Should Polyester Clothes Be Banned?

Yes. Especially leisure suits.

"A Power Plant Is Burning H&M Clothes Instead of Coal"

They can converted to electricity.

Are these the ones that make women's hair stand on end if they rub their legs together too much?

And polypropylene.

Shitty fucking garbage.

Is is a classic wardrobe staple in the closets of 98% of the women over seventy-eight.

YES and Yes again. Also they can be dangerous when traveling by air. If there is an emergency that involves fire and flames you're going up fast...the airlines have encouraged people to wear natural fibered clothing, just in case.

I never buy anything with polyester in it. It just feels bad to wear

My late grandma loved polyester since it never needed ironing and her entire wardrobe was made from the stuff. Unfortunately once one of the dryers in her building ran at too high a temperature and melted a load of her clothes.

Banning Polyester???

No because then Walmart shoppers would have to wander around nude.

[quote]shouldn't petrochemicals be put to better use, like fuelling vehicles?

That's even worse, OP.

This topic has already been covered

Polly & Esther Fabric banned? Then where will I spend my leisure money?

I thought polyester in clothing has been banned fashion-wise since the '70s, but I wouldn't rule out that OP is posting from an alternate timeline.

What about Acrylic?

Right, R7. It will actually melt into your skin, the thought of which almost gives me a panic attack. Nylon, too.

What about Rayon?

Uh OP, those "microfiber" pants you wear are polyester, re-named something more current. So........

Inspired by Ryan Phillippe, I purchased a pair of very butch tribal tights in polyester with spandex. I'm wearing them now and can smell my balls as I type!

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Racist

Depends on the strength and weave of the fibre, what kind of plastic you wear. Polyester, micro fleece , rayon, and there’s some new made-up words for clothing fabrics now too. They’re all too similar to wrapping babies up in white garbage bags (“diapers”) that sit in landfills for hundreds of years.

The absolute worst to me is nylon. In the hot summer heat, the material feels like nylon ropes used to tie up vessels at marinas. Absolutely brutal on the skin. Shudder.

Yes r3.

I know microfiber is made from polyester so don't wear it.

Rayon (viscose) is a man-made fiber made from wood pulp so it does breathe; modal, tencel and lyocell are similar to rayon, more so than polyester or acrylic or nylon, all of which would be extremely bad to wear in a fire ...get caught wearing an acrylic sweater in a fire and if by some miracle you survive, you will never take the melted yarn from your skin...

R2, aren't most h&m clothes made from cotton, linen and rayon? Here in australia, polyester dominates - fuck knows why given how hot the weather is in most of the country - but UK and eoro chainstores are reputed to use more of the breathable fabrics...

Yes. Plastic is entering the water because of synthetic clothes.

And

You Are Drinking In Plastic Pollutants Along With Tap Water

Moisture wicking sports clothes, some with UPF protection as well, are a god-send. They smell fine if you wash them after each wear. There are special detergents for such sports clothes, as well. Its so hot now in the summer and the sun is too strong.

I see the point about it not being obvious how to recycle them.

Polyester Pants + Static Electricity = Elderly Women Covered In Cat Hair

it's quite cheap. I think Fleece is also polyester. it keeps you warm cheaply.

Woven clothes like shirts made from polyester still need ironing. They look like shit unironed.

I can see people in colder areas thinking polyester is a godsend, what with it drying quickly on a rack ovetnight and such after being washed and the fleece being a cheap way to stay warm, but there really is little use for it in hotter climes. My niece and her friends buy heaps of clothes from boohoo and almost everything is polyester. Apparently the viscose and cotton stuff sells out straight away and polyester items are all that's left.

This planet is fucked. I would have hoped hemp or bamboo could have gained a foothold in fast fashion by now but it hasn't happened. And everywhere I go, I'm surrounded by stinky people who try to cover up their BO with awful perfumes and colognes.

That crisp white coat that your doctor is wearing? Yup, it is cotton/polyester blend, and is highly wrinkle-resistant. If you ever see a wrinkled lab coat, that's 100% cotton.

My husband wears dress trousers which are a mix of fabrics with a percentage of polyester. There’s an unusual odor that i can’t quite explain. He’s very clean, and the pants get sent out to the laundry on a regular basis. Yet I smell some kind of weird funk when he wears them, especially on a hot day, part chemical and part human.

We need special police (maybe previous Project Runway contestants.)

The Poly-wearers must be stripped in the streets. Then sent on a walk of shame home, nude.

100% reg. poly doesn’t let you “breathe”. I hate it and avoid it. Even some of the blends suck too.

Love H&M and some other brands but it’s always disappointing to verify the fabric content there. Truly cheap throwaway fashion.

Polyester is the new silicone implant