Do you wash new clothes before you wear them?

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I’ve just bought a lovely green jumper from TK Max. My friend asked what I was wearing this evening and I replied “my new jumper”. Her question was would it be washed in time? I must confess it hadn’t crossed my mind to wash it!

In a nutshell, no! Life’s too short.

No never - that way madness lies. If it was second hand yes.

No and I never knew people did this till a bloke at work told me he has to wash all his new clothes before he wears them because of the chemicals

Generally yes, because clothes and bedding are covered in a kind of fabric dressing - part of the manufacturing process. It's not chemicals you want next to your skin.
Would I wear a jumper I had just bought out the same day? Absolutely.

Yes always - freshens it up, gets rid of any chemicals and packaging dust, other people's sweat etc in case it's been tried on etc. i have a 15 minute cycle in the washing machine so I use that.

No.

Always- I hate the chemical smell of new clothing

I only wash underwear as new clothes sometimes have starchy stuff on them to make them look nice in the shops and it maybe irritant. Though some shops are a little less than fresh and allow dogs so you do have to be careful. I was in Fatface and there were several big dogs in there and two started on at each other, I don't think I would have bought something from there seeing this and I certainly would have washed it if I had

God no, never. Unless you have some kind of allergy it seems a crazy waste to me.

I don’t bother washing second hand stuff before wearing either, unless it really smells.

It depends on what type of clothing it is. Pants, T-shirts, shirts and most dresses get washed before their first wear; anything that doesn’t come into direct contact with my skin doesn’t get washed first.

My logic doesn’t extend to trousers, though - I have no idea why my brain thinks it’s OK for me to get the new-clothes-chemicals on my legs, when I shudder at the thought of them on my torso…

Underwear yes, anything else no. New clothes are never the same once washed!
Although DH washes everything new before wearing, because of the dust, chemicals, other peoples sweat etc…

Yes

Mostly yes, doesn’t smell right otherwise. I use different detergents from time to time, so it’s a ‘new’ thing. Always have to cut the labels off at necks as well. They drive me up the wall.

Yes. New clothes always smell weird and chemically until they've been washed. Same with towels and bedding.

Yes as we sometimes have a reaction to new clothes. Mostly tops.

Yes to underwear, bedding, towels and tea towels!

And I did do DS’s baby clothes but stopped after 6 months or so.

Absolutely no way if it's something brand new.

That's the whole joy of a new item for me - the crisp newness. Its never the same once its washed!

I've bought a couple of things from vinted & i have washed the 2 blouses

This perfectly sums up why one should. However, I don’t 🤣

only for DD when she was fresh out of the womb and even then, only because people told me to and I was extremely PFB.

Absolutely not. Part of the joy of buying something new is that it looks pristine and I haven’t had to expend any effort in that.
I’ve made it though this far in life without any reactions to chemicals and dust on my skin, I’ll carry on as I am.

No, unless it's second hand. Never had a skin reaction or anything.

No

Where’s all this dust on new clothes ? Do you all live in the desert ?
also , I’ve never noticed new clothes smelling of chemicals and I buy a LOT of clothes.

Yes but only because I buy second hand (charity shops,vinted,ebay) and i dont know if its been washed before I buy it

I once bought a top and wore it straightaway-it had blood on it (I hadn't noticed until i took it off) so I started washing before wearing anything i bought after that

No never, and I have also been known to wear things straight out the charity shop and they really do have the charity shop pong to them!! Even after a couple of washes I can still smell it so I shouldnt do that really

Im a super smeller (and taster), they do have an odour to them, I really like it, I love the smell of new bedding because of it. I dont wash that before it goes on either