have?
Beach holidays abroad are generally shorts / proper summer clothing. People who live in the north generally don't get the chance to wear proper summer clothing at home.

Weather at start of lockdown was awesome. It's been shite since the schools stopped. That's typical Scottish weather. I've been waiting months to get a dry weekend that I can finish painting our garage.

I know of a family mum and adult daughters who share a holiday wardrobe. They all add to it and pass it around before holidays. Then had a row when holidays overlapped.

binnydinny · 08/08/2020 23:39

@auberge but pre end of July dc only need clothes for weekends, my dc don't routinely wear shorts & vests in April. If we go to my parents home country for a month with very high temps during the school holidays they just don't have enough clothes that have survived from the previous yr so I have to add bits.

binnydinny · 08/08/2020 23:41

@GreenRoads so if you only buy a few things?

swimlyn · 08/08/2020 23:41

People who live in the north generally don't get the chance to wear proper summer clothing at home.

Grin Grin Grin

GhostCurry · 08/08/2020 23:43

Thanks GreenRoads, I suspected so, based on the things I’ve read on here about people of the working class refusing anything second hand. Bit depressing really.

“I just wear new things for the flight out and back, as if the plane were to crash, I wouldn’t want the rescuers to think I was riff-raff and not worth saving.”

I get that you are joking, kind of, but this attitude is sprinkled throughout this thread and I’m finding it so depressing. Such care for what other [theoretical] people think! I can’t inagine that even crossing my mind.

EKGEMS · 08/08/2020 23:44

I just did this earlier this summer on vacation. My son's luggage had five new pairs of shorts and pajamas just because he needed new and I saved them for the trip. I did have some new shorts I packed but the rest was clothing I already had. My husband had several new shirts packed because he needed new.

Lipz · 08/08/2020 23:44

I buy all new clothes and shoes, everything, for everyone when we go away. There's not one old thing in our suit cases.

I live in Ireland so we get about 2 weeks of good weather, we live in jeans, trousers, heavy tops, jumpers, boots. So nothing is suitable as we go to the USA every year.

If we do get good weather when we come home we use what he had in holiday.

Love having new clothes when away, always feel dressed up and nice.

AngelicInnocent · 08/08/2020 23:45

Buy new undies. Put them in your drawer. Pack old undies for holiday. Wear and throw away.

More room in suitcase for holiday purchases on return trip and less washing when you unpack.

auberge · 08/08/2020 23:51

Adding bits where necessary, sure (though I often find that shorts and t shirts in particular last kids a good couple of years because the leg/sleeve length isn't so relevant). But we're talking whole new holiday wardrobes here, packed straight from shop to suitcase. And for adults not just kids. Presumably if you live in wettest coldest Ireland or Scotland then that's even more reason that the summer clothes you bought for your last holiday will still be in perfectly good nick (unless you've gained or lost a few stone, or it's your first hot holiday in years).

Blackbear19 · 08/08/2020 23:53

Are people not embarrassed at throwing their old knickers in a hotel room or apartment bin, that are generally open like a waste paper basket?

My used knickers are carefully disposed of in a wheelie bin that nobody looks in

GhostCurry · 08/08/2020 23:54

“Are people not embarrassed at throwing their old knickers in a hotel room or apartment bin, that are generally open like a waste paper basket?

My used knickers are carefully disposed of in a wheelie bin that nobody looks in”

Oh my god this thread!! Shock

BobFleming · 08/08/2020 23:58

I tend to buy a few new things.

I have a chest of drawers for just holiday clothes. It makes packing very easy.

auberge · 08/08/2020 23:59

I'm also increasingly baffled by the whole 'chucking away underwear' thing. Lots of the 'new holiday clothes' thing seems to be driven by wanting to look 'nice' on holiday. So why would you want to wear your skankiest underwear on holiday and then chuck it? I guess the new clothes people must be different people from the underwear chuckers. (Personally I would always take some old and some nice underwear on holiday. Old for hot and sweaty hiking or whatever in the daytime, plus a bit of decent underwear for going out in the evening. So the same as I'd do at home, really.)

Shallowsubmarine · 09/08/2020 00:00

Oh hey marketing person. What a great idea! Yes most people buy entirely new wardrobes to take away. Let me know if you need any other research.

BluebellsGreenbells · 09/08/2020 00:00

We used to take older clothes to a beach holiday as they would often get a bit stinky with suncream

Sun tan lotion wrecked all of our T-shirt’s last year, so I would never wear a favourite or expensive item

Have you tow never heard of the Nivea spray on sun location? It’s like hairspray.

10 seconds and your done and no slimes hands

Plus a Boots own brand solid stick for faces

No mess and no waiting about

FarTooSkinny · 09/08/2020 00:00

Why is packing for holidays stressful? Surely you just shake the wardrobe in the general direction of the suitcase and collect what falls out? Also best done when drunk about 2 hours before the flight leaves

HeyAsdaIAintGonBeYourBitch · 09/08/2020 00:03

@swimlyn

Well this is an eye opener!

I just wear new things for the flight out and back, as if the plane were to crash, I wouldn’t want the rescuers to think I was riff-raff and not worth saving.

This is definitely a real risk and you are right to take these sensible precautions Grin.

I knew someone at school who bought all new for holidays. She was massively spoilt though and must have had wardrobes full of beautiful clothes Envy. I'd love to say it did her no good and she amounted to nothing, but she is actually a really successful professional with a beautiful family and devoted husband.

Aaaaaanyway, it might be something where people do this as their only shopping of the year or something? DH shops about once a year for clothes. Wouldn't be so bad in that case.

HeyAsdaIAintGonBeYourBitch · 09/08/2020 00:05

@FarTooSkinny

Why is packing for holidays stressful? Surely you just shake the wardrobe in the general direction of the suitcase and collect what falls out? Also best done when drunk about 2 hours before the flight leaves
Oh yes, I used to have a drink and then pack. It was always interesting to see what I had decided, after a Wine, that I absolutely NEEDED for holiday and what I decided not to bother with. I always ended up with a lot of high heels and dresses, no jeans or trainers.
auberge · 09/08/2020 00:06

To be fair, when we went on holiday last week, DH took at least two t shirts which he's owned since he was in his late teens (he's now mid-40s). This may be colouring my view.

FarTooSkinny · 09/08/2020 00:08

All you need to take on holiday is bikini bottoms and a toothbrush. Anything beyond that is just excessive and gauche

slippingshipyards · 09/08/2020 00:09

5 people? Can't they help ? You'd have been washing it and ironing it anyway but people can do their share ?

slippingshipyards · 09/08/2020 00:12

We don't buy new, our holidays are always camping and our clothes need to roll up small. We have a small hatchback and can get the tent and stuff for a week in it as well as three people. As the driver I get the most leg room 😂

Sugartitties · 09/08/2020 00:16

i buy brand new for six of us every year

Smallsteps88 · 09/08/2020 00:18

Urgh. Feel quite sick reading some of this. Here I am washing and recycling all my plastic, leaving the car behind wherever I can, not ordering from overseas, wearing clothes until they’re actually done, replacing old clothes with second hand or charity shop buys, all because we’re supposed to be trying to look after this planet we’ve all but blown to fuck. And then there’s folk buying entire new wardrobes for the whole family so they can look good for a week away where no-one they know will see them. Confused

And those taking old clothes away and just leaving them at their arse for hotel staff to deal with? Scuzzy lazy shites. Deal with you own waste responsibly.

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