Why is there no solution to the 'used-once-but-not-dirty' clothes pile?

[Hicc]

We all have this, don't we? A pile of clothes on a chair in the bedroom that aren't dirty enough to wash but not clean enough to go back in the wardrobe.

Mine sit on a chair looking untidy.

Try as I might, I can't find a solution. Blanket ladders aren't sturdy enough to put up with daily use, chairs take up a lot of space, hooks don't work for two people's worth of clothes.

AIBU for being frustrated there is not a magical solution to this? Or is there one that is being gate-kept by the eternally tidy and house proud crew?

My point precisely. So it's not true to say, 'No item of clothing needs washing after every gentle wear,' is it.

Can’t see the point of the big cumbersome valet things people are posting pix of. Might as well pile used clothes neatly on a chair as stick them on those getting in the way of everyone.

I’m not the person you asked but here’s an example from me. Say I’m wearing a t shirt at home during the day. I then go to the cinema in the evening for 2 hours. I put a jumper on top of my t shirt as it’s freezing in there with the air con on. I get home and take it off again. All I have done is drive to the cinema, sit watching a film and come home again. In my opinion that jumper will not need washed.

Another example is my job. I wear a uniform all day at work. I’ll drive to and from work in a t shirt and jeans. Do they need washing after 20 mins there and 20 mins back? (When I get home I shower then put comfy pj type clothes on for the evening). That t shirt and jeans do not need washing after a 40 minute wear.

I totally agree with you. I couldn't live like that. Clothes everywhere except where they should be, in the wardrobe or washing machine

I agree, in your examples even I (a sweaty Betty) would probably not need to wash them. I do have clothes that I’ll wear two or three times for a slow yoga/mobility session too. So if that’s a gentle wear, fine.
But an all-day wear, even if I’m just sitting at my desk at home, will usually require washing.

But if you put them back in the wardrobe you forget you have worn them and then put them back in after 2, 3 4 wears.....how do you keep track of wears and needing washing? Or do you just wash if visibly dirty, or smelly?

The questions.

I have a chairdrobe

Hanging up is the answer

Your description includes cooking. Gentle wear to me is simply going out somewear and floating around for the day. I’m genuinely surprised by the amount of arguing on this issue. I don’t mean you particularly, but for some it’s like someone challenging their religion.

We wear the same clothes for a week when working outside getting sweaty and dirty. It’s pointless putting clean clothes on every day as they are dirty and smelly immediately

I just have the same pile as you but it's never that big as I'll wear the next day.

Why don’t you put them back in the wardrobe?

Yes...you hang them over the baby gate or the ledge at the top of the stairs!

I have cardigans and jumpers (mainly wool ones) i wear on and off for months without washing. If I didn't hang them back in the wardrobe I would have more than a dozen cardigans and jumpers hanging about elsewhere. Makes no sense to me.

put them back where they came from

Pile? Maybe there's one item. I wear it the next day and then it goes in the laundry basket.

You're not supposed to wash jeans after every use. They are meant to be washed every 5-10 wears. Levis, after 10 wears.

😂 ‘not supposed to’
Denim is simply heavy weight cotton there is no reason not to wash them after every wear other than cosmetic ones that are based in the aesthetics of fashion.

I hang it on the wardrobe door overnight after a quick spritz with a vodka spray then the next day it goes back into the wardrobe.

I hang them back in the wardrobe on the right hand side of some empty coat hangers. All the clean clothes are on the left of the coat hangers .

Oh,yak!

Oh,pass the bucket! Pyjamas under the pillow???!!! And you admit to being a sweaty betty, this just beggars belief!

No,you are not weird,you are a normal CLEAN person unlike all the other posters.

i wear a lot of natural fabrics that shouldn’t be washed often like cashmere, silk & linen.

Me too. Lots of sanctimonious ‘I wash after every wear’ posters here. I wonder how many of them are wearing polyester

I'm not a denim manufacturer, but that is what Levis always had said about caring for their jeans and it has stuck in my head. I googled the general advice.

I guess a lot of people wear throw-away fashion these days and don't care about caring for their clothes or having things last in good condition.