to ask how often you wash your clothes

[Vistada]

For me its after every wear (apart from jeans and joggers which is around 2-3 wears)

However this means i have a never ending flow of laundry

How many wears from freshly laundered would you go.

Depends on how long I've worn the item for during the day, what I've been doing that day, where I went, what the weather was like, if I showered that day in the morning or the evening...

Apart from underwear, it's an absolute 100% case by case basis.

After every wear for - tops, knickers, socks, sports bra, exercise tops

More than one wear for everything else including gym leggings

Underwear and sportswear - after 1 wear
School shirts - after 1 wear
Most other stuff can be worn longer imo.
Jeans, hoodie or coats get worn several times before washing. I'm pretty sure I don't smell

Everything washed after one wear. Although, more recently, I've been getting several wears out of cardigans before they're washed.

Socks, pants, bras, underwear of any kind and workout clothes is obviously every wear.

T-shirts, Camis, lighter shirts, dresses, skirts, trousers, joggers , leggings every 2-4 depending on how warm it is, how active I was on that particular day, and if I spilled marinara sauce down my boobs that day.

Jumpers, sweaters, hoodies, cardigans, fleeces etc only as needed, I probably get a good 7-8 wears out of a good jumper before I think it'll need a wash.

Jeans hardly ever. Sponge off any smaller marks and only wash when absolutely necessary.

Bedroom window open means clothes are always being aired a bit, don’t smell, and it’s free.

I’m extremely clean and would never wash jerseys after one wear by the way - it’s bad for them.

As little as possible..I wear then air.

Every wear. Pyjamas 2 nights and jeans about 3/4 wears.

Socks, knickers and tops after every wear. Trousers and jeans after every 3 wears. Bras after 2 wears unless v hot. Dresses after 2 wears.

Underwear and socks after every wear. Clothes used to be after 2 wears but since having a baby, after every wear. Amazing the amount of liquids a baby puts on your clothes🤣

Underwear, socks, tights, workout clothes, work dresses all washed after every wear. Bras after two wears. Jeans after a couple of wears, jumpers maybe after two, or maybe each wear, depending. Non-work tops and t-shirts after every wear.

It's just me in the house, and I do 2-3 washes a week

These threads always make me despair.

No wonder people's bills are sky high when so much washing gets done. The vast majority of clothes don't need washing after every wear.

I don't know how it came to be this way. I'm sure back when people had twin tubs/were hand washing that clothes were washed when they needed it (ie - when they were dirty!). How did people gradually get to a point that they washed all their clothes every day? Was it when automatic washing machines came along and all of a sudden made washing much less of a chore? Or is it thanks to (the crime that is) fast fashion, and people have loads of clothes? Has it just become a habit? Or do people just not want to put clothes away at the end of the day and it's easier to chuck them in the laundry?

In general (obviously won't apply to all circumstances), we tend to be cleaner now than in the past (before showers weren't commonplace, most people made do with a perfunctory wash), people live much more sedentary lifestyles (and when we do exercise, we wear technical clothing designed for that purpose), and we are more time poor than previous generations (where both adults typically didn't work out of the home full time) - all of which should mean much less washing needs doing. But yet somehow society has convinced significant numbers of people that washing clothes more often is essential. I think I blame Ariel and Persil!

I take the Tube daily and I wish people would wash more often. Themselves and their clothes.

Underwear and socks get one day then a wash.
Tops 2-3 wears unless it’s been very hot or I’ve had a spill.
Trousers until they look grubby.
Pjs I wear for several days. I’m a clean person and I only wear them in bed.
Can you explain why you wash them every time you wear them? For most people that is simply unnecessary. And costing you money. And bad for the environment and the clothes.

Totally agree @ReviewingTheSituation.

We should all be thinking about the environmental impact of how much washing we’re doing. And yes, people will come along and post about their manual work or their excessive sweating and what not, and yes of course that needs to be managed- if clothes need washing, they need washing but I suspect there an awful lot of people washing stuff unnecessarily, either because they’re germphobic/have OCD or they like the smell of washing powder or have bought into manufacturers‘ ad campaigns.

Plus cheaper, poorer quality clothes (a lot of stuff on the high street and online) will only survive so many washes and so folks end up spending more money on clothes too as things need replacing sooner. Big companies are quids in. Not having a pop at those who can only afford cheaper clothes- CoL hits hard. I have also had to buy cheap clothes from Asda etc at times because the well-made, more ethical alternatives have been beyond my budget. (I hate that ‘fast fashion’ has to exist at all, but I don’t judge those who don’t have a choice).
Just another argument for washing stuff less often.

For me, undies, gym kit and school shirts = one wear
My tops can usually stand two wears but I can be sweaty so sometimes only one. Leggings = a couple of wears
Jeans/joggers etc = a few wears
Jumpers/cardis/hoodies = quite a lot of wears (4-6?)

We have a dryer so we wash a lot!

Or it's we wash it bi-yearly and never smell.

I tend to wear an under layer and then a jumper. So the long sleeve tshirt underneath would get washed more but the jumper over the top would not get washed daily.

I would never wash a jumper after one wear if it didn’t seem dirty. Most days at the moment it’s only cold enough for a jumper or cardigan first thing and in the evenings, so they are only on maybe 3hrs a day max.
Even messy toddler, some days I have To wash everything as it’s a disaster zone, but if I can get away with it he can definitely wear jumpers or trousers a few days. And pjs ( less mud in bed, higher chance they stay clean)

Pants/socks every wear, everything else on a need basis depending on what I'm doing.

If I need to go into the office or into town etc I will have clean clothes on, for a day at home then will rewear anything that is still basically clean. If I'm just doing housework, I'll probably wear something that I've had on twice and shower and change/pop that stuff in the laundry after.

So on average I'd say 2-3 days for tshirts and jeans and tops. Wooly jumpers will get aired and reworn much more. Jeans might be more days as I often take them off and stick on leggings or something in the house.

If it's hot and sticky summer then wash more often but it's easy to get laundry dry then, not so much in the winter. It also tends to be lighter clothes and not hoodie and sweatshirts.

I wash after every wear, inc jeans and I’m guessing joggers aren’t shoes for you?

That's not a reason to wash clothes more though! That just adds to the cost of doing so, not to mention the environmental impact.

Joggers are tracksuit trousers or ‘sweatpants’!

Sports shoes are usually called trainers here.

Trousers and jumpers, every 2 or 3 wear, unless obviously dirty, or been worn for cooking etc.

Everything else, every wear.

Takes no time to run a load or 2 first thing in the morning, tends to be dry by the evening or at worst the following day, and 5 mn to put away.

I never use the dryer so my clothes don't get damaged. If you don't wait until they are filthy or stink, no need to boil wash everything 😂, that would damage them.

Socks and pants after every wear. Trousers once a week, tops once every 3-4 days. I could get away with two laundry loads a month.
My partner changes his clothes every day and sometimes twice a day but he works on a building site so it's typically a set of gym/day clothes and work clothes. It absolutely kills me but frankly, he can't get away wearing the same t-shirt twice even if he only wore it for a few hours. I, on the other hand don't sweat much and can easily wear a top for most of the week without it staining or smelling.