# Do you rotate the wearing of any of your clothes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697 "2018-05-23T19:47:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/1 "2018-05-23T19:47:52Z")
Just wondering how weird I am. My underwear is lined up neatly in my drawer, single file. I retrieve the closest pair when in need, and place newly laundered and folded skivvies at the back of the row to wait their turn. I do the same thing with shirts that I wear to work. This time it’s a hanger situation in a closet, left-to-right. Socks are willy-nilly. Anyone else? mmm ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/2 "2018-05-23T19:54:20Z")
I do the same with the shirts, more or less. But some of them work their way to the far left where the don’t get selected much. For example, long-sleeved shirts during summer. Underwear I just use until I am on the last or 2nd to last pair. That’s the signal to do laundry. Socks are just tossed into a drawer loose, and are paired-up as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/3 "2018-05-23T20:05:34Z")
I hang my work dresses up on the left end of the bar; choose what to wear from the right. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/4 "2018-05-23T20:13:17Z")
FIFO is how we do it. Clean clothes go to the left. After some time, they naturally are moved to the right side, and that’s when they get worn. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/5 "2018-05-23T20:25:05Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Just wondering how weird I am. > > mmm I don’t think you really want to know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/6 "2018-05-23T20:28:31Z")
only time I do something like that is move the winter clothes to the bottom drawer and move the shorts and lighter shirts up But im the type that I could throw most of my clothes in a box and be happy …. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/7 "2018-05-23T20:35:05Z")
I worked in grocery stores–everything of mine gets rotated! It’s drilled into you. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/8 "2018-05-23T20:45:40Z")
Everything gets rotated. Socks get rolled and piled after they are washed, so that is scatter-shot. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/9 "2018-05-23T20:48:18Z")
I try to keep the Lil’Wrekker’s clothing on a rotation. But things go out of style so fast when you’re 18. I try to beat in her head how expensive that pair of jeans were and how she needs to wear them. Doesn’t work real good. Myself? Nah, I wear things out to shreds and then throw them away or put it in the rag bag. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/10 "2018-05-23T20:59:10Z")
I rotate my shoes to let them dry out. For my jeans, it’s add to the left, use from the right. For the rest of my clothes, it’s more haphazard. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/11 "2018-05-23T21:09:39Z")
Things on Mustard-rotation: underwear, socks, bras. Everything else kind of ends up with a popular side vs. an unpopular side. The popular stuff gets used a lot more. In fact I have a Monday Outfit, to keep me from having to think early Monday morning. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/12 "2018-05-23T21:28:42Z")
All undergarments go to the bottom and the back of the drawers so the “oldest” clean clothes are at the front and top of the pile. Jeans are loaded on the left and chosen from the right. Shirts are mostly random, but I try to keep track of what was worn when. Similarly with towels and sheets. I even put dishes on the bottom of the stack and take from the top. I don’t expect the glass to wear out, but I figure if the pattern fades, it’ll fade uniformly thru the stack. Shoe rotation is much more random, but I try not to wear a pair 2 days in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/13 "2018-05-23T21:50:59Z")
Clean unders, casual / athletic socks, & polo shirts all go on the bottom. Dress socks go in the right & get pulled from the left as appropriate (tan socks go w/ khakis, not navy pants). > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Just wondering how weird I am. Very; but it has nothing to do with clean clothes rotation. :o ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/14 "2018-05-23T21:54:43Z")
I rotate my jeans - I have relatively few pairs, don’t wash them all that often, and want them to have as much time between wearings as possible to air out or whatever. I just toss them on the top of the stack when I’m done with them and pull from the bottom when I need one. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/15 "2018-05-23T22:02:31Z")
Are you this guy? [https://youtu.be/ppizuWIDZUM](https://youtu.be/ppizuWIDZUM) 🙂 As for me, no. I’m way too disorganized for that. I’m lucky if I’m actually taking the shirt out of the drawer or from the rack, as opposed to pulling it unfolded out of the dryer. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/16 "2018-05-23T22:08:24Z")
> [@Driver8](#): > > As for me, no. I’m way too disorganized for that. I’m lucky if I’m actually taking the shirt out of the drawer or from the rack, as opposed to pulling it unfolded out of the dryer. I have three hampers - one for dirty clothes, one for straight-from-dryer t-shirts, and one for straight-from-dryer whites/socks, in order to _explicitly organize_ my rumpled laziness. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/17 "2018-05-23T22:19:37Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Just wondering how weird I am. > > My underwear is lined up… Already weird right here. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/18 "2018-05-23T22:27:24Z")
I just blindly reach around in the drier, and whatever my hand lands on, is what I wear. Why yes, I’m single. How ever did you know? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/19 "2018-05-23T22:28:25Z")
I rotate all my clothing ,and all my towels, and my tires. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/20 "2018-05-23T22:48:06Z")
I rotate my clothes by season, and that’s about it. If it gets on a hangar or into a drawer, I’m happy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697.md?page=2)