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Post by Apple on Jun 18, 2019 18:10:20 GMT -5
I expect answers to vary greatly, but curious about what others think.
I'm pairing down clothes, again. I've donated a ton already over the years, and will be going through them again soon. I've pretty much quit buying clothes for a while, and only plan to buy if something absolutely needs to be replaced. Letting go of something I bought is sometimes hard, only because I really hate the shopping process, and trying to find things I like that fit well.
My work clothing is provided to me (arc flash/fire resistant jeans and tees). All the "100% cotton ugly, but functional" shirts and sweatshirts can go now (I've already gotten rid of some), since it's no longer what I wear for work.
I pretty much live in tees (short or long sleeve, stuff I don't wear in public--might have a stain or a hole) and leggings/yoga/pj pants at home. When I go out in public, it's usually a nerd shirt, a hoodie or sweatshirt, and jeans. I plan to keep one or two skirts (I might need one for a wedding or a funeral again, outside of that, I don't wear them). I'll keep whatever jeans I have that fit well. I'll also keep all the nerd shirts. The "regular" t-shirts and long sleeve shirts will get paired down, since I wear them least often. Most sweaters will stay.
I want enough on hand that I don't have to do laundry constantly, but not enough that my dressers overflow (I do have a small closet, but don't use it, since it's not in my room. Maybe I should start using it to store the seasonal overflow...)
Oh, and I get all four seasons here. We get well below freezing in the winter, and well over 100 degrees in the summer.
I'm torn between "I already have it, and having it means I won't have to buy any for many, many years" and "let's free up some space and toss crap!"
How much clothing do you have? Is it too much, not enough, or just right? Do you enjoy shopping for clothing? Do you have a body type that makes it easy to find things in the store/online? Do you live with magic fairies who replace all the worn clothes with new clothes for you? (I could seriously use one of those magic fairies!!)
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 18, 2019 18:13:46 GMT -5
Isn't the rule something like if you haven't worn a particular piece of clothing in six months, donate it/give it away or toss it out.
Anything which can be used by human or animal shelters give it to them.
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Post by Happy prose on Jun 18, 2019 18:23:23 GMT -5
I would keep winter and fall stuff in the closet,spring and summer in your drawers. If you have too much in one of those places, donate some. I work in an office, so for now I need my clothes. I think once I retire, I can get rid of a bunch.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 18, 2019 18:30:01 GMT -5
My wardrobe is ridiculous. I have two large closets filled to the brim. One is a fall/winter closet and one is a spring/summer closet. This doesn't count the two dressers I have bursting at the seams with clothes that don't get hung up. One dresser is for workout clothes and the other for regular clothes. We'll not even talk about my shoe collection.
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Post by Apple on Jun 18, 2019 18:37:34 GMT -5
Isn't the rule something like if you haven't worn a particular piece of clothing in six months, donate it/give it away or toss it out. Anything which can be used by human or animal shelters give it to them. These people don't have seasons! You could try to stretch it to a year with seasons, but sometimes we only get a lot of snow or the bitter cold temps every other year. You'd end up buying new coats/boots constantly. The rest of my clothes I do wear within the season, but still feel like I have too many of some types. I definitely gravitate to "favorites" though (like my Space Invaders hoodie. It's absolutely perfect, so I bought a backup.) The shelters will definitely get any blankets or towels I decide to part with, the rest goes to Salvation Army. It kills me to toss some stuff that isn't "acceptable" for donation (holes or stains), so I might offer them up as rags on the "buy nothing" site before they go to the garbage.
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Post by Apple on Jun 18, 2019 18:39:44 GMT -5
I would keep winter and fall stuff in the closet,spring and summer in your drawers. If you have too much in one of those places, donate some. I work in an office, so for now I need my clothes. I think once I retire, I can get rid of a bunch. I think I need to do this. Either store them in a suitcase or tote (my suitcases tend to hold the smaller suitcases though). Before, I was just trying to utilize different drawers, but that wasn't working out well and was creating spillage.
