Do you do this?

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I saw a coat online I really loved but it was ££££ so I decided to go and try it on. So I went up to London and went to the branch where they had reserved one for me.
I tried it on and love love loved it. But when I took it off I was covered in fluff from the lining. The lining was a pale fleecy grey. I was completely covered. The sales girl seemed to think this was normal and I should buy it and wash the lining. But the coat was £249 and dry clean only. So what if I bought it and dry cleaned it and it still did it? Would I get my money back and the money I’d spent getting it dry cleaned. Then she suggested I could hand wash it. Another sales girl joined in and suggested hand washing. So I said that I thought it was odd to buy a coat and have to wash it before you could wear it. They both agreed it was completely normal and implied I was the odd one.
I didn’t buy the coat.
Am I odd? Do you wash things before you wear them?

I do wash some things before I wear them but definitely not coats! You were right and they obviously just wanted the sale.

No, they’re odd. Plus if you wash a dry clean coat it’s dry likely to ruin it and you wouldn’t then be able to exchange it. They wanted the sale.

I asked them what would happen if I ha d washed it and it shrank and they looked unimpressed. Maybe the manufacturer could have washed it so I didn’t have to spend the rest of the day looking like a sheep.

I’d expect to wear a coat loads before having to wash it!

Would a lint roller have helped?

Maybe the manufacturer could have washed it so I didn’t have to spend the rest of the day looking like a sheep.

And exactly. If it was just a case of a quick wee hand wash, why didn't the manufacturer do that?

Was the lining detachable to wash it?
You'll have post a link, someone might have it and advice you if it does continue to shed?

Bit like the school sweatshirts that shed red fluff over the white shirts and polos . Obviously not a £250 dry clean coat but accepted that they moult until you wash them.

I wouldn't be happy with a coat I had to wash or brush first .

No I wouldn't wash beforehand. I would also take a dim view of any sales staff proposing I should ignore a care label.
The absolute minimum I would expect would be a discount to cover the cost of dry cleaning plus the inconvenience.
As for making you feel like you're the odd one No wonder fashion retailing is in the shit.

www.poetryfashion.co.uk/product-VX59/parka-with-fauxfur-lining.htm

This is it. @TableNiner I was beyond a lint roller I would have need several.

It was that they both agreed I should definitely wash it first even though the label said dry clean only. Apparently they both wash everything they ever buy.

Ooh it is a gorgeous coat OP.

But no, I wouldn't spend £250 on a coat that was going to cover me in fluff and that I'd have to get dry cleaned which may or may not solve the issue/ruin the cost.

Nah, they were talking shit. They didn't want to say yeah that's really bad, not worth buying it, 🤣

Actually to be fair, now I've looked at the link I reckon you could cold wash the lining.

Very odd! Lovely coat though, you've made me want a new one, the black one looks fab! Too pricey for me though, along with the fluff problem you've mentioned

I'm sure looking at the link you could buy a nice coat, that won't shed, for less money that is similar.

@Bluntness100 Possibly but it’s a lot of money for the risk.
It’s expensive for me but I haven’t had a new coat for years and I just loved it.
But I’ll just stick to my old one until I can find a new I like as much.

I should say both the sales women were very pleasant. Just not very realistic.

It's really odd that the lining is dry clean but the coat washable. I wouldn't wnat to take the risk of it still shedding after whatever you shouldn't have to do to it

@Oldraver the whole thing was dry clean only. The staff just suggested I could hand wash it.

They were on commission I reckon. Really not normal to wash clothes before you wear them, especially coats.