# Do you wash new clothes before wearing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing/412812>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 23, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing/412812 "2007-07-23T05:08:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing/412812/21 "2007-07-23T17:12:43Z")

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For my kids but not me.

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing/412812/22 "2007-07-23T17:31:32Z")

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Nope, I’ve got better (for me) things to do with my time, water, and electricity.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-new-clothes-before-wearing/412812/23 "2007-07-23T18:08:52Z")

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[QUOTE=whiterabbit]  
Having worked a fitting room as part of a job…yes, yes, always yes! You never know who might have tried that shirt on before you.

And I don’t buy dry clean only items, so that’s not an issue.  
[/QUOTE]  
What she said. I used to work in a retail women’s clothing shop, and I always wash my clothes before wearing them. Even if they’re packaged, and I’ve ordered them online, I still wash before wearing, because I don’t like the new clothes smell.

If I can’t put an article of clothing in the washer, I don’t buy it. And if I can’t put a dish/utensil in the dishwasher, I don’t buy it, either. Life is too short to hand wash stuff if I don’t need to.

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