Care is the easy part you have ultimate control over. Tap cold water use with all the things. So many think you have to boil your clothing in hot water. Detergent. If you are doing a normal load, use the recommended amount. Don't be like my wife who Kobes 32 laundry pods into the drum with each load regardless of the clothing or soil amount. Use the shortest cycle and use a front load washer as front loaders clean better (haters will say I'm wrong) and are easier on clothes than an old school agitator toploader. Know that bleach, Oxiclean, Borax, Baking Soda are not required for most things. If you get a legit stain, pretreat and 99% of the time it will come out. Hang to dry or low heat....least invasive drying as you can get.

I use the Consumer Reports best pretreater on all stains. OxiClean MaxForce is the current winner, though this may change one day....in any event, get and use it. I keep the bottle 6 inches from the laundry basket. Remove shirt, spray taco stain, drop in basket. 1 to 14 days later, that stain is loose as shit. I use the Consumer Reports best laundry detergent. Persil ProClean is the current winner, though this may change one day....in any event, get and use it. I was all the things in tap cold and other than wool things, I dry all on low because too lazy to hang dry stuff other than my Darn Tough socks.

Wear is the next thing you have control over and this comes with personal metrics. Underwear, socks, and undershirts are daily change items. Full stop. Everything else, can/should be worn several times to extend the lifespan and reduce waste unless you get a taco stain on it or there is an odor due to *.reasons. And no....the hipster kids who say you can put your jeans in the freezer to kill germs and eliminate odors are wrong. The personal side is knowing your role and brain. Some just can't wear a shirt without washing from a mental perspective. Great. We all have our things in life. Some need to recognize that you can't wear a shirt again after rebuilding a transmission and/or pulling a 12 hour shift at the onion ring factory. Otherwise, you can wear items several times before laundering.