A random poll

[redbird]

If you're as bored as I seem to be right now, you can fill out this poll:


[Poll #339087]

Comments

[mittelbar.livejournal.com]

"Depends" would include *except* if I expect it to shrink (if I bought it used/cheap in my size) and would be, like, anything that doesn't normally get washed a lot. Sweaters, frex, do NOT get washed first, even if they are secondhand and I can still smell the last wearer's Opium on them (maybe even especially if that...reminds me of my mommy).

Packaged underwear just gets worn. Unpackaged...well. Panties, of course, but, you know, if something's so "used" that I wouldn't just wear it, I'm probably not going to buy it in the first place.

I like the feel and look of clothes straight from the store, though. I like to have that for a wearing or two before they get mangled in my washer.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

If I can recognize an article of clothing as newly-acquired, by smell alone, I believe it needs to be washed. Some clothing manufacturers (or stores) put a light coat of scented starch on clothes, especially lightweight woven stuff, so it doesn't droop on the hanger. And of course stuff gets tried on by smokers, people wearing perfume and such. I'm very sensitive to scents, and it's worth a little extra laundry for me to avoid "that new clothing smell."

[misia.livejournal.com]

Blech, sizing is itchymaking on the skin and makes things hang and drape funny. I wash new clothes just to get the sizing out!

[ckd]

I do the same thing, for the same reason. Sizing, bleh.

I will make an exception for outerwear, since that's not usually infested with sizing and also generally doesn't touch skin directly.

[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

And some of us are allergic to something in sizing. I hate that they use it.

I try to wash new stuff before I wear it but sometimes I'm just eager to wear it and sometimes it's an emergency thing where I HAVE to wear it right away. Sometimes I've paid for this by getting a rash. You'd think I'd learn.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I love the look and feel of new clothing.

However, my sensitivity to most detergents seems to now potentially extend to industrial detergents and/or sizing as well (didn't used to, as most industrial detergents didn't seem to have the color/fragrance I react to) so I may have to start adopting a "wash before wear" policy. I'm not sure what to do with things that aren't meant to be washed, like jackets, that I might wear over a tank top so they'd touch my skin.

I just got a pair of black and white striped jean-capris from Lip Service, washed them once so I could get an accurate sense of their fit, and got an alarming amount of fading on the black stripes. This was washing on cold, even. Sigh.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I usually don't bother, but some thrift store stuff or anything that smells funny gets washed.

[feonixrift.livejournal.com]

Everything needs washing, I'm just lazy about it. But I'll wash anything that smells like anything, has stains, or is likely to bleed dye all over my other clothes. That wasn't a problem when all I wore was black on black, but times change (slightly).