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How many clothes should you own?
mintbro
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Having a clear out, just wondered how many clothes you should have
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mintbro
Posts: 6,733 mintbro
Posts: 6,733 mintbro
Posts: 6,733 mintbro
Posts: 6,733
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As many as the person wants.
My personal "rule" except for special items is that if I haven't worn it in the last 6 months then I take it to a charity shop, or throw it away if it isn't good enough.
You mean you don't turn them inside out and wear them the next day too?
I just gave loads of clothes and shoes and bags away but could and should streamline down again.
I went through a phase of buying a couple packs of socks each week, turned me into a lazy slob. instead of washing them, i kept putting on new pairs. by the time it did come to wash them, literally an entire machine load just on socks. ended up with lots of odd socks, kept them aside ready for the pairs to turn up, but ended up adding more and more oddies. anyway, i have cut down to about 70 pairs of socks now but still way too much, it takes 2 much space.
I do similar for my daughter, she has 12 pairs of white, knee-high socks. I occasionally buy another set of 5 pairs and chuck the odd sock away, but who cares cause they are all the same
Three for everyday - 1 on, 1 off (clean), 1 in the wash
And one for 'best'
Seriously though:
These days I have a lot less than I did when I was working.
Apart from a couple of suits, and some 'specialist' stuff (thermals, camping, cycling, etc)
I have enough casual 'everyday' clothing to last me a little over 2 weeks, and I work my way through them until I'm down to 3 or 4 days' worth - Then we do our washing in a big batch once a fortnight.
(Wife does the same, though she has a much bigger range to choose from)
And just replace things as and when they wear out, or if I particularly like something I see.
**I have absolutely no interest in fashion whatsoever - for me, clothing is all about comfort.
this does not include shoes or boots!
I rarely buy a dress, I get skirts/trousers and tops so I can mix and match.
42
:rolleyes:
174.:)
Everyone in the house seems to adopt the same system, when I wasn't feeling well recently I didn't do much washing and my son had a mini panic when getting ready for school "mum there's no socks and pants on the stairs!', he never even thought to have a look in his drawers upstairs!
I was thinking 37, including socks.