Do certian clothes irritate you

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I like my clothes to be realy baggy.
pants - like them to be loose around the legs but tight at the bottom where the ankles are like a drawstring effect.
shirt - like it to be mostly baggy but not around the neck.

i hate fabrics like nylon and silk just touching them makes me meltdown.

clothes to soft or hard freak me out.

i hate jeans, i only wear the kind where it is soft calm fabric on the inside with just jeans meterial on the outside, with a drawstring at the top and drawstring kind of effect at the botom where the ankles are thats the only kind of jeans i wear.

i hate the scraching on fabric, like when somone scraches there leg throuh there jeans ........ meltdown.

(im not AS)

Occasionally yes. I have no idea how to describe what I don't like though. Luckily most of the clothes I like happen to be comfortable.

In other words you think overly soft/hard clothing is a "big threat".

I'm not AS either. Well, not quite. I've been diagnosed with classic autism, PDD-NOS, and Asperger's, depending on the doctor. If it makes you feel any better, plenty of us are not AS. Actually, I'm gonna start up another topic here and ask everybody what their diagnosis is, specifically. Let's see how the WP diagnostic range looks like...

Anyway, yes. Absolutely, yes. Wearing the wrong clothes can make me extremely likely to have meltdowns. I need to wear cotton clothing--denim is okay, but it needs to be very loose. I can't have tags in the back, so I've learned how to remove them and sew the seam back up (if you just cut them off, it leaves a stub of a tag and that's still irritating).

Seams on socks are a huge irritation, but I've discovered they aren't as bad if you wear the socks inside out.

I buy clothes a size too large, and adjust waistbands and sleeves to fit. Also, a tip for you girls out there: Don't be afraid to check the men's department. The clothes there are often durable and roomy, just what you're looking for. Shirts are the best fit, though if you can sew you can get the pants to fit, too. (Men are built straight-up-and-down, so you need to buy larger pants and adjust the waist to fit you.) And you should check used clothing stores, which often have clothes that are already "broken in"--have already been worn for a while and are thus softer.

All baggy stuff for me. Nothing tight, no tags, nothing around the neck either.

I can't stand tags, oh and also certain types of "itchy/tickling" fabrics.
I prefer my clothes/trousers to be a bit tight (but not too tight). For trousers I prefer jeans.

I can't wear wool, ever. It irritates me.

I can't stand "dressing up" (even as a child, I hated dresses and frilly things). I can't walk in heels and I don't like wearing them, (but oddly, I like to make sketches on paper of outrageously high heels ).


I don't like wearing loud colors. Most of my clothing is black (hey, it's easy to match and do laundry). I like cotton, baggy clothing best - especially tees, but unlike some people, I do like to wear leggings at home.

I buy men's and boys clothing too. They're usually less expensive as well. Hey, for tees and casual shirts, can other people really tell anyway? (not that I care that much what other people think, I need to be comfortable before I consider anything else.)

Synthetics give me a rash, as does denim and some wools, but most natural fibers are ok. I used to like things really baggy, but now I like them just a teeny bit snug, it makes me feel more secure for some reason.

I've had so much trouble finding clothes I can afford that fit and that don't fall apart, that I've started making my own. Pattern drafting is fun.

Exactly. Also, there's much less social stigma surrounding women wearing men's clothing than the opposite. If you're a guy and you're most comfortable in skirts and dresses, you're going to catch a lot more flak from the general public than I do for getting shirts from the men's section.

I wish this stigma would go away! I like seeing men wear skirts, or ethnic clothing that has a more feminine drape.

Yeah, like those African robe-like outfits--you know, the bright colors and patterns? Those are gorgeous. I kind of feel sorry for the guys sometimes, because our culture says they can't wear bright colors and patterns. Having to go around in gray and brown and black all the time has to be boring.

Yeah, that's just what I was thinking of, African style clothing.

I browse the men's clothing sometimes looking for something I could wear, and it's so boring I can't stand it. Just a lot of same old, same old. I would hate being limited to that kind of clothing selection. I love wearing colors and prints and crochet and softly flowing clothes.

It's sad to me when I look at standard men's clothing and think, this is a representation of what society expects men to be, or this is what men expect of themselves.

I ALWAYS wear jeans when I go out, long ones only, even during summer, when it's 40°c, jeans, jeans, jeans, jeans.

I can't stand buttoned shirts (I prefer normal ones), I can't stand buttoned jeans (I use zipped ones only), buttons just irritate the piss out of me, too much of a hassle, too complex, just a waste of time putting them on and off each time, too fragile...

My jeans need good pockets, ones that aren't too big, where my phone doesn't fall out when I'm standing upside-down for example. When I'm at home, I can wear my "junk"-clothes, like trainings or clothes with tiny holes in it lol.

V-neck type shirts are also a big turn-off for me, I look like **** in them. I avoid them, at all costs.

Nah, I'm really fussy with clothes in general, shopping is also a hell for me, my mum usually goes to the shop by herself whenever she feels like it and asks what clothes I'd like to have, saves all the hassle, she's the best, I love her.

I don't like those thin fabrics that some coats are made of. Touching them gives me chills. I don't like the way jeans feel either, but at least I don't have too much trouble wearing them.

Some days I just can't seem to find anything in my wardrobe that is comfortable. My clothing choice is solely dependant on comfort. I usually cut out clothing tags and the only socks I wear are organic cotton, with undetectable seams. We even had to cut short our walk in a park yesterday, as my boots were rubbing against my legs. Nothing is ever straight forward.

My daughter is exactly the same. Yesterday, I gave her a pair of tights to wear under her jeans (brand new but exactly the same as the ones she loves to wear to school, just a different colour). She wasn't have it at all, screamed and pulled them off. Eventually, she put on a pair of warm jog pants, so no tights needed. My husband can go spare with her. She's very vocal about what's upsetting her and we have to help her to find her clothes, so there's always an impact on us. I've tried to explain about the sensory issues and that she isn't shouting for the sake of it. I've also said that the way she acts is exactly how I feel inside, but I'm an adult and have learned to control my outbursts (a bit anyway), but he just doesn't get it.