Do you Wash New Clothes?

No waste of time. Like the feel of new clothes.

Yammy
I agree with towels, they don’t seem absorbent until you wash them.

Yes I do I don't trust other people who might have dirty habits.

No- not if brand new. Always if from eBay or charity shops! Do love a bargain/recycling but couldn’t wear /store anything like this unless washed first

I have only once bought clothes on ebay, and that was at least 5 years ago. The garment, a winter coat, was too all appearances brand new, so I didn't see any need to get it dry cleaned.

Charity shops are meticulous about making sure clothes they put out are clean, and I wouldn't dream of giving to a charity shop any clothes that were not freshly washed or drycleaned and I haven't ever bought any whose cleanliness I suspected.

Funny how people always assume that other people are the ones with filthy habits that threaten our health. That is how they see us.

Not usually. Most things come packed.
Always wash new bedding since the doc, after peering from a distance at a rash down the side of my face, neck and arm, said, “Have you bought new bedding recently?”

Greeneyesgirl no there is no quarantining of the clothes in charity shops any more I can t say about retail shops
I can’t bear clothes or shoes bought online they either don’t fit or look lovely in the picture of a slender young woman with long flowing hair but horrible on me

I have never had any illness or disease connected with hygiene

For those people who feel the people who handled the new clothes may not be clean all I can say is Never never never eat out having worked in the back of restaurants and hotels (in my bringing up children days) your hair would curl at some of the ‘goings ins’ ???

Bluebelle I can back up your comments about restaurants, but only the two I worked in. One was fine, the other was everything you imply. I’d like to see behind the scenes staff permanently wearing masks etc. Watching Masterchef type programs, where they fiddle about arranging the food I’m about to eat makes my toes curl too. Almost raw meat and it’s trimmings handled with bare hands .?

There are chemicals used on fabrics to stop mould, set dyes and stop them from wrinkling. Specifically formaldehyde which is used to stop wrinkles is a carcinogen and also some people are allergic.
Personally I would always wash clothes before I wear them.

No only bedding and towels,I love new clothes

My friend’s son had a weekend job in McDonald’s before leaving school to train as a chef. He worked in a 5 star hotel and said the kitchen hygiene standards were far superior in McDonald’s.

I agree about seeing tv chefs handling food with bare hands and going from raw to cooked food without washing their hands. Some do give their fingers a token 2 second splash under the tap then dry in the tea towel.

If that’s what they do on tv in full view of cameras I can imagine what their standards are behind the scenes in their upmarket restaurants.

I dont wash new clothes i love the way they are all lovely and pristine. I start going off them as soon as they are washed and ironed as they never look the same again. DH insist on ironing everything first.

Years ago I had a boyfriend who was fussy about his clothes, and I must say he always looked good. Well, whenever he bought a new shirt he would ask me to wash it for him. I did this to start with, but of course that meant I had to iron the shirts as well. I got wise to this and in the end I would just give them a spray with an air freshener, hand them back and he was none the wiser.

Mokryna: ah, I see. At least they're quick to wash and dry!

Yes, if they will be next to the skin. Or if they have a heavy dye in them, red or blue type colours.

Yes, always. I saw a programe once - fiction, but even so - where the "victim" died because he was allergic to some product that had been used to spray the cotton.

Assuming its something that you can wash I always wash them to avoid having the fabric stiifener they use against my skin. I hadn't thought about the dirt aspect.

I'm sure all new towels and bedding comes with a label recommending that you wash them before use.

A woman I worked with years ago bought a new top from a well known clothing store. When she got it home to try it on, she saw that someone has taken the side seams in by hand and not very well either! Needless to say, she took it straight back and never shopped there again.

I always wash new clothes after I read/saw something about the chemicals/germs on them.
Have just checked on Google and yes the advice is to wash
the chemicals off.

Yes I always have. They may be packaged but they have had a lot of handling and I understand they are coated with a preservative. I have sensitive skin so avoid anything that may cause eczema.

No. And I think its a weird question to be honest.

Yup, I always wash new clothes (with the exception of coats which would require dry cleaning - I don't bother with that).

If you can think back to the 'oldun' days when we went to a shop and tried on clothes in fitting rooms (a long long time ago...), did you ever accidentally drop something on the floor? Yuck! Many fitting rooms were absolutely filthy and some shoppers will have just dropped garments on to the floor whilst making their selections.

I am not writing of a little backstreet store but major retailers - always dust and fluff on the floor, so yes, I wash new clothes.

As to mail order (the new 'ordinary'), I also wash those as they may well have been in someone else's home before they reached mine and the same applies as to fitting rooms. Just don't know where they have been/who they have been on!

Wash new knickers but nothing else, I like the newness of them. Sadly anything new I’ve bought in the last year is still unworn apart from a dress I’ve worn once and a Celtic sweater that I’ve loved wearing.

GrannyNannyWanny, I think you may be on the wrong thread.

Depends on what they are made from ! Items made from cotton I often wash before wear so they are softer.
Must admit that the idea of new clothes being dirty, I can fully understand - how many times have you been in a store and there are several items on the floor that have been knocked off the rail , either still on or off a hanger ?