How many wearing before you launder your...

[Standard Toaster]

Once for shirts, underwear and socks.

Two to three wears for cotton trousers.

 

[sho'nuff]

anything of mine torso that comes in direct contact with skin: underwear, socks, undershirts, tshirts i wash after every wearing.

anything that doesnt like a dress shirt (i usually wear an undershirt), lined pants, jackets, suits, i dont wash that much. hardly dry clean as well. i will hand wash sweaters and shirts on the collars and cuffs.

i dont wash regularly certain jeans.

 

[tokyodandy]

Originally Posted by Imperator

Underwear/socks/shirts - once
Pants - depends on whether they're wool or cotton, how hot it was when I wore them, what I did, etc. Generally every 3-4 wears.

+1.

I can't wear shirts twice. Even if you haven't sweated much, what about the wrinkles that inevitably appear by the end of the day?

TD

 

[JKB]

Originally Posted by Standard Toaster

Once for shirts, underwear and socks.

Two to three wears for cotton trousers.

+1

 

[Mr T]

Originally Posted by ProfessorShak

My father however will not wash his socks and undershirts unless they've been worn twice to minimize shrinking and help last longer.

I washed all of mine after reading this thread.

 

[Cornellian]

Originally Posted by kolecho

I wear and wash for everything except for trousers, which gets 3 wearing or so between wash. Jeans, at least 10 wearings between wash.

+1

 

[sl33p3rs]

I wash after every wear.

 

[orthofrancis]

I would think that this might depend on the body habitus of the individual and what time of year it was. In the summer it's hot, I tend to sweat and so I wash my dress shirt after one wear. In the winter my t-shirt barely has any sweat on it, so my dress shirt has essentially no odor, so I'll let it go for a second wear. But definitely t-shirts/socks/underwear get only one wear before being washed.

My bother recently worked with someone off the boat from Holland, and was told that a few of their European colleagues would wear the same work clothes all week!? He had to break the news of American dressing habits to his new worker.

 

[Nexus6]

Underwear / Undershirts / Socks = 1 Wear, then wash
Shirts* = 2 Wears (because undershirts protect the shirts)
Pants = 3-4 Wearings then wash (Unless some piss slashed off a toilet bowl..then wash right away)
Shoes = Never the same pair 2 days in a row.

*An additional tip I will share with you all about shirts...
This is useful if you have to run in the morning..
Take a sheet of paper towel, and fold lengthwise.
Slip it under the shirt collar and do not fasten the top button.
Leave your tie slightly undone.

I take public transit, and have to run for buses & trains, so having things loose allows my body to cool faster.
The paper towel slipped under the collar, absorbs perspiration, and protects the shirt.
Once at work for a few minutes, I remove the paper towel, button my shirt, and look great all day.
With this method and a fresh undershirt each day, I can easily get 2-3 wearings with a shirt.

 

[bowtielover]

After something has been morn once it is dirty and anything diry needs to be laundered.

 

[Tommy Trolley]

If the only person who knows is you, and if there hasn't been a significant ammount of soiling (persperation, spills) and as long as it passes the sniff-test, why not get a second or even third wear out of a dress shirt? I presume nobody is wearing a handmade Canali to a construction site. I also presume if you're wearing dress clothing to a temp-controlled office and working in a non-physically active setting you aren't breaking a sweat.

Honestly I think some people here have let their attention to detail evolve into mild OCD.

Note: not referring to underwear. Of course, one wear only. But if anyone can honestly say they have never hit laundry day, realized they are out of clean undershirts, and grabbed yesterday's, sniffed, and said, "yeah, it'll do." Never? Please. Maybe you were meant to be born a woman.