# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/21 "2018-05-24T01:20:41Z")
I wear t-shirts 99.999% of the time; I have an entire closet just for them (_lots_ of them). I rotate them from left to right. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/22 "2018-05-24T01:52:55Z")
Jeans. A few years ago I learned about the “never wash” school of thought on blue jeans and I never looked back. The key element for success is to rotate them diligently. I typically have 3 or 4 pairs in rotation, all days of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/23 "2018-05-24T02:02:58Z")
Hell, I rotate everything.In the closet dress shirts go right to left and pants left to right, t-shirts and underwear in a drawer bottom to top, and socks in another drawer left to right. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/24 "2018-05-24T02:37:18Z")
Only towels, work clothes and black t-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/25 "2018-05-24T06:13:13Z")
In warm weather, Cubs polo is worn every Thursday (my Friday) and one of my Liverpool polos is worn if there’s a mid week game. On Sunday, since no one is in the office, it’s usually a t shirt and shorts. The other work days are often company polo shirts, occasionally English cricket or football polo shirts. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/26 "2018-05-24T07:16:40Z")
Sometimes I wear my underpants or a t-shirt back to front. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/27 "2018-05-24T07:50:21Z")
I rotate my shoes, like tires on a car, to make sure they wear evenly. Left to right, right to left. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/28 "2018-05-24T11:55:37Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I hang my work dresses up on the left end of the bar; choose what to wear from the right. Wow. Hardcore. “Bartender, a drink for the brunette at the end of the bar dressing for work.” ---
**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 24, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/29 "2018-05-24T12:09:24Z")
“Why, thank you, kind sir!” Works every time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/30 "2018-05-24T21:04:40Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > 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? 😃 I do the same and I’ve been married for 54 years (to the same wife). Life is too short to worry about wearing out my clothes evenly. When a piece of clothing wears out, toss it and move on. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/31 "2018-05-24T22:50:28Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Sometimes I wear my underpants or a t-shirt back to front. That only gives you two days of wear. After that, turn them inside out and repeat to get four days! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697/32 "2018-05-24T22:59:07Z")
I do that latest-cleaned-at-the-bottom-of-the-stack thing too, although not consistently. Sometimes if the fresh laundry is at hand, I’ll just take things from that instead of the drawer or closet. More amusing–I’ve been planning for an upcoming trip this summer and thinking about my packing. I decided to take one particular set of pajamas this time, since I’d switched them out of my luggage for another set at the last minute when I was packing for my last trip a couple of months ago. They’d get their turn this time. Like the pajamas care about going on trips with me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rotate-the-wearing-of-any-of-your-clothes/814697.md?page=1)