If you were not allowed to acquire any new clothes, how long do you think your current wardrobe would last? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 18 hours ago by eezeebee@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Context: I noticed I have some clothes from 10 years ago that are still good to wear, and some newer things I have barely worn yet. I wondered if I reached a point where all the clothes I own would be enough to last for the rest of my life. There is a dresser and a closet worth of things.

For the sake of this question, let's say you can't buy, borrow, steal, receive as a gift, find, or make anything new to wear. All you get is what you have now. Is it enough?

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[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Six years at best. New washing machines are really hard on clothes and wear them out.

Edit just bought a front loader last year

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 8 points 16 hours ago

That's just not true for modern washing machines

You're probably thinking about archaic, inefficient, wasteful washing machines that only exist in one country

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

We bought a front loader last year and we can already see the extra wear in clothes. We went back and were told yeah that can happen since the machine runs so much faster then old machines.

Clothes are wearing out faster

Edit even after a few washings a t-shirt is showing wear signs

[-] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

Which country?.

[-] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I would assume the older washing machines with a big metal or plastic agitator in the drum would be much, much harder on clothes than modern front loading washers. Modern washers just toss the clothes around to agitate, rather than using a big hunk of material to do it. That being said, I think some modern washers run longer cycles than old ones, so it could be a toss up as to which causes the most wear.

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