'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH' - clothes acquisition, hysteria and the perfect wardrobe

[Kora]

Over the last few years I have shopped til I dropped (literally) any day that I was off from work all I did was shopping. Last week I was organizing my clothes,Bills, Credit cards Statements etc. I 've realized that about 80% of my clothes is not worn (some have tags on them) and the ones I wear are the classics, basics. Am I the only one, let me know what your thoughts are.

[PrinceOfCats]

I can't help you here - I would wear different clothes every day if I could.

[Alejandro]

I have tons of clothes. Most of them are nice basic clothes that I buy either at Gap, Zara, Diesel and vintage or thrift finds. Then, my budget goes bananas with designer stuff, that again, I either spend $500+ on a piece that I will wear a lot, or stuff that I find on vintage stores for less than $200. Again, these are all nice basic clothing, nothing too trendy, because this allows me to wear it over and over mixed with some hot trends that I normally don't spend too much money in. Im still hurting though for my silver Prada shoes ...

[chanel_girl]

I have gucci coat that I spent $5000 on and I only wore it ONCE but that was like 5 years ago but I have tons of clothes usualy the things that still have the tags on and are unworn are the thrift or cheap stuff all my designer stuff though usualy is worn alot

[mikeijames]

there is an actual named disorder for chronic shoppers...they are trying to get it to be an acknowledged thing so that you can get prescriptions for it...bc for a lot of people (self included) there's a definite high associated with shopping (and specifically purchasing)...

but there are so many clothes i could not live without that totally broke the bank, that i can never justify wearing...completely runway stuff. i mean every now and again when i get dressed after a few cocktails i'll throw them on and totally make a splash

[strawberry daiquiri]

Depends on if you like I replace the word 'want' with 'need'

I'm quite sure I would wear everything I owned at some stage if I could remember everything, but it seems I can't

[Lena]

i do buy things i never wear, or i 'lose' items in wardrobes etc
its a joy when i 'find' a long lost and maybe unworn item
i dont spend much for a single piece of clothing/shoes/bag
apart from the occasional unique vintage item
(soft point Japanese kimonos & old couture )

[tealady]

It's hard to say how much clothing one needs. Well, maybe it's easy: one needs enough clothing to cover one's body and protect it from the elements.

Now, how many clothes do we want? That's something else. Each of us needs to find her own way. If you are consistently spending money you don't have, that's not good. If you are trying to buy happiness in the form of clothing to fix a problem that clothing can not fix, that's not good.

IMHO.

[freshstyle]

i have LOTS of clotes with the tags still on them, yet i still never have anything to wear. i think its because i LOVE summer clothes so when i go shopping i always get drawn to nice tanks to go out it, yet i live in NY so i dont really get to wear them till summer. Also if i get something really nice, i dont wanna waste it, if that makes scence so it kinda just sits there till the right occasion comes along. i think thats what the problem is, i'm just a very unfocused shopper, i like spending my money on fun stuff. if i spend it on sweats i almost feel like its been wasted, although i wear them all the time.

[travolta]

i wish all my clothes were convertable...kinda like a-poc..but continously so. also i would live in pleats please...so practical.

[adorefaith]

I agree with most people so far.....I have far more than I "need" (come on.....we don't have half of what we do because we NEED it)....but I do think I want it all, at least at the moment of purchase anyway lol There aren't too many things that I regret buying, and I try to remind myself that at the end of the day I would be happy and fulfilled as a person WITHOUT these things, but it's nice to have the luxury to shop and enjoy fashion....and I'm thankful for that.....and I have to admit I do hope I have many more years of shopping and incredible, good quality, beautiful clothes ahead of me!

[Aida.Sevan]

For me there cant be much of two things: money and clothes

Clothes get boring for me fast, thats why when they are new, I like them more, wear them more. But of coarse there are some which I love forever, like some pullovers and tops.

I wear all my clothes, true that some more , some less, but there is no fresh-unpacked piece in my wardrobe. It's just me, I want to wear new clothes just after I buy them.

[AlexN]

I don't need any of my designer clothes. I probably have about a week's worth of crappy old clothes that I could wash and wear over and over and over. I would look like a completely hideous, slovenly wreck, but it's all I'd really "need".

[enak]

I would just need a roll of black fabric and a roll of white fabric and get Yohji to make me all the clothes I need!

[snowqueen]

in my opinion i can never have to amny clothes