How often do you wash your pants (aka 'jeans' or 'trousers' or 'pants')?

I have three pairs of jeans and only when I notice stains on them (most commonly when I'm going through a cooking phase) do I wash them.

work pants after 2 wears. jeans maybe after 10

abbott/es i am totally w/ you guys on this, i rewash jeans once every two consecutive weeks pretty much

whether he's worn them or not!

Usually after I've them once. Dirty pant wearers wtf. I mean, I can understand the occasional need to re-don a pair of unwashed pants, but making a habit of it is kind of grody.

every wash brings clothes closer to death

but sometimes it's necessary to be aware of mortality

folks i have a feeling mr hand is mocking us

Usually after I've worn them once.

xp: if your clothes are falling apart in the wash, that probably doesn't speak well for their construction

rev no one fucking notices & anyone who does thinks u r cool ime

The fact that I could afford to buy my clothes probably doesn't speak well for their construction.

I'll get one pair of pants I really love and wash them every 20 days or so and just keep doing this until they fall apart.

-- Abbott, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:40 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

^^^dude

twice at the most (jeans or khaki/cargo pants), usually once

was this supposed to go on the Dirtbag Style thread, Abbott?

no actually washing's fine it's the tumble dryer that's the killer

I don't wear the pants every single day, I wear skirts, too. (Which I wash after one-two wears. whoa.)

This thread reminds me, I need new pants, and for chrissakes a new pair of shoes for work.

Sometimes I go ages not washinv pants, but it depends on how stinky they get/wether I manage to get stains on them (so like Jim, work pants get cleaned more often).

I have a pair of PVC pants I've never washed, I mean how do you wash PVC.

Back in my mid-20s, I had a couple pairs of jeans that never once saw water, let alone soap. Nowadays I wash the jeans maybe once a month.

Making matters worse was bathing once/week.

I wash them once per time it takes for them to get dirty.

after 2 wears, 3 if dirtbaggin' is appropriate

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I have about 7 main pairs of jeans, I wash 'em about every 5-6 weeks. I interchange.

When they smell and/or start to have brownish/greenish tinges that were not there when I bought them.

Work trousers after 4 wears (Monday to Thursday, Friday is casual), jeans usually around that or less.

I can only wear my jeans 3 or 4 times before they stretch out too much to look nice. When I've just washed them they fit perfectly, but it's all downhill from there.

I wear Levi's. I don't know what the problem is.

My white pants get washed when they look dirty, i.e. almost every time I wear them. My jeans, which are my everyday pants, rarely. I think I might have washed them two months ago, but I forget. I'm not sure if I've ever washed my wool slacks.

"I can only wear my jeans 3 or 4 times before they stretch out too much to look nice. When I've just washed them they fit perfectly, but it's all downhill from there."

YES!!!

Please someone tell me if there are jeans out there that don't do this!!!

thats what jeans do! its a total chick prob because guys do not worry about showing off their legs & have discovered belts

Somehow pants are the exception, like they fit in with my jacket and boots and other outerwear that gets cleaned only when obviously necessarily. I change into clean socks twice a day, I never wear dirty shirts, and I often shower a couple times in a day. But pants are just pants, they sit besides the laundry basket to be put back on in the morning.

^^yes

well mostly anyway, some of that sounds slightly ocd

Once every 6 weeks I stand in a waist-deep river for 4 hours.

I throw all my clothes into the sea and I wear what ever washes up the next day.

sea anemone is a good look but somewhat uncomfortable

Once I got a remora for 3 weeks.

We have really crappy clothes dryers, so it's not in my best interest to wash pants every time I do the wash (every two weeks). The less clothes I put in there the better, and often that means some pants get left out until some future date.

Am I really the odd one here? Please tell me there's someone else out there who washes their pants after wearing them once so I'm not self-conscious about my clean jeans.

i re-wear my jeans until they are way saggy or smelly.

I'm constantly dropping food on myself, so I end up washing things all the time

If they aren't noticeable dirty/smelly, there's no real reason to wash them. Wastes time, energy, water, etc. Also, washing/drying is hard on fabric so they wear out faster.

Next time we're at the beach I'm totally going for the kelp/holdfast/sanddollar look.

I figure that depending on weather and level of physical activity, I can get two to four wears out of a pair of britches before I need to launder them.

It counts at wearing them "once" if you don't take them off for 6-8 days straight, right?

rev: you're fine. These people are gross.

When they are stained. Sheesh people you guys are srsly american/too hygienic.

The only thing I wash after wearing it once is underwear or something I've gotten visibly dirty. Most other items - pants and tops - get worn at least twice and then laundered.

What, Euro butts don't smell? Please. XP

before good job and girlfriend, it was when they began to offend me, and sometimes not even then. now i try to be a bit more respectable. every 4th wear or so.

Dan, you nutcase, I wear underwear! :-)

T-shirts I wash after wearing once. I sweat. But jeans? How the fuck do you get that so dirty? Pants teh same thing: I wear it a lot before I wash it. But t-shirts get washed after wearing once. Sweaters? Hmm, kinda depends. But I try not to wash it too often. No need to. Unless you wanna ruin it. Knitted items should be handled carefully. Better to air it out.

Am I really the odd one here? Please tell me there's someone else out there who washes their pants after wearing them once so I'm not self-conscious about my clean jeans.

Do you grab your ball with kleenex?

;-)

I wash my jeans whenever I do laundry, which is maybe once a month or 6 weeks, with occasional soaking and line-drying of the torso/ass in lieu of washing, to improve the fit. (Must buy new, smaller jeans.)

Also nothing comes between me and my Levi's.

f they aren't noticeable dirty/smelly, there's no real reason to wash them. Wastes time, energy, water, etc.

I never thought of it that way, but yeah.

Do you grab your ball with kleenex?

;-)

-- stevienixed, Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:45 AM (Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:45 AM) Bookmark Link

what?

That seemed like a pretty unambiguous question.

Let me repeat the question (with a little twist):

kleenex Do your you ball with? grab

Jaq's right: people be wasting too much water/detergent.

Jeans - whenver they get smelly, which can vary.

Non-denim, but washing machine wear - usually VISUALLY dirty as opposed to OLFACTORALLY dirty, as they are lighter in color

Suit/Tailored pants - Dryclean every three months or so. You're supposed to lay them out after wearing them, and then hang them up. That way they stay somewhat fresh.

Tshirts, underwear - one wear, one wash

dress shirts - usually 2 - 4 wears between washings

Does anyone think my method of just febreezing all my 'Dry Clean Only' skirts/jackets/coats is a good idea?

Does anyone think my method of just febreezing all my 'Dry Clean Only' skirts/jackets/coats is a good idea?

Except for exceptionally delicate fabrics, Febreeze pretty much kicks ass at saving drycleaning bills for you. The REAL delicate stuff (thin silks, cashmere, etc.) I'm always hesitant about spraying anything on them.

You also may want to check out the DIY "drycleaning" kits that are pretty much dryer sheets with the drycleaning chemicals on them - you put your drycleaning stuff in the dryer with them and bam! So fresh, and so clean...you do have to iron them, but I do that anyway.

!!!!

I have never heard of these wonders!

to orig. question: about every five days.

!!!!

I have never heard of these wonders!

Yeah, they pretty much rock. I would say, however, that you may want to only use them on single layer clothing OR lined clothing where the lining/outer layer are stitched, instead of glued, together. So, shirts, skirts, pants (if they fit the above description) and sweater type things. Suit jackets, on the other hand, should ONLY be drycleaned by the pros.

I wouldn't use Febreeze for the same reason I wouldn't live in a dry cleaner.