https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 14 May 2026 14:56:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2076556 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:43:56 +0000 nuancedream 2076556@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Washing my clothes too frequently causing dyes to fade and fabrics to shrink and stretch. I've drastically reduced the frequency of machine washing my clothing items, especially jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2076507 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:33:57 +0000 MsMaven 2076507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sweaters, jeans, and recalcitrant cats.</p> <p>My last two rescue cats, which we got when they were 2-3 months old. &nbsp;They refuse to let me trim their nails and I no longer have the energy to take them to the vet to be groomed every few weeks.&nbsp;</p> <p>My friend has her cat tranquilized to get her nails trimmed. Can I buy some cat tranquilizer online?</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2076218 Sat, 09 Nov 2019 09:31:52 +0000 The Cat 2076218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cooking without using an apron. :-(<br /> Note to self: Remember to buy a couple of LARGE new aprons. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075956 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:33:34 +0000 Jules 2075956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two words: salad dressing.<br />I once thought I could tie-dye bleach a navy linen tee for a kind of shibori effect. What I got was more of a molding rag effect. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075855 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 02:22:17 +0000 jacquez 2075855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do the belt loop one all the time! I've ruined more pairs of jeans that way....&nbsp;</p> <p>I also tend not to wear aprons when I cook and then I'm all surprised when I spatter sauce or oil on my shirt. Every. Time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075830 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:22:58 +0000 Anonymous 2075830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also, what Cindy said about rings snagging knits is why I wish dry cleaners would ban jewelry wearing. I am always afraid they will snag my delicates. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075828 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:20:47 +0000 Anonymous 2075828@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, I relate to frequently (and in my case, quickly/immediately) ruining shoes. Drives me batty. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075821 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:31:38 +0000 Anonymous 2075821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, shoes! &nbsp;I ruin shoes just by wearing them! &nbsp;I open the heavy security door at work <u>across</u> the top of the shoe and the shoe is destroyed. &nbsp;I sit at my desk and my shoes rub up against either the wall or something under the desk. &nbsp;Scuffed. &nbsp;Marks. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075586 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:56:26 +0000 cindysmith 2075586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not checking the clothes as they come out of the wash and accidentally shrinking something. </p> <p>Snags, constantly. Like, I snag knits on rings, furniture, doorknobs, my ear...</p> <p>Lint. I have washed darks and oops looks like I missed a white kitchen towel in the load and now everything is covered in white lint and I ain't got time to de-lint an entire load of clothes because I'm too busy shrinking and snagging other clothes :-/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075276 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 02:20:22 +0000 Cee 2075276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Having kids in general... so I'm told ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075222 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:11:02 +0000 Anonymous 2075222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm just generally a klutz, so spilled food/drink, snagged sweaters and tights, worn down heels, pilled knits, and kitty claws. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075195 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:15:12 +0000 Anonymous 2075195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting to read all the mishaps we’ve had, but lots of wisdom on what NOT to do </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075142 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:49:40 +0000 rachylou 2075142@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And then there was the eyelet dress that my kitchen drawer pulls ripped to shreds! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075098 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 15:01:43 +0000 Janet 2075098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A statement pendant worn with a delicate silk blouse that had a little rough spot and left tiny pulls on the front of the blouse. :-(&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075088 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:43:45 +0000 Angie 2075088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seat belts and velcro that ruin knitwear </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075073 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:39:44 +0000 Bijou 2075073@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I have made all of the mistakes mentioned above. Wearing cross body bags with knits can be fraught with danger - lots of pilling over the strap mark. The absolute worst has been two incidents when I have ruined beautiful leather bags. One was a gold foil leather bag - that studs on my jeans scratched and rubbed off the gold on the bag. The other was a grey leather bag that got partially dyed blue from rubbing against my dark denim. Denim leaching colour onto t-shirts or other items has been a recurring issue for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075053 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:29:54 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2075053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Having a kid. Today it’s not clothing; it’s the bathroom. There is blood on the doorframe, the sink, the lamp, the floor, the top and bottom of the bathmat, the toilet.... so much blood from his nose in the middle of the night. Also on the fitted sheet, which is laundry, but not clothing. </p> <p>Back to my clothing: my normal laundry practice is to wash socks, undies, sheets and towels in hot water. Everything else gets cold, unless I notice several 40 degree (warm) items in the hamper, in which case I run a load at that temp. I hang everything to dry. The only times I dry anything are when my son needs clean pants (always sweats) for the next day. I think that keeps our clothes in good shape. </p> <p>One recent issue, though, was when I decided to put a striped sweater in the gentle cycle, in a mesh bag. Now it’s got black and brown in the cream. :/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075042 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 09:18:20 +0000 Cee 2075042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sword fights have ruined many a floppy sleeved shirt.