The Closet Environmentalist is on a quest to make her clothes last as long as possible so that she doesn't need to waste resources with new clothes. Her first mission in her Green Clothes Series to start "with how we can extract the most life of the stuff that is already in our closet. This means making it last as long as possible, and delay the dreaded moment when your favorite shirt makes you look like a scrub."


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More from the Closet Environmentalist:

[Y]our clothes’ #1 enemy is you wearing them. They get worn, deformed, stretched, pilled, dirty, stained and just plain old. But I have a solution for you. Ready? Take your clothes off! No, really! Take off your clothes as soon as you get home. Slip into something more comfortable *wink wink*. Relax. For example, you can promote some of the stuff you can no longer wear in public to ‘house clothes’.

Consider the benefits:
No grease stains (and smells) on your work outfit
No tomato sauce on your white shirt
Less dirty clothes means you need to wash less
No trying to get your pet’s angora off your pants
No pulled threads/ruined pantyhose from kitty claws

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*I always loved how Mr. Rogers came home and changed his sweaters. Everyone in my family changes our clothes when we get home. It is just so much more comfortable than wearing street clothes while trying to relax...plus I am sort of a clean freak in that I hate the idea of both indoor clothes being dirtied outside and outdoor clothing dirtying the places where I sit in my home clothes. I usually change my socks or put on some slippers as well, and wash my face, too. This is especially troublesome when I take the bus in Vancouver everyday. Oh yuck!*

See all kinds of tips on making your clothes last long and more here.

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