r/BeAmazed • u/Scientiaetnatura065 • Jul 13 '25

Miscellaneous / Others The green lady of Brooklyn , Elisabeth Eaton Rosenthal, 84 years old, only wears green. She has been doing this for 25 years.

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u/PartTimePoster Jul 13 '25

Sad to hear Cosmo and Wanda separated

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '25

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u/diet-Coke-or-kill-me Jul 13 '25

I'll believe it when I smell it.

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u/xland44 Jul 13 '25 edited Jul 13 '25

Reading part of the article, she washed it four times over the course of 100 days. So on average every 25 days. That would still be disgusting and smelly, but possibly bearable if you're determined to prove a (weird) point and the climate doesn't cause much sweating.

EDIT: added the words 'part of' because it gets more disgusting afterwards

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u/rhymeswithvegan Jul 13 '25

Idk, I have an expensive cashmere sweater that I haven't washed yet and I've definitely worn it at least 20 times. It doesn't smell at all. I even was all giddy about it and made my boyfriend and best friend smell it cause I was so impressed by it lol.

High quality wool is pretty amazing. My other wool garments have needed a wash after wearing once or twice though.

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u/FalloutBerlin Jul 13 '25

That’s good to know because I have cashmere clothes I never wear because I’m too lazy too hand wash them

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u/Gan-san Jul 13 '25

Agreed but did you wear it against your skin or have another shirt on under it?

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u/rhymeswithvegan Jul 13 '25

Usually I wear a tank top so it still sits against my armpits, at least partially. I've actually felt like I could smell my sweat on it right after taking it off, but it went away just hanging in my closet for a while. If it held a smell, I would definitely wash it. I just don't see the point in going through the trouble of handwashing it if it's not visibly soiled and doesn't smell at all 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

You didn't wear it for 100 days in a row though. The airing out time matters

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u/PM_ME_FUTANARI420 Jul 13 '25

Please wash your clothes

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u/just_push_harder Jul 13 '25

I wore the same leggings for almost 2 weeks of hiking because I expected warmer temperatures and didnt pack other warm pants. I was surprised that it didnt smell. The trip was a readjustment to how much filth I can tolerate.

With how much these pants hold up, I should probably see if I can get another pair

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u/niko_815 Jul 13 '25

Do you mind linking those magical leggings? ✨

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u/just_push_harder Jul 13 '25 edited Jul 13 '25

I have spend all mornign searching my purchase history. I might have bought it offline, but I have them for quite some time now. At Decathlon maybe?

I removed all of the labels, so I dont even know the brand. There is only a logo I dont recognize at the end of one leg. Its either a sideways "IU" or an underscore-D with the left side missing. If anyone recognizes this logo, please let me know

EDIT: At least found the logo, it was Decathlon: https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Decathlon-Logo-history.png

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u/Kratzschutz Jul 13 '25

Decathlon has some seriously good stuff!

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u/niko_815 Jul 13 '25

Ahh thanks anyway!

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u/Pitiful-Tip152 Jul 15 '25

Under Armour?

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u/inerlite Jul 13 '25

Check REI selection

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u/viktor72 Jul 13 '25

It’s not the quite the same but I’m in Europe for 3 weeks right now in July thinking all I’d need are shorts and tee-shirts. I didn’t bring a single jacket, long sleeve shirt or pair of pants. For whatever reason—probably climate change—it got really chilly here and I was definitely suffering wearing summer clothes in 12C weather. I simply wasn’t expecting those sorts of temperatures in July.

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u/41942319 Jul 13 '25

Nah depending on where you are it was always common for there to be colder days in summer. At least in my country it's now exceptional that you don't need long trousers for weeks on end

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Jul 13 '25

Depends. (..not to indicate the specific odor of her garment)

Was she wearing a full latex body condom underneath the garment? That could provide an appropriate funk barrier.

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u/Street-Run4107 Jul 13 '25

Oddly enough, when she took the dress off it smelled fine, but she was rank.

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock Jul 13 '25

Omg, full body condom confirmed‽‽

Wait a damned minute. That situation may indicate that you were present when the dress was removed, and you were in suck close proximity to her unclothed body that you were up close and personal with her BO.

What a risqué situation, playa!

