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How much of your budget do you spend on your clothes montlhy or yearly?
I' ve been slowly re-impowering myself about dressing. Its not that easy when its been 10 years that this has been at the bottom of my budget list, not to mention time-list. I' ve been relying on things like Christmas and birthdays, asking family to give me clothes as presents, second hand shops etcetera. To give an example, the last time i bought some clothes was 6 months ago, shirts for work. I find it difficult to go out and spend my money on clothes. It annoys me to buy socks and underwear, being the only thing mostly i buy new, and the only things i buy at high prices, cause it made me feel confortable always. But now i would like to be confortable say on the outside. Reading through the pages here, there are many links and i occanionally check them out. But when i see a nice Coat, or outfit that i like, and want, i just cannot bring myself to spend 800-1300 to get that. Mostly i will just look at the page for severalminutes and then close it. Many of my female friends say outlets solve this problem, and i have went with them sometimes. However i find the experience quite nausiating. Hours and hours, noise, and many people whom i see go to the outlet shop super-dressed.
I guess what i want is walking into a taylor, selecting a material i like and having them make me an outfit. Come back days later and pick up the outfit. I just cannot get around spending most of my budget on clothes.
When i did this some 15 years ago, it was paid for, and i rather liked the experience. Dressing well does, as one of my male friends say, make me feel like a better person. In fact lately i have gotten clothes off him, since he was involved in the clothes buisness, but, other the fact that now he has moved to china, i would really like to step into myself and re-establish control over what i have and what i would like to have, and not just what is available from other people around me.
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On December 31 2015 10:18 pebble444 wrote:
How much of your budget do you spend on your clothes montlhy or yearly?
budget isn't really important. just spend what you can spend but spend wisely.
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Budget matters absolutely with clothing, but only to a certain point. Mostly it buys you variety and pricier pieces.
You can be a fashionable person with very little.
I will say that doing something like getting clothing tailored is very expensive in many cases and not something that people with small budgets can probably rely on. I come from a somewhat wealthy family (college student) and tailoring is something that is only really done for suits or particularly pricy pieces.
Personally I would do some research on places like SF/mfa and get a few quality pieces and go from there.
Edit: It's hard to give specific advice because a lot of questions in fashion are really questions of how much you have to spend and what you like.
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On December 31 2015 10:18 pebble444 wrote:
How much of your budget do you spend on your clothes montlhy or yearly?
too much lmao
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Best fit of these? supposedly best of 2015
http://imgur.com/a/PLBhr
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some of these are the most generic fits ever no flame but why even make a fit post
I liked 1 and 42
happy new year's
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On December 31 2015 10:18 pebble444 wrote:
How much of your budget do you spend on your clothes montlhy or yearly?
I' ve been slowly re-impowering myself about dressing. Its not that easy when its been 10 years that this has been at the bottom of my budget list, not to mention time-list. I' ve been relying on things like Christmas and birthdays, asking family to give me clothes as presents, second hand shops etcetera. To give an example, the last time i bought some clothes was 6 months ago, shirts for work. I find it difficult to go out and spend my money on clothes. It annoys me to buy socks and underwear, being the only thing mostly i buy new, and the only things i buy at high prices, cause it made me feel confortable always. But now i would like to be confortable say on the outside. Reading through the pages here, there are many links and i occanionally check them out. But when i see a nice Coat, or outfit that i like, and want, i just cannot bring myself to spend 800-1300 to get that. Mostly i will just look at the page for severalminutes and then close it. Many of my female friends say outlets solve this problem, and i have went with them sometimes. However i find the experience quite nausiating. Hours and hours, noise, and many people whom i see go to the outlet shop super-dressed.
I guess what i want is walking into a taylor, selecting a material i like and having them make me an outfit. Come back days later and pick up the outfit. I just cannot get around spending most of my budget on clothes.
When i did this some 15 years ago, it was paid for, and i rather liked the experience. Dressing well does, as one of my male friends say, make me feel like a better person. In fact lately i have gotten clothes off him, since he was involved in the clothes buisness, but, other the fact that now he has moved to china, i would really like to step into myself and re-establish control over what i have and what i would like to have, and not just what is available from other people around me.
hmmm....Well budget depends on if I find anything good I like on sale. Let's see this year I think i probably spent around ~1000$ USD on select things.
I muchly prefer quality over quantity. I probably only bought a pair of pants, a long polo shirt, 2 linen shirts, a cashmere cardigan and a cashmere sweater.
I never buy anything full price, usually when i am considering buying anything, it will have to be at least 50% off lol. The cashmere cardigan I scooped for christmas was a STEAL. 975$ marked down all the way to 230$ lol. not to mention it's italian cashmere too and the quality is absolutely unreal..
I am relatively comfortable buying higher priced items (only if they are very finely made, have high quality material, or have a very unique design) because I expect these items to last decades. So buying something for say 200$ and having that last 2 decades is 20$/year investment. Ofc, if you take care of your stuff it can last a lifetime.
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Isn't fashion lasting a lifetime kind of beside the point?
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He should just go to uniqlo and buy the stuff on sale
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On January 02 2016 03:54 IgnE wrote:
Isn't fashion lasting a lifetime kind of beside the point?
Yes. Outside of formal wear "buy it for life" is just a meme
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Wow, that wasteful consumer mindset. You can buy clothes for life. That's what the vast majority of the worlds population try to buy for. Staple clothes that do literally last a lifetime like old people wear. For fast fashion the clothes aren't meant to last for life and if they are designed to do so, expect to pay a premium on top of the "fashion" premium.
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On January 02 2016 09:23 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
Wow, that wasteful consumer mindset. You can buy clothes for life. That's what the vast majority of the worlds population try to buy for.
That is not the same thing as "fashion".
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Anyone who has the belief that you should buy things for life probably is new to fashion.
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On January 02 2016 09:45 ZeroChrome wrote:Show nested quote +On January 02 2016 09:23 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
Wow, that wasteful consumer mindset. You can buy clothes for life. That's what the vast majority of the worlds population try to buy for. That is not the same thing as "fashion".
Wow, that quote after the same post. Lets post the short but full post eh?
On January 02 2016 09:23 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
Wow, that wasteful consumer mindset. You can buy clothes for life. That's what the vast majority of the worlds population try to buy for. Staple clothes that do literally last a lifetime like old people wear. For fast fashion the clothes aren't meant to last for life and if they are designed to do so, expect to pay a premium on top of the "fashion" premium.
Wow, it's like I noted the difference between buying clothes for life and fashion the very next sentence but you chose to selectively quote a line of a post that was only a couple of lines long to push a false agenda. lol.
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My original reply to Igne follows the exact same premise as the second half of your post which is why I didn't quote it. We obviously agree on that subject.
You can definitely buy clothes that will last for many decades but cuts and styles on even the most basic staple pieces change over time, rendering them unfashionable.
Also most of the people promoting "buy it for life" on fashion forums own like 5-6 pairs of $500+ pseudo work boots and a half dozen pairs of $250+ raw denim while promoting the ideal of clothes that can stand up to every day wear for years. Its just a different way for people to justify spending money on clothes that are seen as fashionable in their circles.
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What would a guy wearing high-end, pristine condition fashion from the 80s look like today?
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