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075024 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 04:38:41 +0000 Gigi 2075024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Soaking midtone-colored lingerie with dark lingerie to handwash. I thought the midtone-colored lingerie was dark enough not to be ruined if the dark stuff bled. I was wrong.</p> <p>Snagging stuff. I can't remember exact details, but I seem to snag stuff all the time! I hate it.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>April</b>, I haven't stained clothes with coconut oil, but I have stained bedsheets. I was using the oil on my legs before bed. I thought I had it rubbed in well enough, but I guess not.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2075014 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:50:51 +0000 Gretchen 2075014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Red wine has ruined many a christmas sweater. Even when I got to the wine away immediately (we have epic spill stories). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074961 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:48:16 +0000 Barbara Diane 2074961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Putting a damp light color item on a dark wooden hanger. Luckily never repeated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074959 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:43:11 +0000 Anonymous 2074959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sigh. &nbsp;It almost always involves food. &nbsp;I am either cooking or I am eating. &nbsp;In either case, some type of food or spice stains my clothing. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074944 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 22:43:33 +0000 nemosmom 2074944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Recently, I was returning flooring samples and ripped a hole in my favorite Rolling Stones tshirt. This happened as I held the sample board against my stomach with one hand and closed the back of my car with the other. Then there was pizza sauce I dropped on my cozy ivory pullover....&nbsp; </p> <p>I am the reason why I can't have nice things LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074919 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:57:01 +0000 Julie 2074919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>-mistakenly putting things in the dryer that shrink</p> <p>-mistakenly wearing a white shirt in real life</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074912 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:10:36 +0000 rachylou 2074912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes... I just ruined a sweater by putting it in the wash with some little rug mats. I mean, it was gentle cycle! It was navy. It came out fuzzy tan. A little worrisome that the mats shed fibers like that... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074898 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:26:05 +0000 rebekahphoto 2074898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I washed and dried a gorgeous cropped faux fur jacket, The tag indicated it was machine washable/machine dry ok. <br />Well it was not! Poor thing looked like a felted sad sweater mess, it lost all its luxurious soft fur feel. And I typically hang dry many of my clothes, so Im not sure why I thought a dryer would keep it nice and fluffy</p> <p>and I have got photo chemistry on many clothes. Not sure why I dont regularly wear an apron?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074895 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:13:37 +0000 AviaMariah 2074895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've done the dryer one quite a few times.&nbsp; Or accidentally put a non-dryer item in the wash with the regular load and then pulling it out of the dyer.&nbsp; I just did this with a bra and have done it a few times with jeans that I don't dry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074894 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:09:58 +0000 April 2074894@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Deciding a few years ago to make natural deodorant using coconut oil as its base.&nbsp; It was nicely effective but stained a number of tops and jackets irreparably.</p> <p>Attempting to bleach a cotton fisherman's sweater that was a little too yellowish for me.&nbsp; It came out a rather unpleasant peachy orange.</p> <p>My sister once attempted to iron a garment made of velvet.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074893 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:07:01 +0000 slim cat 2074893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Trying to clean the spot on pants/jeans and leaving the bleach longer than needed - color fading.<br />Washing jeans without checking ALL the pockets and having tissue paper pieces all over the laundry - not fatal but so annoying to fix. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mistakes-we-make-that-ruin-our-clothing#post-2074869 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:15:41 +0000 Anonymous 2074869@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What have you done that ended up ruining your clothing? </p> <p>- In a rush to go out putting clothes that can shrink in the dryer on High intending to just get the wrinkles out for a minute but forgetting about them being in and shrinking some clothing.</p> <p>- Mistakingly pouring bleach into the wash when I meant to pour color detergent </p> <p>- Fixing my jeans by pulling the back belt loops and they rip off</p> <p>- Zipping a jacket and it jams and by using force to try and un jam it end up breaking the zipper off</p> <p>- Wearing a bulky belt instead of a flat one under a thin shirt (with no layering under) and the belt puts a small hole in the shirt.</p> <p>- Jeans that are slightly too long and touch the ground getting frayed (this is at home with no shoes) </p>