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kittylester Mon 08-Sept-25 07:43:18

Do you have any clothes that seem to attract food spills and other stains?

I have recently bought 3 sweatshirts from Landsend. They are lovely to wear at this time of the year - but I can only wear them once before I spill something (usually food blush) or mark them with something else.

It doesn't happen with other tops

Suzysues Tue 09-Sept-25 15:37:59

Ilovedogs22

Mt61

Use a bib ha. I always use a tea- towel.

Oh! I'm glad I'm not alone in using a tea-towel as a sort-of bib.
My Mother always said that my name should be Slap-dash-Annie.😶

I always use a tea towel and so does my daughter 😆

poppysmum Tue 09-Sept-25 16:00:19

i just had a Magnum and just noticed a big blob of chocolate on my t shirt!

Vintagegirl Tue 09-Sept-25 16:09:43

It seems to be cotton that I am fond of wearing that has impossible to shift stains despite my best efforts.

Trisha99 Tue 09-Sept-25 16:29:50

Suzysues

Ilovedogs22

Mt61

Use a bib ha. I always use a tea- towel.

Oh! I'm glad I'm not alone in using a tea-towel as a sort-of bib.
My Mother always said that my name should be Slap-dash-Annie.😶

I always use a tea towel and so does my daughter 😆

I have a big stack of old tea towels in the cupboard for messy eating. Have trained husband to get a ‘cloth out’ for any meal involving pasta and have also warned him to never,ever, get them out when we have anyone round for a meal, we have ‘proper’ napkins then grin

AuntieE Tue 09-Sept-25 16:58:29

Our version is that if you wear dark coloured clothes the cats only shed their white hairs. If you wear light shades, only the black cat sheds her black hairs - she has a couple of white splodges.

The marmelade cat litters the place with his orange hairs, irrespective of what you wear.

Mt61 Tue 09-Sept-25 17:33:42

Glad I am not on my own, with regards to slopping 😂
I said to my husband many years ago, that I am going to smarten myself up, just as I said that, there was a landslide of mash & gravy sliding down my top 🤦‍♀️

Lahlah65 Tue 09-Sept-25 22:42:43

I have a lovely COS navy cotton t-shirt dress. I can only ever wear it once, and it often takes more than one wash to remove the stains. It ends up with large, greasy marks that are out of all proportion to anything that might have got dropped or splashed on it. I have wondered whether to try using a scotch guard type spray on it?
I read that it has something to do with the specifics of the fabric. Neither LandsEnd or COS are cheap brands.

Fae1 Tue 09-Sept-25 22:45:59

Yup - usually light coloured tops and usually a hard to remove stain like toothpaste or tomato sauce 😡

Allira Tue 09-Sept-25 22:48:32

poppysmum

i just had a Magnum and just noticed a big blob of chocolate on my t shirt!

That was me on Saturday, it looked like half the chocolate had melted then set on the front of my top as I didn't notice at first (watching tv).

henetha Tue 09-Sept-25 23:15:58

I've always had trouble with pale blue trousers. My latest pair , lovely wide leg linen ones, have gone the way of all the others, stained with grass stains, grubby at the knees and just don't ever look clean, for some reason.

Beechnut Wed 10-Sept-25 08:27:19

When deciding what to wear for our daughters wedding I knew it would have to be patterned 🙄