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Especially undergarments.

So, detergents then.

very less detergents

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Wtf sir.

New clothes are also covered in chemicals to preserve them during transport. They have been known to be toxic and/or irritable to skin.

I’m in a toxic relationship.

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If only you knew how many warehouses have mice

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So now change it add as much detergents you can.

This is the make reason why it is recommended to wash new clothes.

Saying that, all the other posts about mouse feces probably trumps this.

I remember seeing an episode of House where a kid (nearly?) died after buying a pair of jeans that "fell off the back of a truck" from someone's trunk sale. It turned out they'd been treated with some kind of toxic chemical and had been stolen on their way to be incinerated.

I don't know if that can actually happen but I always wash my jeans before wearing them now.

>need not be with detergents but a simple light wash with water and very less detergents will be enough.

Seems OP doesn't know so, yes, detergents.

I’ve always done this

The guy selling the pants was doing chemical stuff on stage side, and it got on the clothes in the truck where he had the chemicals. I've watched that show many times

See I've seen like half of three episodes and wasn't paying attention to any of them

I mean, sure, do that. But is there ANY actual real world cases of people getting disease from clothing? It feels like they could be abstractly yucky that some guy touched them but is there actually any actual demonstrable risk that isn't 1 in a million?

You can get rashes if that cloth is directly worn over skin. I have got once so I started this.

Speaking from experience, I can tell you that I'll go to Target and "try on" an assortment of tshirts by stuffing them down my pants... and then not buy them.

They are stored in warehouses, anything can be in those warehouses. Wash it, always.

Meh, I only do this with underware.

People could have tried them on without wearing underwear or showing for days or God knows what.

Very less

It's cool, that was one of my favorite eps

I've never washed new clothes, bedding, towels etc ... All fine. I am in Europe though, so maybe there's some standards etc that need to be complied to. Not sure. Haven't actually bought clothes while away on holiday, east or west.

Yes. Exactly.

Is that more or less than much less?

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Even if no one has tried them on, factories and warehouse are filthy places, and as another poster mentioned, most fabrics and clothing have been treated with chemicals to preserve them.
I rarely wear anything before it's been washed with detergent, though usually use a short cycle for new clothes.

Source: BS in Textiles and Clothing, worked in clothing industry for 5 years, professional seamstress for over 40 years

OP is from India and apparently speaks Hindi.

Is your Hindi grammar very polished?

This! This was solidified as necessary when during the forensic analysis of Jon Bennet’s case, they tested newly purchased underwear to see if dna could indeed be found even if that hadn’t been worn yet. They not only found dna but also hairs! This was in a pack of underwear in plastic so just imagine the ones hanging on the racks

I always do that for every clothes I buy, except for shoes

LPT: when communicating ensure you're doing it in the language you're using, polishedly

ANY item that's going in your house should get washed. Stepson works in a warehouse. He said everything is filthy and handled by folks whose hygiene is not all that.

You need to wash them properly with detergent. New does not mean clean. People with skin disease could be trying them out before you bought them. So, you need to wash them thoroughly, even more so than if they were your old and dirty clothes.

MONKEYPOX is transmitted this way! And herpes!!!

It’s more the formaldehyde or other preservatives you don’t want to seep into your skin.

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Opie should use good English language on an English language website.

This is Life Pro Tips; the tip was executed in an amateur style.

Some can have a lot of formaldehyde to protect them during long shipping

if they are colors... soak them in white distilled vinegar for 10 minutes before you wash them. this will help set the color and keep them from running.

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One time out of how many and you go to this? I will say I never did it for years, but my wife did, so we do now.

And I also don’t care.

I buy online where they come in plastic from a warehouse

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TIL there are people who buy clothes and proceed to just raw dog reality and wear them without washing them first. Yikes.

It also rinses out excess dyes. I've see someone come out with blue legs from wearing new blue jeans.

First time wash clothes inside out, cold water, with a cup of vinegar to set the color.

One cup baking soda and one cup white vinegar through wash to remove chemicals/ coating! 🌈🖖

Sometime I feel like LPT, or advice in general could be filed under "How to live in total fear of literally everything around you all the time forever".

Handwashing pantyhose/stockings before the first wear makes them last a lot longer. They wont tear as easily as they do straight out of the packet. .

this seems wasteful to me and the majority of the people in the comments probably have lowkey OCD or some shit. i dont doubt they come dirty sometimes. but dirt. in general. isnt that bad

LPT - something bad for the environment

someone here said to put colors in vinegar first… why not sulfuric acid so you can wear them once before they disintegrate? wtf lol

Vinegar stuff is overkill but still rat thing is correct.