"Men used to touch women on the train and stand close to them and ruin their clothes."
I'm afraid it may ruin your clothes, but you should have come dressed for the occasion.
Besides, they probably hadn't wanted to ruin their beautiful clothes and perfect makeup.
This time his powers had done him relatively little damage, other than to ruin his clothes.
I wish you wouldn't go, it will quite ruin your new clothes -
I'm sure your mommy doesn't want you to ruin your pretty clothes.
Kwanele is cowardly and unwilling to help out with anything for fear of ruining his clothes.
If he found her, she would probably be covered with mud and this car, not overly clean already, would really ruin all his clothes then.
'But we wouldn't be able to get across the courtyard without ruining your clothes.'
But my body remained caked with mud, and that would ruin my clothes.