Same for me. I hate the itchy, scratchy feeling of new clothes. They also reek of chemicals. 
I always wash new clothes before wearing them.
I’m male.
Male.
No.
^This.
Girl. Wouldn’t even have occurred to me.
And I’ve always been surprised at the super high levels of hygiene on these boards. I’m wondering if this is a Dope thing, and American thing (yes, this being the majority of posters) or that Pookah is just scuzzier than the rest of humanity. Probably the last one.
Exactly! I have one lovely Jones New York cardigan with a crisp little sheer ruffle around the neckline and button band. I have no hopes that it will ever look nice again after washing, so I wear it judiciously and rue the day I’ll have to wash it. There is so much raw-edge ruffling that is very trendy right now. I spent a good 30 minutes one day trying to re-fluff the ruffling on a t-shirt the other day, to no avail. Some things don’t seem to be designed to be washed!
I must admit I do wash underwear before taking it back.
Male(*). Anything that needs proper pressing to look good goes to the laundry or dry cleaners so it’s professionally done the first time. Bedlinens get a first gentle washing, as do jeans or anything else that ships stiff or that may run dye. But knit polos or T-shirts, casual shorts, socks, etc., no, unless I detect the whiff of chemicals or months-in-storage-dust.
(*Fortunately we do not have to deal with as much “these clothes will self-destruct after two wearings” issues as the ladies. Unfair advantage.)
After bringing new clothes home from the store, the tags come off and they go directly into the laundry basket. I don’t consider myself a germaphobe or anything, but those clothes have been handled multiple times and probably tried on by other people before I bought them. It just seems like I should wash them.
Always wash. While reports of foreign clothing being shipped to the US with bedbugs are considered myths, there are confirmed cases of clothing being infested after they reach retail stores.
If they did have some weird chemicals or “Chinese pesticide” on them, would washing them really help?
ETA: Same with bedbugs – I don’t think bedbugs are that easily removed.
Guy, yes, always.
Girl, never. I find some of the comments terrifying, I now reckon that I ought to wash them but I most probably won’t.
I don’t wash new clothes before wearing. Sometimes *maybe *dark blue jeans, but that’s rare and, usually only if I have some reason to suspect they’re going to bleed. And even then, probably not.
Unless they’re all creased, like pinned dress shirts, no. For the most part, my clothes will never look quite as good as they do before I wash them, so I’d better wear the fucking things first, right? Maybe my laundry technique needs work.
ETA: Wait, where the hell do you people shop that lets you return underwear?
This, for the most part. If it’s in a sealed bag (socks, undershirts), I may not wash it.
We do too much laundry at our house the way it is now. No washing pre-wearing. I’m not worried about the germs, smells, or bugs.
Washing couldn’t hurt. New clothes really do reek of chemicals sometimes.
If you’re washing in hot water I would think that would kill bedbugs.
I was in a local hardware store with a large sign at the register that said, “ABSOLUTELY no returns on toilet seats”. I chuckled, thinking it was some sort of joke. It wasn’t.
Guy. Never. (Nor does the wife. And she’s a dame.)
Girl, rarely.
I wash only items that either need it for some obvious reason, usually wrinkles. I buy most of my clothes online and they all seem to come individually sealed into plastic bags now.
This, sorta. I’m always in jeans and a tee-shirt. Land’s End knits still look good after many washings, but something cheap won’t.
Same with rayon and linen – if something requires hand-washing/lay flat to dry, I’ll only get one or two wearings. Then it looks like crap.