Do you wear white?

i voted that i wear white because i romanticize that i like it

I love white! I would love to wear white! If I got in a car and drove to a thing and then went home after, I would wear white all the time! Unfortch I have to wear the same thing all day throughout different activities and seating areas, so white doesn't last too long.

I assume we're talking solid white? I own a lot of black (and red) and white stripes, dots, and prints but I'm going to assume that does not count. So . . .

Never. I do not own a single piece of solid white clothing, not even a white T shirt. I look horrible and totally washed out in white.

totally
i once had a great pair of white sneakers but they got dirty so fast, especially the suede part. now they are painting shoes.
xp

yes solid white!

Solid white t-shirts are a new introduction into my wardrobe. Pretty, but I am clumsy and all-white would be such a bad look. Only time I was ever all-white was the wedding, I wore the dress on the subway and alleyways and whatnot for photos and my white tights and the bottom tenth of the dress were black by the end of it all. And someone spilled red wine on me. :(

I was given a white skirt which I gave away too. I have this thing about darkest colour on the bottom or an outfit looks unbalanced.

I wear a lot of white.

^ posts very much in character

someone will always spill red wine on you when you are wearing white
unless you are michael white
then they will just spill champagne on you
and all involved will laugh it off

<3

I wear white. Then I go to life drawing classes and get charcoal stains all down the front of my trousers like an idiot.

i don't wear bright colors, and white is the brightest color there is

tbh I am wearing a white dress today but it has dark blue line-y checks all over it so doesn't truly count as bright white

soft rumpled white oxford shirts are a nice summer look; pair with beachy hair & sand in your canvas sneakers

white v-neck undershirts are v important to me, i get annoyed when i run out

I have some white undergarments (including a t-shirt and a tank top), but otherwise, no white ever. It's not my style, plus I'm too messy, plus I live in a city and take filthy public transit everywhere. I am wearing a long cream/off-white lace skirt today and I keep running over it with my office chair so it's got grey streaks on the bottom that are fortunately disguised by the obfuscating cream and lace combo. It's a good example of a reason why I don't wear white things, though.

White vneck undershirts are my favorite thing in the world to wear. I don't know what it is, I just feel good/better in them. Not tight ones, not women's ones, not low-cut ones, just NORMAL Hanes (or whatever) ones. They wash down really well after about 6-8 years.

and they don't get pit stains after that long? i am amazed by people with body chemistry like that

My dad's sure do.

They are comfortable though. I stole a couple years ago and wore them as sleep shirts for years. V cozy.

That reminds me! Apparently a nice soak in Oxyclean will get rid of white shirt pit stains. I have so many decent shirts with yellowed armpits.. what can I say, I sweat :(

Oh, they do I guess? By that time I'm just wearing them for grubby stuff so I don't care. Gym, bike rides, chores, sleep. It makes me happy to see them come up next in the t-shirt pile.

ah.
i will run with this oxyclean tip.

the white that looks best on me is bright almost-blue white, like space-suit white or something. because my skin tone is cool (aka pink). so, like, impossibly clean

White is probably my best color but I never wear it bc I'm a slob :/

sweat stains yellow with time, so imho it's preferable to launder them asap even if it's not in a white / bleach load

i find that if i wait until i have a full load of whites to wash, some of the shirts have been there long enough to yellow, which makes them that much harder to bleach

this is a good tip! perhaps even handwashing asap is a good idea

I bleached my whites for years. Bleach turns organic stains yellow. So it's not really very good for that. Go with the OxyClean tip from upthread.

I'm never at a REAL store when I remember I need men's undershirts, I'm always at a dollar store or something, because I'm cheap, and for years I couldn't find v-necks again, ever, only the crew-necks. So I have like 10 crew-necked Ts that I realize now I hate, and only just restocked my stash of Vs. All is right with the world again.

Cut out the crew neck! I did this with every single one of my tees

Hmmmm perhaps!

Bleach turns organic stains yellow

whaaaaat? is this true?

Jesse used to boil his work shirts to get them white after punishing, sweaty server shifts. I have asked him to step in here and explain his technique.

Technique:

- Boil shirts

I put them in OxyClean for extended periods, which helped more than anything else. Boiling was an act of desperation. It might have helped, but I don't really know for sure.

I recently bought laundry bluing and I'm hoping that helps make whites last longer for me.

Technique:

- Boil shirts

― Je55e

A+

rare is the time in my waking life where I am not wearing a white tshirt

I tried bluing. I think it left blue spots on things but did not actually make my whites blue-whiter. Maybe you need to pre-mix it with really hot water and then pour the mixture in with the washwater so it dilutes better? Something I do/did not have access to at random laundromat.

I went to Sears to buy Hanes undershirts, but they were out of them and I got Covington instead and those motherfuckers are terrible. They feel rough, the fabric is thin and limp, and they are wide enough for another half of a Jesse.

xp - Yeh, that's the thing about bluing - you have to dilute it and add it when the rinse cycle is full, which is a hassle because I don't hang out in my laundry room during the wash. But I've got secret planz for sneaking a mini washer and mini dryer into my apartment and I am looking forward to laundry miracles than can only be accomplished with the coveted In-Unit Laundry.

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of course i wear white! everyone needs one pair of white trousers. at least.

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I will never ever where white pants. Some people can pull them off. I would feel, and therefore look, ridiculous.

Where?

Dammit. U know what I meant!

I don't wear white at all. Props to those who can pull it off.

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otm

One thing I like about New Orleans is that ordinary people can get pull off wearing a white linen suit, at least on certain occasions.

i wore a white tux to prom don't do that

i mean, wait, never mind, do what you want. i apparently did.

Any comtemplation of white clothing seems to always devolve into discussions about laundry care, stain removal, whether it's really necessary to wash whites separately, and whether chlorine bleach or near-boiling water temperatures are desirable. I'm fine with the way white looks when it's new and clean, but keeping it looking that way is too high-maintenance for me, so I usually wear darker colors, preferably with a stain-disguising pattern or texture.

white dress shirts only but about 3x per week

They wash down really well after about 6-8 years.

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I wish undergarment companies would just sell white tees that have been continually washed for 6-8 years. I have a few fruit of the loom white tees that I never wear, I just toss them in the hamper again and again, hoping that they'll break down one day enough to be soft.

was thinking the other day that i should rock white jeans this summer
totally could pull that off i think

White jeans

White V necks is all I wear in the summer, and to work. I own a pair of white jeans but only wear when I would go dancing at country bars. I don't really go dancing in country bars anymore.

i never don't regret wearing white

I bought white leggings. What is wrong with me.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i've noticed that a lot of women in their late-50s and 60s wear white linen pants (lined, of course)
and that most women in this town who wear white jeans pair them with heels, high ones

i am wearing white cotton shorts atm

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I'm at a show - it is hot in here and it's btwn bands - and I was just thinking how wearing white in the woods is a beautiful and ridiculous thing so I think I will dig that strapless white dress out of the giveaway bag and wear it camping or at the cottage this summer

or not, it's ok

Excellent use of white flows dress imo

wore white to my junior prom

perhaps not the best look for me

do not pitch the white dress

it has a flowy knee-length skirt - with a thin layer of tulle! which is why i'm like lol forest dress bc it is def not a city dress for me

O_O waaaaaant

since I started this thread I have purchased 2 more white tops.

This shit works well. http://www.whitebritelaundry.com/products.php