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Post by Apple on Jun 18, 2019 18:42:17 GMT -5
My wardrobe is ridiculous. I have two large closets filled to the brim. One is a fall/winter closet and one is a spring/summer closet. This doesn't count the two dressers I have bursting at the seams with clothes that don't get hung up. One dresser is for workout clothes and the other for regular clothes. We'll not even talk about my shoe collection. I kind of started here before I pared down the first round (or two). The last time I went through stuff, I finally admitted to myself that I would never fit into "size x" again, so got rid of anything under "size y", and anything kept there had to be a "love it" item, not just an "it's ok". I figure if I ever really did get into "size x" again, I would deserve a new shopping trip with lots of money!
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 18, 2019 18:53:56 GMT -5
My wardrobe is ridiculous. I have two large closets filled to the brim. One is a fall/winter closet and one is a spring/summer closet. This doesn't count the two dressers I have bursting at the seams with clothes that don't get hung up. One dresser is for workout clothes and the other for regular clothes. We'll not even talk about my shoe collection. I kind of started here before I pared down the first round (or two). The last time I went through stuff, I finally admitted to myself that I would never fit into "size x" again, so got rid of anything under "size y", and anything kept there had to be a "love it" item, not just an "it's ok". I figure if I ever really did get into "size x" again, I would deserve a new shopping trip with lots of money! My sixe x clothes that I was trying to get back into are all too big and they need to go. I'm planning on going shopping for all new clothes once the swelling goes down after this surgery. My shirt size should remain the same, it's just the pants size that should go down. Hopefully. I'm hoping to be one pants size smaller.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2019 19:03:14 GMT -5
Mine is pretty moderate, I think. I have a walk-in closet, but with plenty of room for more. I'm retired and rarely need to get any fancier than Business Casual. I feel a little bad that my expensive tailored business clothes are rarely needed but they still fit so they're there for weddings and funerals. My shoes and boots have ranged from $250-$500/pair (the $500 pair were the ostrich boots) and they'll last forever. I might have a total of 10 pair bought over the last 12 years. My armoire is filled mostly with freebie T-shirts. I wear just about everything I have on a regular basis.
I've found a couple of companies that make their clothes in the US (Amour Vert and Karen Kane) and see plenty of things I'd like to buy but I'm on a no-clothes-buying kick because I have an expensive trip coming up in March. So far this year I've bought a pack of athletic socks at Costco and acquired a freebie T-shirt and a freebie rain jacket.
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Post by giramomma on Jun 18, 2019 19:06:09 GMT -5
Most of my clothes (minus the fancy ones) can fit into 2 large totes. One for spring summer and one for fall winter. So..right now for spring/summer/fall I have: 7 shirts for work/public consumption 3 skirts for work/public consumption 4 dresses for work/public consumption That all would fit in one tote, with plenty of room to spare. That gives me almost a complete 2 week rotation. I also do something like the capsule wardrobe. So, I can get something like 12 different outfits between the skirts and shirts..
I need to buy one pair of capris. Not doing cub scout camp in skirts/dresses, jeans, or gardening clothing. For Spring/Fall, in addition to the above, I have three shirts that I wear under a zippered hoodie. These are for my at home days or weekends where I don't have to look super nice. I also have one black cardigan that needs to be replaced. I toss it over my short sleeve shirts to make them work in cooler/colder weather.
I own 5ish long sleeve shirts for public consumption/work. And 2-3 pairs of jeans. One spring coat, one winter coat. One pair of tennis shoes, two pairs of summer shoes and two pairs of winter shoes. One pair of boots for walking around in the snow. Also, one pair of heels, which I never wear anymore. I don't like running in heels.
I also have one pair of concert blacks. Not much use for those now, either. One nicer dress suitable for wearing when my kids receive their sacraments in church, and one fancy dress suitable for weddings.
I tend to keep clothing as minimized as possible. But, I'm also managing clothing for 5 people, and there's 6 of us 1800 sq feet.
