I give them a wash when I first buy them, then never again unless they actually get something on them, which is very infrequent.

This question doesn’t apply to jeans you’re wearing to work in, and expect to get dirty.

  • 1rre
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    1 day ago

    There’s different frequencies for different clothing items though:

    • Socks, underwear, sports kit: Daily
    • Dress shirts: Every two days
    • T-shirts: Every 3 days
    • Shorts, jeans, chinos, gloves: Weekly to fortnightly or when they get dirty
    • Trainers, beanie hats: Every few months
    • Leather shoes, caps, formal hats:

    Different parts of the body produce different levels of sweat, different materials pick it up at different rates. If you’re washing all your clothes at the same frequency you’re either a clean freak who’s apparently fine with wearing socks that very clearly need washing after a day’s use but not with wearing other things which are pretty much clean, or you’re just wearing out your clothes way faster than you need to