To want polyester banned!!

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It is truly the devil’s fabric - who on earth thought that making clothes out of a material that is essentially plastic would be a good idea?

It doesn’t decompose, instead it simply goes and sits in landfill for 100s of years. Microplastics are released during each and every wash, polluting our water supply. It isn’t breathable and makes you sweat like a pig, to worsen this the fabric holds oil and therefore traps scent..! Bloody awful stuff on all accounts

I try and avoid it if possible but unfortunately I’m forced to wear it almost every day as it is my work uniform - I’m considering asking if I can pay to get a cotton version made. So sick of it!

Not really.
example:
Double duvet cover with two pillow cases in 100% cotton at Dunhelm £12
https://www.dunelm.com/product/gianna-trellis-lilac-duvet-cover-and-pillowcase-set-1000241982?defaultSkuId=30902397&beddingSize=Double

There’s a reason that most of my clothes come from Vinted.. half the time they are cheaper than Primark etc (which is no longer cheap!)

Nice try though - I bloody wish I was privileged! Didn’t realise that a dislike of sweaty, smelly clothing was so offensive 🤣

I think that used to be true (I remember getting my clothes from market stalls as a kid and always getting electric shocks / sparks from the crap materials when you took them off to bed changed for bed) but I think Vinted etc is the way ahead now. Decent stuff at a fraction of the cost if you hit lucky / search well. I buy barely anything new now. I hate that Primark / Shein etc seems to have to be the 'go to' for anyone on a budget, as it then just becomes an ingrained way to shop.

I also remember standing near the kettle in a nightdress when I was a kid and the steam melted my nightie sleeve and it stuck to my arm! My mum had to soak it away and I had a scar for years.

YANBU.

But there are endless posters on here who will defend their right to buy cheap shite from chinese tat merchants like Shein, all made from plastic because it's cheap and they like "nice bits".

Skint people buy from charity shops or on Vinted. You can buy those natural fibres at next to no cost, second hand, and they will last longer than your cheap polyester.

@Ficklebricks 90% of my wardrobe is secondhand. All natural fabrics. When I've finished with them, I pass them on as the quality is excellent. Much less waste for very little money.

Natural fabrics last forever. My youngest is wearing his brother’s old school uniform, he literally hasn’t had a single bit bought for him (except shoes). He gets the occasional new t-shirt outside school, and clothes for his hobby (second hand as well)
Many pieces in my wardrobe were second hand originally, and have been worn by me for years.

@Corfumanchu high quality polyester sports gear is indeed breathable and moisture wicking. school uniform- not at all. its literally a plastic bag for your child to wear.

Polyester is awful stuff.
Being a petrochemical it is a hormone disrupter. It doesn’t decompose and when finished with is dumped in catastrophic quantities in 3rd world countries.
Worst of all it makes you super sweaty as it doesn’t regulate heat like natural fibres. Can’t understand why it’s so popular for sportswear.
I now only buy natural fibre clothing and where I still have old polyester clothes I wear a cotton top underneath to prevent the sweaty betty feeling.

I’ve been sucked in too many times by super soft lightweight Polyester and acrylic jumpers that bobble as soon as you look at them.

I'm laughing at the cotton lasts forever 🤣
Cotton stains much more easily than polyester.

How do you stop cotton t-shirt getting holes across the belly?
How do you stop mens cotton shirts wearing on the collar?
How many mums moan about white cotton school polo's and stains?

Darning wool socks was a thing because wool wears just as much as other materials, but it was really expensive to replace wool socks.

I don't think anyone tries to repair cotton socks.

We cannot all buy from vinted and second hand places. Someone has to buy new.

Think How many jobs rely on people buying new clothes?, Design, manufacturers, distributors, trucks, shops?
How much VAT and tax is raised via clothing industry? Tax being shop rates, business taxes and employment taxes?

Its hardly going to be your speedo second skin. How on earth does it not soak up water?

Or are these swimsuits designed for sun bathing in rather than swimming in?

I'll let you try before I consider wasting my money.

Well even if that were the case, then everyone who can afford to, should. That makes the world better for everyone (and then their secondhand stuff will be available for others). So why shouldn't they discuss it?

But my income is in the lowest decile (poorest 10%), and I've eaten organic and worn organic (not just cotton rather than polyester, but organic cotton) since 2006. So I don't agree these choices are only for privileged people; it should be accessible to 90% of the population, if I can do it. It depends on your priorities.

Re sportswear, if Olympic athletes a few decades ago were competing in cotton, I think ordinary people can manage their park run in it!

@Needspaceforlego school polos are generally polycotton (i.e. polyester) which is why they wash awfully.
We had white pure cotton poloshirts, they were used for 4 years by us (2 children, 2 years each), then handed down. Still white.
Cotton can be washed hit, bleached etc. no problem
No idea why your t-shirts and shirts develop holes, i haven’t observed that (i wear men’s cotton shirts for work, the oldest are about 10 years old)

cancel culture I don't like a product so I going to make sure no one in the world can use it
this is how we ended with with the nonsense stuff we have ie paper straws in plastic cups etc

I only wear natural fibres- wouldn’t occur to me to buy polyester, although dh’s favourite football strip is polyester.

I buy my clothes second hand. I'll often look up what I'm buying, and depressingly often, the natural fibre version that I'm buying in a charity shop no longer exists new. It's now a polyester blend, or sometimes wholly polyester. This includes premium brands that are supposed to guarantee quality.

So although I'm all for buying second hand, I feel there's only so long before even that ceases to be a way to purchase affordable quality natural fibres.

Very interested in whether that stat about us not being able to produce enough cotton is based on fast fashion level buying.

I'll assume your female and don't develop male stubble that rubs collars, the way DH does😜

But ultimately clothing does wear, inc natural fibres. Thick heavy cotton jeans wear too.

Cotton is more polluting than polyester.

It can be engineered to wick away moisture, contain medication and be breatheable.

Work uniforms are generally shit polyester.__

It is often engineered in sportswear to be breathable.

I don’t know about Lululemon. But if it’s proper active sports wear it should wick away sweat and moisture.

Agreed, same with outdoor wear.

Who wants to go skiing in wool coats?

And now Ive thought about all your water sports, what's ths alternative for buoyancy aids?

What are we dressing anyone who works outdoors in?

Yes, please ban those awful polyester Popsy dresses 🤢

I wouldn’t want to see it banned I wear a lot of it, especially for work, I need lightweight stuff that dries quickly and wicks the sweat, it ticks the box

Lots of jobs rely on us wrecking the planet. I didn’t think about the oil refinery workers when ditching my car for a bicycles. Tough.