https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:39:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797682 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:05:39 +0000 Beth 1797682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lint makes me NUTS. I'm OK with it on my play clothes/around-the-farm gear, because I'm just as likely to be covered in bits of hay or grass clippings (how they migrate into my bra lining is anybody's guess).</p> <p>But not on my work wear or good clothes. It's one thing to find a stray hair from Tango the goat while I'm sitting in the office (that makes me smile), but no more. And as a few other posters mentioned, coats seem to be lint magnets! I have a black wool Mackage coat that gets attention from the lint roller every time I wear it. It attracts lint from the scarves I wear with it, from the sweaters I wear under it, and from whatever is floating around in the air.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797343 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:53:56 +0000 April 1797343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Zero lint tolerance. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797342 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:48:18 +0000 viva 1797342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cute picture, Suz! (I know that logo very, very well. haha)</p> <p>Jaileen: I hear you on the vacuum canister! Mine fills up so quickly, it's crazy. In our next home, it's going to be shoes off, I think, to cut down on grit, but I will always wear something on my feet because of the fur. I love dogs, but yikes, the shedding! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797337 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:32:57 +0000 JAileen 1797337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A friend who wears nothing but gear recently returned a Patagonia fleece jacket because it shed all over her clothes. The jacket was bright green, and everything else was black, so it really stood out.</p> <p>I have to have a certain tolerance for dog hair. I have two dogs and one them sheds a lot. I see how much the vacuum picks up every week. Emptying out the canister is morbidly fascinating. I'm surprised he still has any fur. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797300 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:33:53 +0000 Suz 1797300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It might be one of the reasons I don't care for leggings, as a matter of fact. So many of them collect lint!&nbsp;</p> <p>I have a medium tolerance for wrinkles, similar to yours. I hate going out of the house all wrinkly and don't mind ironing to look crisp, but as wrinkles develop during the day, I am fine with that -- assuming the wrinkling is moderate, that is. I have in fact owned items that drove me insane with wrinkling and that I quickly let go of.&nbsp;</p> <p>I find that denim pants are good for warding off lint, and that might be one reason I wear them a lot. I tend not to wear my wovens around the cat, who is cream coloured and sheds barely at all in winter and like a demon in summer. Thank goodness more of my summer clothes are light or white.&nbsp; </p> <p>And yes, my husband comes from New England. What can I say?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797178 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:28:43 +0000 Jaime 1797178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very low to no lint tolerance. If something looks at all linty in a shop I won't consider it because it is only going to get worse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797176 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:10:50 +0000 Caro in Oz 1797176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've learned to have a high tolerance for wrinkles. I like to iron my clothes but it is hot here &amp; I need to wear linen throughout summer so I've accepted the fact I'm going to look wrinkled at the end of the day (my clothes too) . No tolerance for lint - it looks like my clothes haven't been cared for. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797161 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 02:10:00 +0000 unfrumped 1797161@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Low lint tolerance here! Even though I have kitties . It ruins my day to get to work and suddenly in bright daylight I can see lint of cat hair on my trousers. One kitty winds around my legs as I'm packing up my lunch or whatever. </p> <p>And travel sometimes is bad, with restaurant linens that shed lint on your lap.<br /> I have always used those lint brushes rather than rollers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint/page/2#post-1797159 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:52:40 +0000 Christina F. 1797159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very tolerant of wrinkles as I hate ironing. Less tolerance for lint! I got a black coat from J Crew this year which I love except for it being a lint magnet. I see the same coat on others in other colors, and it looks pristine. It's a bit ironic since I always eschewed black coats before, despite living in NYC - I should have gotten grey or a non neutral. The coat was such an investment for me that I just have to care for it more diligently. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1797138 Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:24:33 +0000 Karie 1797138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High tolerance for wrinkles but zero tolerance for lint. With two dogs, I am always taking a lint roller to de-lint something. It drives me bats!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1797128 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:27:31 +0000 jill58 1797128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tolerant when at home but no tolerance for leaving the house covered with lint or pet fur. We have three cats and lint rollers all over the house. I would not enjoy wearing clothing that attracted lint in public places. Blech. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1797036 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:46:43 +0000 columbine(erin) 1797036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I'm down to only one pair of maternity pants, because my black pair collects lint and I can't stand how it looks. The lint roller just can't keep up with them. Wrinkles are ok. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1797026 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:15:39 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1797026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On further thought, I recall that I've rejected sweaters when I've seen that they CAUSE lint, rather than attract it. You know, when the item hanging next to the sweater on the rack or in the dressing room is looking fuzzy? Ack--no-go! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1797003 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:42:53 +0000 Anonymous 1797003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Zero tolerance. I will not buy anything that looks linty in the store, because it always gets worse in real life! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796875 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 02:40:49 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1796875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It would drive me crazy to wear black pants that attracted lint. I'm like AJ--have put items back on the rack if I've noticed lint on them (usually it happens with sweaters). