Quality matters, and what type of garment and useage. It's ideal for situations like hospital visits when things need to be practical. We live on earth, ironing boards and plenty of time for cleaning and drying just isn't there.
My favorite is cotton, no doubt. Shirts, trousers, t-shirts, mercerised twill weave is a favorite..Even for the daily round on my bike I prefer cotton, maximum 20% polyester. Those are cheap, not the most durable quality, jogging college type wear, jersey knit with a fleecy back side. I go through several a year. On a mistake I bought 60 % polyester, 40 cotton, I didin't think much of it then, but as soon as I wore it and after it had been washed,
It never wears out either.
That said, a lot of all weather jackets are polyester, like gortex and I don't mind. I have seen dress fabric polyester in qualities I likely will never end up wearing in any garment. Some polyesters are nicer to the touch than others, look nicer too.
I know some designers make an effort to match slik in every way, they have almost made it. I have had some summer shirts in viscose and modal / polynosic, they never give me the irritating feeling polyester can.
I'm the only one in my family who react like this to polyester, I'm the same if touch nylon stockings and foam mattrasses, the stuff used for furniture webbing, the nett like thing over the foam wadding.
I can get this feeling from some polyester dressfabric,...fabric softener.... It's almost like a fobia lol
I have noticed a particular type of socks in poyester are back, I tought I never should see them again, like memories from my ver early childhood. Some hightech sports under wear irks me too, and that is what they try to sell me in stores.