A rant against fleeces!

A lot of dressing gowns are made of fleece, and onesies, and blankets, and and and....

Earth is doomed! Doomed, I tell you!

I have some fleeces; the older ones are relegated to wearing in the garden in the winter.
The better ones are good for winter walks, strolling on the beach in cold weather etc.
M&S used to sell fleeces made out of recycled plastic milk bottles

DH loves his too Katek, I have to threaten to cut them up in early summer or he would never go out without one except on a boiling hot day!

Not my favourite garment, I look like a sack of potatoes if I wear one. I sometimes borrow an old one of DH's if I want something for gardening.

I thought they were all made of old plastic bottles? I've just bought a lovely dark red fleece dressing gown for walking to the toilet block from our campervan on chilly mornings. I love it.

I love the warmth of fleece but after wearing one for even a few minutes I'm covered with cat hair! (With four cats we go through a LOT of lint rollers)

Who has the temerity to dictate what over 50s should wear – and why would that which suits a woman of 85 be suitable for a woman of 51, for example?

I have a couple of fleeces and like them. I prefer the ones with a zip so I don't have to pull them over my head and really don't care what anyone thinks.

My thoughts exactly absent

Are we all sheep?

Sheep ??, if fleeces are good enough for sheep, they are good enough for me.
However I normally wear wool layers with a windproof/waterproof outer layer.

As others say they may not be elegant but they are warm light to wear and wash and dry easily. I wear mine when it's cold and wet or snowy. I do only regard it as casual wear.

I looked at the what not to wear blog and I possess everything they say you shouldn't have. Several ankle length denim skirts, chino skirts and with a hip replacement elastic waisted skirts were great. Fleece dressing gowns are a standby. Fleece lined goretex for the north east and fishing for DH .

why would that which suits a woman of 85 be suitable for a woman of 51, for example?

Why wouldn't it?

Just read the information about the fibres being released during washing. Thinking of all the polyester fleecey stuff I've got-dressing gowns, fleeces,blankets,throws. I'm probably polluting the oceans on my own. OH the guilt!

If anyone who didn't like fleeces tried walking around hill farms to check work being carried out on barns you would soon change your minds

I love my fleeces too, I have a couple of the thin ones which I wear under jackets in winter or as cardys in the so-called summer. They wash and dry so much better than any other materials.

Also great for wearing to travel to hotter climes as they weigh virtually nothing and squash into a bag for coming back home ... instant warmth off the plane.

Up with fleeces! They are brilliant. Each to his own, of course, but I love mine for their comfort and warmth and everything else good that I can think of.
At 78 I want to be comfortable more than smart. I don't care whst I look like. I can dress up when I need to.

I don't wash mine and no longer wash, due to the particles in shower gel. The marine life is flourishing but I have no friends . Just kidding. Fleece or freeze? Fleece. Always used to wear mine on planes too. Cosy and comfy, especially if you have to lie for several hours on a row of metal seats because your plane is cancelled. Are they flattering, no, but I don't walk my dogs in high heels and pencil skirts either. I guess from reading the above, they are much loved. Would be nice if manufacturers stopped putting micro beads in products and perhaps looked at the manufacturing of fleeces to see if it could be done better environmentally but until then, we can only purchase what's available I suppose.

Don't you just hate the "fashion police" who dictate what you should or shouldn't wear? Of course we all do it (unless we are very saintly or unwordly)'cos let's face it, it's fun, but peoople should wear what they feel comfortable in. Unless it's those furry fleeces with wolves ior dogs printed on them. (only joking- honestly!

Hate fleeces. I know they are useful/sensible/warm but they look awful. And they are made of sweaty nasty polyester. yuk

Ooh no, don't like those type. I own/have owned some big baggy fluffy ones from Fat Face (named that shop after me) and Tog 24. They are man made but kind of woolly. But they are old. Think the fashion is for tighter shorter ones now and difficult to get the nice fluffed up ones. Hoping trend will reverse as mine are getting on a bit and could with some more.

and no longer wash, due to the particles in shower gel.

We use nice soap not shower gel, hope that is OK for the environment ??

instant warmth off the plane
or on the plane thingmajig
Some planes can be quite chilly, I usually have a pashmina, a thin fleece or cardie plus the inadequate blanket they give you (lend you I mean)

What is the alternative, then? Must be warm and light, roll up small and reappear uncrushed, mothproof, not expensive, wash and dry quickly and easily and come in a variety of good colours.

Suggestions welcomed.

Elegran the answer is, erm, well, you've got me there!

Jalima, and there was me thinking you hosed down with a big old bar of carbolic!

On a serious note, When I first read about micro beads and the environment, my assumption was they were in products like body scrubs and exfoliating soaps with grit in (hate those, I wash my face with soap and the grit gets in my eyes). Which you would assume (someone mentioned above) would be filtered out through the sewage system. But I think microbeads are different and are in makeup? (to produce a glow? sheen?)but other products like shower gels. In their case I'm not sure what for? And they are too 'micro' to be filtered out it seems but can still be ingested by marine life. Take 'em out. We all managed without them before and looked stunningly beautiful!