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796866 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 02:02:13 +0000 penelopestylishapples 1796866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>my otherwise perfect-fitting and favorite wool coat is a lint trap. I hate it. I go through lint rollers like crazy. this is a GREAT forum topic, because it's clear this is something we all tolerate and are annoyed by to varying degrees. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796858 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 01:46:41 +0000 Zibbets 1796858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>None. I have a lint roller in the car, one in my desk and a bag of them in the coat closet, primed to roll anyone who needs it before they leave the house.</p> <p>Those pants are gorgeous but the lint would make me unhappy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796818 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:12:35 +0000 Anonymous 1796818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto what AJ just posted. No tolerance whatsoever, and I try not to buy lint-collecting clothes. I also divide my laundry to avoid lint getting on my clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796797 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:26:15 +0000 AJ 1796797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very low tolerance for lint.&nbsp; Even in the store, if I see lint collecting on an item that I was considering...back it goes on the rack. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796772 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:37:04 +0000 Penny 1796772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, I never noticed much lint on my clothes until my daughter's arrival four months ago - those little terry onesies shed lint like crazy! But so far, I haven't purged anything for that reason - one black dress comes to mind that might be a candidate, but I'd need to find a suitable replacement first . . . until then, I just keep a lint-roller handy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796749 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:16:36 +0000 viva 1796749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's so funny how many of us hate lint and also have white pets. Seriously! Gluttons for punishment!!!!</p> <p>Well, thank you for the commiseration, oh wise sisterhood. And thank you, <b>Anchie</b>, for -- deliberately or not -- condoning my possible consigning of these pants. I'm not sure I can live with feeling like a lifesize lint roller (or <b>Xtabay's</b> Miracle Brush!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796716 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:37:26 +0000 anchie 1796716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No tolerance at all. I culled more items that I want to admit because they were lint magnets. I keep lint rollers everywhere, in my closet, in my office desk drawer, in the entryway of my apartment for last brush before leaving, a small sized one in the handbag.. I was the happiest when I finally found black winter wool coat that is not attracting lint. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796712 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:25:48 +0000 Anonymous 1796712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm pretty much of a lint, pilling, and pet fur terminator.&nbsp; Like a monkey, I'm always picking it off when I see it.&nbsp; It drives me nuts, and I have every kind of remover ever invented (anyone remember the Miracle Brush?&nbsp; I still have mine.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796704 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:10:01 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1796704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hate lint on my clothes -- and I hate dog hair on them even more. I have a very sheddy mostly white dog -- and I have a ton of those tape lint rollers -- in the bedroom, the mudroom, etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796700 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:54:28 +0000 RobinF 1796700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, I feel like I am tolerant toward it because I can't really think of an instance where it has been a problem. Maybe I have just been lucky enough to not have items that attract it lately. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796696 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:46:06 +0000 AviaMariah 1796696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>None! &nbsp;It feels dirty to me. &nbsp;I have a pair of black cigarette pants that are perfect except that they attract lint like crazy. &nbsp;I'm looking for their replacement. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796694 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:41:44 +0000 Emily K 1796694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No tolerance! &nbsp;We have two furry cats, so cat hair is always an issue. &nbsp;Beyond that--laundry lint! &nbsp; And environmental lint! &nbsp;Some fibers seem to fair better than others. &nbsp;I just bought a pair of cotton twill pants that I probably won't even wear a second time due to this issue.</p> <p><b>lisp</b>! &nbsp;Norwegian Forest Cat! &nbsp;I love them and was seriously considering the breed. &nbsp;Then, however, I spied a Ragdoll that reminded me of my previous cat and now I have two Ragdolls. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796692 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:38:12 +0000 Anonymous 1796692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No tolerance for lint or finding white hair ( fuzzy mostly white dog's, DH's or my own!) on nappy dark clothing. A tight weave with a sheen or leather is the way to go if a tumble in a no-heat set dryer with a polyester cloth won't remove it, the item goes into the donation bag. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796686 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:22:17 +0000 Greyscale 1796686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh man, I hate lint. Two of my R13 jeans have a coating that attracts everything and I'm always attacking them with a tape roller. And I really need to dry mop my house more often- there's cat hair everywhere. But I can't avoid it, with all black clothes, so I just hope it's less visible from a distance. </p> <p>Next time I'm getting a black cat. What were we thinking??</p> <p>My partner also wears all black and the cat sits on him for an extensive farewell scritch every morning. He's always running out the door to teach covered in cat hair... and he gets prickly when I offer him the roller. But I think the image of a gothy college professor covered in cat hair is adorable, at least! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tolerance-for-lint#post-1796681 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:14:36 +0000 Anonymous 1796681@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hate discovering it on me once I've left the house and am in bright sunlight. I feel &nbsp;messy and &nbsp;poorly groomed. &nbsp;That said, I am likely a major offender as I have a big fluffy Norwegian Forest cat who leaves hair around like tumbleweeds on an abandoned Western movie set. I know exactly what you mean about these pants - I have a pair from BR in that fabric and the only thing saving them is that they are navy, which seems to blur the lint a little.&nbsp; </p>