This winter, I sorted and organized DD1 and DD2's clothing. It took me probably 8-10 hours. I'd rather do something else with my time over sorting, organizing and pitching stuff that for me isn't important.
(Now, my craft stash...you'd have to pry that out of my cold, dead fingers. And it's ridiculous.)
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 18, 2019 19:06:33 GMT -5
Around here we have bins in various shopping center parking lots labeled clothing and shoe recycling. That's where I drop off my worn out stuff.
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Post by haapai on Jun 18, 2019 19:59:35 GMT -5
I have no idea how much clothing one person should own, or even how much I own. I moved into this place eight or nine years ago with ambitious plans to fix it up and deliberately put most of my clothing in the garage so that it would be out of the way while I fixed up the place. The plan was to live in jeans and plain white men's t-shirts until the place was spruced up and then move all of the fancier and girlier stuff into the house. Every once in a while I find myself going through boxes of clothing while trying to find something else that I'm pretty sure that I own. It's kinda like going to a garage sale where everything is free and was once my size. Since I culled a bit before moving, the quality of what I find in my own garage is unexpectedly high, generally better than what is inside the house, but the utility is low. I'm really heavy on summer and ultra-casual clothes but low on stuff that can be utilized for work or will actually keep me comfortable during the colder and drearier seasons.
My advice would be to ditch the hot-weather stuff with as much zeal as you can muster. It would help to think a bit about how much time you actually get off during the summer and how much of this clothing you actually own. If you only get two days off a week and a week or two of summer vacation, you probably own a lot more summer clothing than you need or can possibly find an opportunity to wear. Pitch your too-worn and too-tight summer clothes now. There is no reason to hold onto in-a-pinch clothes when they are in season and you can easily buy replacements.
As for the cold-weather stuff, my advice is completely different. I always find it harder to buy cold-weather clothing, The stuff that is legitimately warm and useful has a higher price point and is harder to replace simply because it is hard to shop when it is cold and dark. I'd recommend sorting through that stuff but not actually discarding much until you have replacements.
Just going through the cold-weather clothing and reminding yourself of what you own and what you want to replace when it becomes available may be helpful
FWIW, I recently found a box of clothing that contained spandex running gear from the late eighties, which I did not discard. Feel free to reject my advice. I might be a bit of a hoarder.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jun 18, 2019 20:16:23 GMT -5
I have way too many clothes, yet need more. I don't have much to wear for work, and it is making me hate going to work. The job I held for many years was super business casual. I wore jeans and hoodies every day. So, that's why I both have too many and not enough clothes-- well, that and the weight fluctuations.
I was just thinking about this the other day on vacation: wardrobes for people living in places with 4 seasons naturally have to be bigger than those with less temperature fluctuation.
I hate shopping these days, but used to enjoy it. That was back when I wasn't paying for my own clothes, and I was an easy size and shape to dress. All that has changed now, plus the fact that Im old doesn't help, either.
Still, though there's no good reason to listen to me, I'll still suggest getting rid of the holey, stained clothing at least. As long as you have enough otherwise, that's the low-hanging fruit.
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Post by mroped on Jun 18, 2019 20:41:20 GMT -5
In my 20s I was going at sea and the guys in the crew were making fun of me because my duffle bag weighed 15#. That was enough clothing(shoes included) for 6 months at least. Everybody packed 40-45#. Now, I think I have about 15# of work socks and sometimes I feel like I need more!😂
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Post by laterbloomer on Jun 18, 2019 20:47:58 GMT -5
My weight has been going up and down the last few years so I have way too many clothes of various sizes. Purging is an ongoing goal of my life. I would like to get down to one 6 foot closet with an organizer just for me. We have the 4 seasons but I only need a few things for really hot or really cold weather, spring and fall can be pretty much the same wardrobe. I would like to just have clothes I love wearing and feel really good in.
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Post by oped on Jun 18, 2019 21:01:59 GMT -5
As much as they want?
