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Nov 2018
5:03pm, 17 Nov 2018
9,476 posts
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Garfield
Let us know how they are EP! 
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Nov 2018
5:07pm, 17 Nov 2018
820 posts
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meadowsboy
My wife washes new clothes,drives me mad, to me new things should be worn first.
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Nov 2018
5:34pm, 17 Nov 2018
185 posts
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roberton
Whether it's needed or not, I know people with sensitive skin who wash new clothes first to remove anything that might be on them. So not dirt, but potential allergens (I'm using that term loosely).
(We seem off topic btw)
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Nov 2018
5:44pm, 17 Nov 2018
36,785 posts
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alpenrose
I only wash new sheets and towels before use, to take the dressing out, but never clothes.
I popped into Tesco's this afternoon and couldn't believe the Christmas chocolate aisle, the chocs that are traditionally in boxes e.g. Roses are all in plastic bags! You'd think there's been enough talk about it all year in the media and everywhere yet they still persist in wrapping more and more things in multiple layers of plastic.
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Nov 2018
7:45pm, 17 Nov 2018
4,247 posts
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TeeBee
I have no idea what take the dressing out means. Is it to take out the fold from the packet?
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Nov 2018
8:00pm, 17 Nov 2018
36,788 posts
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alpenrose
When things are new there's a certain kind of stiffness to them. I don't know what they do, maybe a bit like starch. When you first wash things, that stiffness goes and the items become more limp. (I can't think how else to describe it.)
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Nov 2018
9:18pm, 17 Nov 2018
3,301 posts
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run free
I have disliked clothes shopping for ever. Never supported fast fashion (most is from plastic materials - such as from that single-use bottle that is being recycled).
I wore the same set of clothes for 5 months this year at work. Only varied it once. No one seemed to notice. Yup it hasn't been washed for that whole duration and even now. I didn't sweat and have been airing out the skirt and blouse after use and don't think it smells.....
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Nov 2018
1:39pm, 26 Nov 2018
25,403 posts
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DocMoye
Slightly off topic...but I thought you might have some good ideas. What do you do for Christmas presents in terms of wrapping ?
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Nov 2018
4:38pm, 26 Nov 2018
26,979 posts
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halfpint
Brown paper and ribbon (which my family give me back). I’ve seen some people creating little drawstring bags for family gifts, which again can be reused.
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Nov 2018
4:42pm, 26 Nov 2018
39,732 posts
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Velociraptor
One of my colleagues gave me a leaving present of a book beautifully wrapped in an advertising leaflet he'd picked up in the shop at the same time
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