Tell me your polyester wearing secrets!

[Sweetpea302]

I would really love to buy a couple of pretty floral floaty dresses to wear with a leather jacket and boots over the A/W, but I can only find them in polyester.

Whenever I've worn manmade fabrics in the past I always feel really hot under the arms and feel like I smell horrible. I then can't seem to get the smell out. Can anyone tell me their secrets - how are you people wearing these pretty clothes and not ending up sweaty and smelly?! I wouldn't say I was an especially sweaty person!

M&S cool comfort slips help. I find it easier to wear poly stuff in winter because I can wear cotton top/merino base layer under it (vest type or tee if in depths of winter).

I really don't think there is a secret. It's cheap and nasty and refuse to wear it. My friend just bought a polyester top for £75 which to me is ridiculous.

There isn't a secret, just don't wear polyester. If it smells you can soak it in disinfectant, but nothing will stop you sweating.

Don't them. Every time you launder them, they shed micro plastic particles into the water system that are contaminating the planet. 70% of drinking water in the UK is already contaminated with plastic.

Don't wear polyester. I cannot believe that people pay big money for it. Buy less and buy better quality.

The only polyester I have is some vintage 80s blouses and dresses. Usually wear cotton underneath to help.

But, as PP have said, I wouldn't shell out for new polyester. There will be similar out there in better fabric.

I was reading about someone buying a polyester top from Comme des Garcons for a thousand pounds it's pure stupidity.

Thanks for the input everyone. I have found so many polyester etc dresses that I thought that I was the only one not in on a big secret! I'm now hunting for cotton tea dresses - which are TOUGH to find!

I have some polyester items , they are fine . I don't get sweaty or smelly ! I think polyester hangs nicely and washes so well !!

I hate the stuff too. I bought one blouse in it that at first did look quite good (£75-ish), but after about 10 wears it started to get a lot of static and then one day it just looked like a dishrag, so out it went. Cost per wear was very high. I will never buy anything in 100% polyester again.

sorry to crash but can someone post links to those dresses in better fabrics?

I don't have a problem with it, although I'd avoid anything too tight-fitting, especially under the arms, and I wouldn't wear it on a warm day.

I won't buy poly, but have been looking for print dresses to wear with a biker for years and really struggle to find any none poly ones.

I have loads of un-natural fibres - in colder weather I tend to wear a long sleeved top underneath anyway (like Uniqlo heat-tech) and just avoid things which are tight under the arms. I find they hang well and drip dry without ironing, plus I am generally not a particularly sweaty person anyway.