Honesty, Please -- Amount of Clothing Question - Page 5

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@Puppy Lips wrote:
Well, my closet is full, so that has seriously kept me from buying more lately. I have a lot of short sleeve tops, skorts and pedal pushers in every color (but I do wear those all the time). I have plenty of pants, 3/4 sleeve tops, and some sweaters, which I can not wear very often due to my climate. Same thing with light weight jackets. I love jackets.

I have a few dresses I bought that I have never worn, and may never wear. I have a lot of skirts that I rarely wear. My sister says that I buy clothes for a life I no longer have, and that is true. I used to have a more professional job (up North) for which I needed a lot of nice clothes, and I kind of long for those days.

One thing I try to keep in mind is cost per wear. If I really want something, I try to think of how often I can wear it, and how much it would cost me each time I put it on. I also remind myself that everything I buy, I am going to have to agonize at some point about getting rid of it. I buy almost all my clothes from QVC which I know is a more expensive way to shop, but I have found the quality of clothes at my local stores is really lacking.

I would not say I have a ridiculous amount of clothes, but I certainly do not need any more. It is hard for me to part with clothes that still fit, but I don't wear for some reason. I am at the point where if I want something new, I have to decide what to donate. That will likely stop the new purchase.

Good luck to you!

You described me to a T! "I buy clothes for a life I no longer have".

I can not seem to get rid of the quality clothing I used to buy for work. I have an entire closet in the guest bedroom packed with "nice clothes" and the another closet packed with "more nice clothes". I got rid of alot but I have so much more to get rid of.

I really can't believe all the clothes I bought and never wore. That is why I fill bags to be donated and hope my husband doesn't see all the items with tags still on them.

I have far too many clothes for my lifestyle. And wish I only bought about 10% of them.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

@fourpaws56 wrote:
define ridiculous....we all have different needs for clothing....everything I own fits in two drawers...but that is all I need

Wow, @fourpaws56. So, what's your vice?🙂

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

@kelsey17 wrote:
@sunshine45 wrote:
to be perfectly honest, i would describe my wardrobe as being " a ridiculous amount" and i dont need a man to tell me that . LOL
it is what it is.......
Same here.....but i have been working at cutting it down lately......buying less, donating more...........feels good!

@kelsey17

i have been TRYING to buy less, donate more (especially since these hurricanes), and sell more (consignment and sales groups on facebook,) i "made" $200 this past weekend in facebook groups.

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Bridgegal · ‎03-09-2010

That is a LOT more than I have or need. I don't own a pair of shorts, a skirt, crops/capri's or jeans. I just don't like them or wear them. I have one summer casual dress that I bought this summer. I may have 3 short sleeved tops that I wear.

I have about 8 pairs of leggings 3-4 jeggings and 4-5 nicer pants that I wear to my 2 day a week school job. Lots of (maybe 25-30) 3/4 and long sleeve tops. A couple of black cardigan sweaters. That's about it. I wear these things most of the year. I have maybe 6-8 winter sweaters for really cold days. I don't like to be layered or bundled up.

I do have about 6 or so coats but I've had some of them for 25+ years and still wear them as they are classic in style.

There are other various bits and pieces that I might pull out once a year and wear and they aren't included in the above. Just the things I wear.

DH and I share a small walk in closet.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

Now that I'm retired, no longer living in a city and very unlikely to need to dress up for anything, I cover the bases as far as what I need. I pretty much wear jeans (not all of which look like casual jeans) and various types of tees and blouses, or I would look out of place. I have sufficient lounge-type clothing as far as PJs, sweats, etc and coats/sweaters. I've never been a designer clothes, shoes & handbags person. My money goes for other things by preference. I have what I need to live comfortably with the variety I need, but I rarely do a "just because" purchase. An Anuschka bag was an exception ;-) I have no compulsion to buy, buy. That's never been me as far as wearing apparel. Other things yes 👹 but not clothes.

