If you had just bought your old feller some clothes for his holiday from JD Williams...

Aha! Just read the article from the link above, and now I understand why I broke out in a rash from my new duvet cover.

I was allergic to my new duvet cover until I'd washed it, so it must have had "dressing" or something on it

It's obviously all too stressful for you Gonegirl.
Tell the old fella to buy his own clothes from now on, and pack for himself as well.
(Or hire a gentleman's gentleman)

I wouldn't buy clothes for OH because he has such a limited view of styles, colours, fashions etc. I leave him to it. He'd wear polo shirts/t shirts and jeans for every occasion if he could.

I don't wash new clothes before I wear them.

I buy all His stuff from Asda and/or Matalan and Next. I never wash things before I wear them

I've never washed new clothes before wearing them nor any bedding or towels. Having read the link above I realise I may have taken risks but I don't suppose I'll change the habits of a lifetime now.

I always try new stuff on just before I jump in the shower, then wash it before I wear it for the first time; as someone else said you never know who's tried it on before you. I also know some people buy items, wear it to an event, then take it back for a refund! Yuck!

I packed for my DH once, an important business trip. I forgot his suit.....
Never had to pack again!

I don't think they need washing first. I would never wash clothes before I wore them.

If I could just get round to slinging anything in the suitcase it would be a start.

I am not going to even read that link.

I think I'll carry on washing

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/clothes-new-wash-dermatologist-today-show-lice-scabies-formaldehyde-eczema-a8219976.html

I agree calendar girl. I always wash things from charity shops, never wash new stuff.

I wouldn't even buy socks for my OH ,he's very stylish and image conscious and he loves to spend time and money on the kind of clothes he likes .

Never wash new clothes first, wherever they are bought from. If I were to buy something second hand, would wash that.

My OCD has gone into overdrive, due to the stress of going on holiday. That's all.

I don't think I will wash them.

Funny...I buy most of my clothes on-line and most are made in the east but I never thought of washing them before wearing. I suppose they will harbour bacteria, but we are not going to put them in our mouths, are we?

I always wash new clothes and towels and bedding etc. Always have done. I drive the family mad. And it's nothing to do with where it's made either. It could have been whipped up in Buckingham Palace by angels, I'd still have to wash it.

Why? No idea

I always wash clothes before wear, you never know who has tried them on before you.

I never buy clothes for Mr R unless, as already said, he points something out and says, as he did today, someone can buy that for me for C........s.
I don't get involved when he packs for our holidays either. I might be asked my opinion on which polo shirt/shorts etc to take. This normally involves me making a choice and him saying "Oh really I prefer the other one!"

...and I never wash new clothes or bedlinen before wearing/using and have never had any skin disease or irritation...ever.

Gonegirl

I think you're being a bit precious. The vast majority of M&S clothes M,F & C are made in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka along with China India Hungary etc on the labels.
I buy from M&S and I know that to be the case.

DH used to mutter a lot about new garments needing washing before wearing because they contained 'dressing'.
I think 'dressing' went out in about 1930 and I usually ignored him.
Occasionally he asks me to wash something new before he wears it and occasionally I show him the washing machine.

Never wash clothes before they are worn.

I wash every new garment before it is worn . Sadly I would not get away with buying DH any clothes. DGD asked him one day if what he was wearing was all the clothes he had .