If you had just bought your old feller some clothes for his holiday from JD Williams...

I agree calendar girl. I always wash things from charity shops, never wash new stuff.

I think I'll carry on washing

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/clothes-new-wash-dermatologist-today-show-lice-scabies-formaldehyde-eczema-a8219976.html

I am not going to even read that link.

If I could just get round to slinging anything in the suitcase it would be a start.

I don't think they need washing first. I would never wash clothes before I wore them.

I packed for my DH once, an important business trip. I forgot his suit.....
Never had to pack again!

I always try new stuff on just before I jump in the shower, then wash it before I wear it for the first time; as someone else said you never know who's tried it on before you. I also know some people buy items, wear it to an event, then take it back for a refund! Yuck!

I've never washed new clothes before wearing them nor any bedding or towels. Having read the link above I realise I may have taken risks but I don't suppose I'll change the habits of a lifetime now.

I buy all His stuff from Asda and/or Matalan and Next. I never wash things before I wear them

I wouldn't buy clothes for OH because he has such a limited view of styles, colours, fashions etc. I leave him to it. He'd wear polo shirts/t shirts and jeans for every occasion if he could.

I don't wash new clothes before I wear them.

It's obviously all too stressful for you Gonegirl.
Tell the old fella to buy his own clothes from now on, and pack for himself as well.
(Or hire a gentleman's gentleman)

I was allergic to my new duvet cover until I'd washed it, so it must have had "dressing" or something on it

Aha! Just read the article from the link above, and now I understand why I broke out in a rash from my new duvet cover.

I wear quite a number of button-up shirts for work. Although (as with many these days) I no longer wear a tie with those shirts while on business or in the office, I always put those new shirts through the washing machine before wearing them.

The above makes the collars feel more comfortable and the whole shirt feel softer I find.

I also put all my new underpants through the washer for the same reason, thereby making then nice and soft for the most important places. ?

However, I cannot see any reason to wash any new garment simply on the bases of where it was produced.

Just thinking, if you bought new clothes, and there was a fault in it, would the shop moan at you for washing it?

I usually frog march my other half to M&S shortly before any break so that I know what he packs is not his usual shabby wear. Earlier this year I left him to his own devices before a week caravan break. He picked me up from work and we drove straight there for me to discover he had packed some underwear, a pair of jeans, and a couple of oldish t shirts but had only the jumper he was wearing. As he always has a jumper on even in heatwaves and this one was already looking the worse for wear, we had to spend the first day of the holiday at Hornsea Freeport kitting him out. He just doesn't care what he looks like, but I have to look at him!!

gt66& others

If you're canny (like me) you go to the shop, see and feel material and quality first hand, try on then go home and order online.
Online clothes are pre-packed at manufacturer and never worn.
Simple.

I find in these times that Marks & Spencer never has any men's wear that I like unless it is formal white shirts, and those I rarely wear these days.

I believe that the above is the find of many men at present, and that Asda/George is as good as other any men's clothes retailers, if not better.

Grandad I think that the shirts with a button collar look much neater when not wearing a tie.
How to persuade DH though

I have to force him to buy clothes or buy them for him, although he did buy himself a very nice (and expensive) linen jacket recently. Should have noted the time and date!

Apologies should be "as good as any other men's clothes retailers" in my above post, not " as good as other any men's clothes retailers" ?

...and what kind of clothes might they be paddyann?
Are we talking
Boss
Gieves & Hawke
Brioni
RL
D&G
Hien Le
Abercrombie&Fitch
Mykita
Hilfiger
Gucci...
or more like Strellson?

I don't always wash new clothes before I wear them, and have never caught anything from them. With regards to the link posted I would think we are more at risk from chemicals in cleaning stuff and furnishings in the home than from clothes. The idea that scabies and lice is passed on is daft, it requires body to body contact for that.

I like wearing H&M clothes with a Gucci watch or Tiffany ear studs, that way, people always think the clothes are more expensive than they were.

My sons go the German/Scandi route when buying clothes, cars and watches.

Yawn