Seriously. I have 4 black long sleeve t’s and 2 pair of the same jeans that are 80%+ what I wear all winter. Clothes aren’t my thing.
Now books... Lordy...
We al have something that makes us happy even just to own it.
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Post by pooks on Jun 18, 2019 21:16:19 GMT -5
So much more than I need, but strangely never what I actually need. I don't work and live a very casual lifestyle, so most of my clothes are bought based on whether I can bike or hike in them. I probably have 7 pairs of jeans/ 7 pairs of shorts with associated shirts. Where my wardrobe falls utterly apart is needing something between the extremes of casual and formal. I hate shopping for that murky middle.
I wear almost a uniform and if I like something, I will buy multiples in different colors. I buy things I don't need with the idea that I might need it later. I just bought a red dress (just wanted it), 2 shrugs (had it in one color and liked it so much I bought it in 2 others), and a pair of nude kitten heels (replacing a pair of wedges that kill my feet).
I have a ton of storage, so I am not running low on space. My stuff has a tendency to get thrown out though because I have destroyed it in some way.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 18, 2019 21:35:34 GMT -5
Andi and I could have a competition.
I do go thru things at the change of seasons because it's easy to remember what I wore. I actually hit the wall on my fall/winter gear I wear all I own.
Spring/summer needed more work since my dress code has changed with my job but I'm reaching the point where I wear everything in it too.
I like clothes. My style has become a part of me. My outfits are my art. I felt like my soul died when I had to wear a uniform.
Right now I dislike most of the trends out there so not buying much. What I do buy is to fill a gap.
I'm addicted to T shirts from Curbside. All the designs are by local artists no two are alike. I cannot afford the type of wall art I like but I can afford a T shirt. I have people asking all the time where I get them. I've made a convert out of DH and my brother.
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Post by grumpyhermit on Jun 18, 2019 21:45:46 GMT -5
I do not like shopping for clothes, especially pants. I would happily buy new sweaters and hoodies weekly if I had the room. Once I can't fit new purchases in my closet (which is not that large) or in my dresser (6 drawers) I go through and purge.
I probably have a dozen pairs of pants (mostly work slacks with a few pairs of jeans), two dozen "work" shirts, and then too many t-shirts to count (but they must fit in the two drawers I have allotted - rolling them helps).
I also have two small 3 drawer Ikea dressers I use as bedside tables. Four of the six drawers are for workout clothes/socks/t-shirts I only wear around the house.
Even though I am a four season part of the country, I don't rotate my clothing or store it. Whatever limited closet space I have has to accommodate everything (even if I'm not going to wear my sweaters for another 6 months).
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Post by debthaven on Jun 19, 2019 1:13:43 GMT -5
Even though I am a four season part of the country, I don't rotate my clothing or store it. Whatever limited closet space I have has to accommodate everything (even if I'm not going to wear my sweaters for another 6 months).[/i
I'm the same. I want everything in one place.
I'd get rid of the torn/stained stuff too. Then choose a few other garments to "replace" those.
I lost a lot of weight and went down 3 pants sizes. No way was I not going to go shopping for smaller pants! I got rid of the two biggest sizes.
If I like something, I will buy multiples in different colors.
Same. I tend to wear dark pants (black/grey/navy) and colored tops.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jun 19, 2019 6:26:19 GMT -5
I've never done the switching over of clothes for the seasons.
When I was working, that did mean some clothes didn't get worn during the summer or winter, but they stayed in the closet.
Being retired now, I don't own a dress that fits. I've never liked to wear them so I no longer own one.
I have one dressy outfit that I wear to funerals. In the last 5 years, that is the only reason I've needed to wear nice clothes.
I have one winter coat and one lighter coat.
I have way too many t-shirts and sweatshirts. Periodically I purge.
If something gets stained or becomes holey, it goes.
I look to the situation of my friend who has a 3 bedroom house with double garage and still needs 4 storage units for her stuff. The garage is so full of stuff that she can't park a car in it. While everything is neatly organized, she does not need that much stuff. I am not paying for one storage unit, let alone 4 storage units.
