How long do you wear a piece of clothing before donating it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8-10 years unless it's worn through or looks awful. Like, I had one shirt for 5 or 6 years, and then one day I noticed it had gotten see-through from being washed so many times.

Hope you threw out the see through shirt!

I would use a shirt like that as a dusting or cleaning cloth. A shirt that has been worn to the point of being see through should not be donated.

In answer to the Op's question, I donate only gently used, near new condition clothes. Usually our favorite clothes are worn enough that I wouldn't donate them. We donate mostly the stuff that we rarely or never wear for whatever reason. The one exception is kids' clothes that they liked but grew out of quickly and are still practically brand new.