Ancient clothes you won't stop wearing?

Post Reply New Topic

I also develop a weird attachment to certain clothes, even just after I've bought them, and become VERY agitated if something happens so I can't keep wearing them. For instance, I have a blouse that's near-identical to the one in my avatar, but the colours are reversed, so most of it is white. I had it for a few months, wore it at LEAST twice a week, and then screwed it up in the laundry and turned the white bit pink. It's now hideous, and thinking about it actually makes me feel worse than if I were to think about friends who've passed away.

I'm such an oddball.

i still have my velcro tie up shoes i got 6 years ago. they look horrible. they are so comfortable. i like to tread on familiar ground, and the insides of my shoes are familiar ground. the insides of new shoes is unfamiliar ground for my feet to walk on.

i do not wear out my clothes fast. this may sound yucky to some, but because i have almost no sweat glands in my body and do not taint my garments with sweat, i need not to wash them until they are soiled by external dirt. it takes weeks for my clothes to amass enough stains to warrant laundering.

that means i wash my clothes once per 2 weeks (whether they need it or not (i may as well throw them all into the machine i think)).

the wear and tear on my clothes comes from washing machines, and i do not wear my clothes out by physical activity. the cheaper garments usually look rather tattered after a few washes, but they are still very comfortable (and clean).

i have plenty of money to go and buy new clothes, but i am too lazy to be bothered because i am not sufficiently unhappy with what i am wearing now to make any effort to change.

I've had to learn all sorts of stuff to care for my clothes because it's so hard to find new ones I like, and because I hate losing my favourites through disintegration. So maybe your shirt can be fixed!

- For a colour safe bleach, boil white vinegar until it's hot and then immerse your clothing in it and leave it for as long as you would in napisan. It's meant to get rid of greyness or dye that's bled. Haven't tried this one yet, but I'm going to on my stripy socks.

-There's also dye stripper sold in the supermarket (in laundry stuff aisle, or with chemicals such as insecticide or furniture/silver polishes) to get rid of run dye, look at the labels to see which one you want.

For machine wear
- Turn your clothes inside out when you do wash. Zip zippers, and do up hooks or put undies in wash bags.

- sew up any damage before you put the clothes in the washing machine.


Yes, it makes laundry day a pain in the butt. But I have to look after the acceptable clothes I've managed to find. Let me know if you save the shirt.

WOW....thanks! I'll definitely try that!

I'd been told that the only way I could possibly reverse the damage would be to take it to a specialty cleaner and pay a LOAD of money....and that might possibly NOT fix it, in fact, there'd be a chance the black bits would be damaged in the process.

I'll definitely let you know if your advice works.

Ah. It swam up from the useless fact files of my brain, but now I have located the particulars from where I read it-
1 cup of vinegar in 2 litres of water in a large pot, bring the solution to a boil then pour in a bucket and add the clothes. Leav to soak overnight then wash as usual. Also use distilled white vinegar only, because cider vinegar etc can make stains of its own.

It might not get rid of the dye if it's severe, but you can try it before going the costly way. Good luck!

What I do is if I've found a winner item I buy multiples of it.

Last edited by activebutodd on 17 Jun 2009, 11:27 am, edited 1 time in total.

It's not too severe....the white bit is now a light but utterly putrid pink. I actually would've bought more than one (and did....just in opposite colours), but they were on clearance, and those were the only ones left in an XS size.

i only wear sweats, and i wear a lot of handy downs, especially boy clothes, i wear my fathers, brothers both of their clothes, my bfs and other guy ppl that leave their clothes around lol, baggier and more comfortable. I also still have clothes that i wear and still fit from when i was like 12 haha. When i buy new clothes its only a must and usually more sweat clothes, my current clothes kick is boyfriend sweat pants from victoria secret because their baggy hehe.

I have a green tiger stripe camo military jacket whcih I had for 5 years..still in good shape..as well as my US marine Corps camo hat which I had for 3 years.I wear em separately tho.