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Post by plugginaway22 on Jun 19, 2019 6:29:29 GMT -5
I think it totally depends on your job. I work 5 days a week and need to wear dark pants and nice top with cardigan (cold office). So I have plenty of those items along with all the dressier flats and jewelry; then a completely casual wardrobe of jeans, sweaters, t-shirts, sweatshirts, shorts; then a bunch of dresses and clothes I could wear to a wedding/party, with heels. My walk in closet (shared with DH) is pretty much at capacity. I am good about following the 'one in-one out' rule when making any new purchases. Spent some money this past week on work wardrobe, so need to get rid of what I am not wearing.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jun 19, 2019 7:03:13 GMT -5
I recently retired and am struggling with how much to pare down my clothes. I have some things that I’ll never wear again and need to get rid of. I pretty much live in jeans and t shirts so I don’t need all the dresses and dressier clothes I wore in my working years. I guess I just need to get to work on getting rid of all the extra stuff in my closets and drawers.
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Post by raeoflyte on Jun 19, 2019 7:47:08 GMT -5
We get 4 seasons but not to the extreme that you have. For me it mostly means a lot of layering so I don't swap out between winter and summer. I'm also fine wearing long sleeves and pants in summer -- more comfortable honestly because of less sun exposure its easier to regulate imo.
I also hate having a mountain of laundry to do, so I'm set up to do laundry twice a week. 2-3 pairs of work pants, 1-2 pairs of jeans. 7 work tops. And a handful of (total) dresses, skirts, and blazers/cardigans to switch things up with. Working from home means I'm in t-shirts a lot more so I'm increasing those a bit. My office work tops are of the variety that look dressy (enough) with a blazer or cardigan, or just look nice on their own so those are in rotation, just a little less especially in the summer when I don't even need to take the kids to school.
I also hate shopping and wasting money, but hate clutter. The combination means that decluttering is a long haul process. I wouldn't get anywhere on the tv shows, but year after year, there is a significant decrease in stuff. First step is to hang the hangers backwards. When you wear something, return it to the closet with the hanger the right way. Check in 3, 6, 12 months what is still hanging backwards and decide what you can toss. Some of that you might still keep, but it does make it visually very easy to what you're wearing and what you're not and make it easier to get rid of the duplicates of those items that are obviously not worn very often.
For my drawers, when I get behind on putting laundry away, I'll do a sweep of what was in the drawers and pull out anything that was still in there and put it in a box with a label on it. If I haven't dug it back out whenever I'm going through the store room next, there's a good chance I can and will get rid of those items. I have to work at this part more lately as we don't spend as much time living out of clean hampers as we used too. (My husband kept a tote I had done that with of his clothes in the basement for 7 years before he was willing to go through it and part with at least some items). Drove me nuts, but 7 years was going to pass either way and at least now we have a few less of his clothes floating around that he hasn't worn since his 20's.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 19, 2019 11:16:48 GMT -5
I have a 5 foot wide closet (it's a 1940's house) TBH there's a a second 5 foot wide closet across from it (It's "his" and "hers" closets...) I grew up in a house with tiny closets. There are 4 seasons here - so I can't keep everything in a closet/drawers - so off-season stuff goes into plastic storage bins. if I can't fit everything into the 5 foot closet or a large 1920's 4 drawer dresser - I know it's time to weed out my clothing.
I'm not very "fashion conscious' and I have no problem wearing the same things to work every every week. That said, I usually have 8 to 10 work outfits that i could wear without having to do laundry. Work is "business casual" with a jeans day on Friday. I make sure I always have one dressier "business casual" outfit in the 'rotation' if I need to go to a wake or a dress up dinner. I've got assorted "rags" (tee shirts, sweatshirts, sweat pants, pajama pants, tights) to wear on weekday evenings and weekends (for a the messy stuff I do when I'm not at work.)
