Do you take the tags off as soon as you buy clothing?

I leave them on til I wear them out of laziness. I wanted to vote never washing y clothes though, cause that would be wonderful

I always wash my new stuff before wearing, so I take the tags off then. Until I'm rady to wash they stay on though.

I usually leave tags on until I'm absolutely positive I like it and am going to keep it. Then I wash...usually. There have been times where I didn't wash them first. I know you're suppose to. There's something potentially dangerous about not washing them first. I forget what it is though.:rofl1:

There isn't a choice that fits me in the poll. I don't rip tags off at all. I cut them off carefully. And I don't necessarily wait until I'm going to wear the item. Sometimes yes, but sometimes I just take them off because I'm sure I'm going to wear it some time, so I might as well wash and have it ready. But only when I'm sure I'm keeping it.

To see how clean some "new" clothes were, "GMA" bought everything from blouses to pants to underwear from three popular chain clothing stores ranging from high- to low-end and handed them over to Dr. Philip Tierno, director of microbiology and immunology at New York University, to test the 14 items for germs.

Tierno found disturbing results. There was flora, or bacteria, on several items.

"On this black and tan blouse we found representation of respiratory secretions, skin flora, and some fecal flora," Tierno said.

On a jacket, Tierno discovered evidence of feces, skin flora and respiratory secretions, especially in the armpit and "close to the buttocks," Tierno said.

The biggest surprise came when Tierno tested a silk blouse.

There, he said, he found vaginal organisms, yeast and more fecal germs.

I usually leave tags on until I'm absolutely positive I like it and am going to keep it. Then I wash...usually. There have been times where I didn't wash them first. I know you're suppose to. There's something potentially dangerous about not washing them first. I forget what it is though.:rofl1:

Other people's cooties? :lol-sign: J/K

I do remember an episode of House where kids purchased designer jeans from some shady guy and wore them without laundering. Of course the jeans turned out to be contaminated with pesticides or something crazy.

Actually, some clothes ARE treated with a final coat of chemicals to make them hold the color (dye) better, so it's a good idea to wash them at least once before wearing.

Also, when I was younger I bought this awesome indigo blouse, wore it without washing, got home and BAM.......my upper body was INDIGO! LOL, the dye had rubbed off on me all day long and it took forever in the shower to get it off! hahaha

LESSON LEARNED!

Good Morning America tested a bunch of clothes a couple of years ago:



http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/gma-found-clothes-clean/story?id=9482373

To see how clean some "new" clothes were, "GMA" bought everything from blouses to pants to underwear from three popular chain clothing stores ranging from high- to low-end and handed them over to Dr. Philip Tierno, director of microbiology and immunology at New York University, to test the 14 items for germs.

Tierno found disturbing results. There was flora, or bacteria, on several items.

"On this black and tan blouse we found representation of respiratory secretions, skin flora, and some fecal flora," Tierno said.

On a jacket, Tierno discovered evidence of feces, skin flora and respiratory secretions, especially in the armpit and "close to the buttocks," Tierno said.

The biggest surprise came when Tierno tested a silk blouse.

There, he said, he found vaginal organisms, yeast and more fecal germs.