Do Care Instructions Deter You From Buying Clothes?

November 13, 2008

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very often those labels are just BS. you can actually wash a lot of stuff that says you shouldn't, just do it right and the items will stay the same.

littleladylove 4 years 26 weeks

They don't deter me from buying but they deter me from wearing them! :( I buy them thinking "who cares" then realise later.. "oh crap".

lizlee89 4 years 26 weeks

no way, I love clothes too much! that is a fabulous picture...

Xandara 4 years 27 weeks

I refuse to buy dry clean only clothes. I only want to spend money on the clothes once, not every time I wear it! :/

Glittersniffer 4 years 27 weeks

What Rosa said. I have to REALLY love it to spring for it when it's gonna require a dry cleaning visit. I am a tightarse.

myystque 4 years 27 weeks

I'm with verily--I don't pay attention to the care instructions when I wash my clothing and they rarely deter me from buying something.

NatashaAlexis 4 years 27 weeks

Depends how often I was planing on wearing it, if it is an item that I would only wear for an occasion then no, but every day wear yes. I don't have that much time on my hands that I can hand wash most of my clothing.

RoyalBlueMoss 4 years 27 weeks

Never!

jenzene 4 years 27 weeks

It also depends on how much I love the piece. ;)

verily 4 years 27 weeks

Nope, but I also kinda ignore the care instructions... I have a lot of handwash or dry clean only clothes. My front loader washing machine has a handwash cycle that has not destroyed a single one of my sweaters yet. My opinion is that unless it's beaded, sequined, suede, leather, or an extremely delicate antique, it can be washed. I don't even own any of the above. ;) As for drying, I lay them flat.

thoroughlymodern 4 years 27 weeks

I definitely try to avoid buying dry clean only items if they're something I'd wear (and have to get cleaned) a lot (coats are ok - just get it cleaned once a season!). But if the item's really special, I make an exception.

Witchy Ways 4 years 27 weeks

Ever since I moved out of my parents house and do my own laundy at my apartment, I certainly look first whether I can throw it into my washing machine or not. I don't care about "special" items as long as I don't have to wash them by hand (although there's not really much stuff anymore that you can't wash with the machine unless it's super high-maintenace).

Lovely_1 4 years 27 weeks

Nope. I have SO many clothes that already require special care...so it doesn't really matter :)

emalove 4 years 27 weeks

Not if I was crazy about the item...but generally, I like clothing that's easy to wash and take care of.

RosaDilia 4 years 27 weeks

No. Nowadays there are home dry cleaning kits and washers that can handle delicate items. It makes it so much easier, for me at least.

Calimie 4 years 27 weeks

I'd have to love something very much to buy it if it can't just be tossed in the washing maching or hand-washed. I don't like having separated pieces here or there.

Anniina 4 years 27 weeks

Buy now, deal later

eu 4 years 27 weeks

never

Jessiebanana 4 years 27 weeks

I love Alpaca and nothing will deter me from acquiring as many alpaca pieces as I want.

amloveaffair 4 years 27 weeks

We have to go to a laundry mat to do our laundry, if we didn't we may buy items that needed special care but it's too much of a hassle to do so. Even if we had a washer&Dryer it'd be a waste of energy.

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