As for how much clothing a person should have? I don't know... I guess how ever much you feel comfortable with - which means you may need to do some introspection to figure out it out.
(I have co-workers who don't seem to wear the same thing twice... they also seem to have a never ending supply of "outerwear" and purses and shoes as these never seem to repeat either.
I have friends who's hobby seems to be shopping for clothes and putting together new outfits. Too much work for me. They tend to score the resale shops and good wills in order to keep this hobby going. )
Because I have to store out of season clothing - I have to review what I have every 4 months or so. This means I'm removing/replacing pieces as I go along. I do a "donate" for gently worn stuff I haven't worn or was in the "hot" style/color the previous season. I toss anything stained, has holes, is threadbare from being laundered so many times. I do buy new clothing every 6 months or so - to fill in the holes in my "weekly uniform" outfits and jeans/nicer casual tops that go with jeans.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 19, 2019 13:10:34 GMT -5
As many clothes as I want. I love shopping, I love fashion, give me all the pretty things. I probably buy something new at least once a month. I do pare down the drawers and closet a couple of times a year.
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Post by sheilaincali on Jun 19, 2019 16:22:19 GMT -5
The Hubs and I share one closet that is around 6 feet long (by standard 1950's depth) and one four drawer tall dresser ALL of our clothes fit in these. For all 4 seasons. Hubs has more clothes than I do but he's been getting better. We go through our clothes at the end of every major season. Anything we didn't wear that season goes to the thrift store (or trash if it's damaged). We do keep our winter coats and rain coats in the front hall closet.
I am not a clothes person. I wear jeans, chucks and a t-shirt or sweater 90% of the time.
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Post by haapai on Jun 19, 2019 16:59:45 GMT -5
Can we talk about the difficulty and expense of attempting to buy clothing out of season or even early in the season? This has got to be a factor in why so many of us are overwhelmed by clothes, including clothes that we don't even like. We hold onto stuff that we don't even like because replacing it is currently impossible and the prospect of buying replacements early in the season makes us wince. It's hard to chuck even the least flattering stuff in your closet when doing so means paying more for the replacement than you think is reasonable, putting yourself on a schedule during which you must buy the replacements, or simply going without appropriate clothing because you cannot find the time to shop or the means with which to do so.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 19, 2019 17:10:31 GMT -5
I have gotten rid of tons of clothing but I still have a lot. we have 4 or 5 commercial clothing racks in the basement, a couple are doubles. And my closet side is full. Last year hubs made it bigger and more efficient. All of us have 2 coat closets full of clothes and one closet in the guest room with coats, clothes, and jackets. 1 rack downstairs is clothing for hubs, some a size smaller.
I'm not getting rid of any more unless they wear out. Most are classics, good fabric, not the junk fabric I seem to find now. Hubs with effort can still find clothing. What I find for DD in larger sizes isn't good. I haven't tried Lands End in awhile. When I need clothing I will make it. Again from much better fabric then we have now. I maybe have a couple of dresses, there are a couple of very nice suits, one a new wool one I have never worn, yep, funerals or wedding.
I did get rid of 99% of my dress shoes. I have one or two pair I might be able to wear for 1/2 an hour or so, I couldn't handle it much longer and they are basically almost flat. We buy little anymore, not really much of anyplace to buy them.
And yes I have spandex I bought from Pennys a couple years ago I still wear.
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Post by haapai on Jun 19, 2019 17:34:01 GMT -5
We buy little anymore, not really much of anyplace to buy them. Yes, that is a big factor in why I can't chuck clothes. The days of biting the bullet and visiting the fancy-schmancy department store and finding what you needed at goodness-knows-what price are over. When I walk into the Macy's that was once a Hudson's and then a Marshall Fields, I am assaulted by junk. I can walk into there determined to find a 34Bish bra that fits and willing to spend up to $40 on it and the odds are pretty good that I will not find anything like what I am searching for. I will find myself surrounded by racks of cotton bras and 100% acrylic bralettes, but there isn't a basic pebble-stabilizer to be found.
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