# How Many Wearings?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-wearings/830767>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-wearings/830767 "2019-03-08T15:15:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-wearings/830767/21 "2019-03-10T07:43:35Z")

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I used to dry-clean my suits a couple of times a year. I’ve still got the same kind of job, but I don’t automatically change into something more robust when I get home. Now the jeans get washed every week, whether it needs it or not.

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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-wearings/830767/22 "2019-03-10T08:03:35Z")

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Jeans I’ll wear until they get dirty or have the slightest smell–that’s still dozens of wears though. But since I dont wear jeans to work, I only wear them for an hour or two at a time. Plus, I often have 2 or 3 pairs of jeans in current rotation, so each has plenty of time to air out before it is worn again. The jeans might get washed once a month at the most.  
My work uniform I will wear at least a week before washing. Undershirt and socks are one time use, then wash.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-wearings/830767/23 "2019-03-10T12:14:47Z")

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Underwear and socks only once.  
Pants, shorts, depends on how they look.  
T-shirts once.  
Shirts and sweaters worn over T-shirts, once or twice, depends.  
Pyjamas and other miscellany, all week.

My suits and really good shirts are dry cleaned when necessary so that’s a special case.

We do all the laundry on Sunday, regular as clockwork. Nothing goes past that.

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