Here is a list of five fabrics that you won’t have to wash after every wear.
Wool is one of the most low-maintenance materials. It has some antimicrobial properties: its fibres are coated in waxy lanolin which keeps moisture away from the body and resists the growth of odour-causing bacteria. So you can wear it again and again.
Unless you’ve stained it, you can wear denim repeatedly. Overwashing can lead to fading and shrinkage, as well as undoing the fabric’s trademark tendency to mould to your body over time.
You might have to iron them after every wear but you can ditch washing them repeatedly. Linen is naturally breathable and thus keeps moisture away from the body, dries quickly and boasts antimicrobial silica.
It’s a comfortable fabric which, like linen, gets softer with age. It’s also thermoregulating thanks to its hollow fibre structure, and is naturally antibacterial – so it doesn’t smell after regular wear.
Shikhar Dhawan