Laundry Schedule

[td3]

I'm a freshman in college this year and for me that mean figuring out a laundry schedule. I have about two weeks of clothes so I figured that a bi-monthly schedule would probably work. My question is this:

I noticed that a lot of people don't wash their jeans for a WHILE after they buy them. Realistically, how many times can you wear jeans / a shirt before it's time to wash it? Say I had a polo shirt that I wore an undershirt with and it didn't get dirty or anything. Is it a feau pax to wear that shirt again before washing it, or does that rule only apply to jeans?

I'm really not trying to be lazy, but I just want to maximize the life of my clothes and, of course, have them be fresh and clean. Thanks!

 

[Kas]

Shirt - wear it once.
Jeans - depending on the use. If you have several pairs of jeans, you can schedule the wear. Only they if they get noticeable dirty, I laundry them.

 

[jtang]

Generally it works like this for me: I have a lot of plain white undershirts; I wear one a day and then I send them to wash. I have t-shirts that I wear out (over the undershrit), and wash them every 2-4 wears depending on what I do and what happens to them. I stopped wearing Polos, but usually if I wear them with an undershirt I'd wash them every 2-4 wears. If its no undershirt, probably 1-2 wears. Jeans usually I wash only when there's a bad stain or they feel nasty... usually once every 2-3 weeks depending on how much I wear them. Hope this helps.

 

[closetmess]

The less you wash your jeans, the better they will look. Also, if you're hardcore you'll handwash them in your bathtub. And if you're really hardcore you'll treat them with vinegar, large rocks, cat feces and dynamite.