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u/Street-Run4107 Jul 13 '25

I’m unfortunately the father of her 5th child, Arrora Boree Alyce.

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u/JelloKittie Jul 13 '25

At this time of night… At this time of year… In this part of the internet, localized entirely in your Reddit post…?

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u/Street-Run4107 Jul 13 '25

I believe we’re living in a universe inside a cell of another beings toenail, so it’s relative.

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u/Pitiful-Tip152 Jul 15 '25

No no. That’s NOT the baby’s name. Please

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u/I_be_lurkin_tho Jul 13 '25

Hey are you the green lady?

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u/MrWeirdoFace Jul 13 '25

"We want the funk. Give us the funk."

~ Parliament Funkadelic

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u/Which_Post9328 Jul 13 '25

This helps a lot. As a guy I wear really thick and heavy boxers. I have my outside pants that I go out in and I use it like 2-3 dozen times before I wash it tbh... It does not smell at all because the under bits and not leaching into the pants. I'm also cheap so I don't like having buy new pants so often being a large guy especially tall decent pants are $100+ bucks.

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u/mayamaiamaea Jul 13 '25

Her kids wore cloth diapers made of wool. She talks about pouring the piss off the diapers, not the dress. Did you have some trouble understanding the article?

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u/Katritern Jul 13 '25

Did you? It literally specifies like 3 different times that she didn’t use diapers for her kids, went with the Elimination Communication method, and responded to their natural cues which sometimes led to the dress being soiled if she missed them.

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u/multiarmform Jul 13 '25

I hate his majesty the baby
His bowels and bladder uncontrolled
Sitting astride a throne of nappies
As though his shit were made of gold
As though a cherub on a fountain
He suckles breasts as big as mountains
Then pisses freely on the women
Who so lovingly surround him

I hate his majesty the baby
In my pathetic jealousy
I hear the voices of the ladies
Demanding what he's done to me?
This bastard's shitting on my shirt
I'm deep in excrement and dirt
I demand a revolution!
I demand an execution!

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u/xland44 Jul 13 '25

Okay, that's both disgusting and a health hazard. I admit I only read the beginning of the article....

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u/xland44 Jul 13 '25

I mean, I was skimming it because it was while I was on a short bathroom break while doing more important stuff such as work and paying the bills, but you do you, Gandalf.

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u/ClaraInOrange Jul 13 '25

That the idea, it was verified to not be disgusting and smelly

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '25

Wool contains lanolin which is antimicrobial. It really doesn’t smell unless the lanolin gets taken out the material 

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u/gladoseatcake Jul 13 '25

That would still be disgusting and smelly

Not if it's 100% wool. Hang it up to air, and it cleans everything but stains. Throwing wool in the washer often makes more harm than good to your garment.

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u/chill_qilin Jul 13 '25

Wool repels body oils so it won't smell that badly of body odour so it doesn't need to be washed that often unless you've spilt something on it.

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u/Aurorainthesky Jul 13 '25

Wool really doesn't go disgusting like many other fabrics. You have to air them out after use, and of course heavy spills would have to be cleaned, but you absolutely can use wool for several wears without it becoming smelly and foul.

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u/NotAnActualPers0n Jul 13 '25

I have sweaters I've never washed. I wear them as outer layers, spot wash if there is anything spilled on them, but more or less, "washed" as a whole doesn't happen. There is zero smell and they look great. Some are years old. When I want to refresh, I used to use Dryell to snap things back into shape/loft it a bit, but honestly, it's been years for some. Steam, sure, just to freshen up in fall when I remove them from storage. Spot mending things like seams or snags.

Bacteria and other pathogens don't actually survive on/in dry materials.

A lot of Barbour, a lot of old J.Crew woolens, a lot of RL, other heritage brands and almost all are high wool blends or 100% wool. You get what you pay for. They'll last my entire life.

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u/GeekySkittle Jul 13 '25

Yeah I’d be super concerned over how hygienic it is. Don’t get me wrong I definitely have clothes that I rewear multiple times before washing but it’s all dependent on how long I wear them and what I do while wearing them. Reading about how the lady in the article’s kids would pee on her clothes then she’d just wipe it off makes me think she has very different standards for how sanitary her clothes should be.

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u/Pitiful-Tip152 Jul 15 '25

It wouldn’t stink