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shoekitty · ‎03-10-2010

Personally, I think we all have a ridiculous amount of clothing. Lol! One doesnt really need all we have, I think we just like to switch off, and buy ecause we love it. Nothing to do with need. Jmho

i worked in a museum. Up until the early 1940's, homes didnt even have real closets. And until 1925 very few homes were even built with a closet. They had a chiffarobe, a standing piece of furniture that you put clothing into. People of humble means used a trunk to store seasonal clothing. Most women had a day dress, they used apons to keep it clean, and made cloth pads to stuff under arms to perspire in. They had a sunday dress. They had a winter coat, and sweaters to keep warm. Usually women had one pair of shoes. But if they worked on a farm, the would have work boots, and town/sunday shoes. They pulled the spring wardrobe out, and then stored winter clothes in moth balls and a cedar lined trunk. The closest thing to being frivolous, was having many aprons to cover up in. Our museum had a great collection of aprons.

Of course it was different with women of means, and those that lived in a big city compared to a rural community. But generally that was the way it was. Ithink overload started about mid 1950's, as the economy prospered after the war and they started building track homes

My mom has a rental built in 1910. Bedrooms and the bath are tiny. Bath you can hardly turn around. Bedrooms are about 8x8, only one bedroom has a closet. It is about 4 feet long, and as deep as a hanger. But the kitchen is like a ballroom, with built ins and a hoover. They have more cabinets than i could dream of.

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fourpaws56 · ‎03-04-2015

@tansy wrote:
@fourpaws56 wrote:
define ridiculous....we all have different needs for clothing....everything I own fits in two drawers...but that is all I need
Wow, @fourpaws56. So, what's your vice?🙂

lol, I am a low maintenance country gal....

Shawnie · ‎03-10-2010

@SAM55 wrote:
My husband thinks I have a ridiculous amount of clothing (and shoes, handbags, etc.)

I wondered how many pairs of pants other women have, dresses, tops, sweaters?

I have a double closet with just blouses, short sleeved and long sleeved. And I have a large dresser with t-shirts adn short-sleeve tops. I have a large closet organized in sections for sweaters and cardigans, and another closet with hanging jeans and pants. It seems like a lot, but I hear women call into the Q and say they purchased all colors of this pant or that pant, or bought this or that blouse in every color, so I'm thinking my stash isn't over the top. Would love to honestly know the amount of clothing other women have accumulated.

That is a lot of clothing. A lot. LIke a small boutique a lot!🙂 Those callers have issues I think. What about Handbags and shoes? DO you have another closet for them? I only have what I will actually wear. I went through my closet, dresser etc and stripped them of everything that I had not worn in at least of year. I can't give you numbers of this or that in my closet but I bet it all would fit in one side of your double closet and your dresser. it is very freeing. THere really is no point to having things that you never wear, and, you would have to be changing several times a day to wear all your stuff.

Shawnie · ‎03-10-2010

@shoekitty Love the history. My mother and her two sisters grew up in a tiny bedroom, no closet. THey had a chiffarobe. When i would visit my grandparents I just couldn't understand how three people could live in that room with their stuff! What I didn't understand was that they didn't have much stuff, certainly nothing compared to post WWII and beyond.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@Shawnie wrote:
@shoekitty Love the history. My mother and her two sisters grew up in a tiny bedroom, no closet. THey had a chiffarobe. When i would visit I just couldn't understand how three people could live in that room with their stuff! What I didn't understand was that they didn't have much stuff, certainly nothing compared to post WWII and beyond.

Yes indeed. I grew up in the 1960's and 70's, and remember that I had 5 dresses (one for each day of school, and back then public schools required girls wear a dress or skirt, not pants, no excuses, if it was freezing out, you wore the pants to walk to school under your dress, then removed them before class), and one drawer full of 'play clothes' as we had to change after school each day.

I had three pair of shoes, one for school, one for gym, and one for church.

One winter coat, and one pair of snow boots. One hat and one pair of mittens.

And we had no idea we lacked a thing.