To think most people can’t list every item of clothing they currently own

I definitely coulds and my husband's and kids. I run a pretty strict household "stuff" wise. Twice a year everything is taken out, and kept, chucked or recycled. I do the same with books, toys etc.

I've aways been like that. Very ruthless, but OCD. I sometimes regret clearing stuff, the kids definitely do!

I think some of it stems from DM not having any sentimentality on possessions as they lost pretty much everything during WW2.

I've listed all the clothes I've bought over the last 2 years on the Whering App.
This was after my kids pointed out I was re-buying similar items every year. I'm certainly aware of duplicates in my wardrobe now.

My old clothes & jackets are often re-worn by my dds. 20 year old brown leather jackets/leather trenches/Sheepskins are now back in fashion & have been worn over the last two years.
One rifles through my Cashmere & wears large cowl neck sweaters off the shoulder. Plus my silk dressing gowns & blouses were worn frequently this summer by dd2.
So I would say don't get rid of quality clothes if you have dds.

I could probably list about 90% of them. I don't have an excessive amount, in fact I've been doing 'Swedish death cleaning' because I don't want my DP to be left with a huge amount of my stuff when my time comes. Got rid of 5 bags of clothes a couple of days ago. Don't buy a lot of stuff and only have a couple of pairs of shoes. I need to get rid of more stuff though, but not clothes as that's been done, now onto books!

I don't think I could just list it but I definitely would know looking at something if I already own it or similar, and there definitely isn't things I don't remember buying

I do have a lot of clothes though, or at least I thought I did! But I try and only buy things I really like

I could list 90% of it I think.

A decade ago I moved house, so I did a sort of swedish death cleaning thing with my clothes which were many. I was too brutal so although it worked for the house move, I felt like I didnt have enough, so I bought more.
I filled up a triple and double wardrobe in a few years. With tat.
At some point I realised that I just dont want the massive choice and I only wear a few items often, also have more disposable income so can buy better quality.

So to combat the overflow of clothes my rule is one item in, two items out.
Same with bedding and towels and teatowels and shoes etc btw.

It makes me really think about if I want it, will wear it, want to lose 2 other items enough to have it.
I've been looking for the perfect quality and timeless leather jacket for months. It's got to be the right one, because two very good items have to go.
At this point I dont really need to do the two out thing, but it made me see just how much i bought without thinking it through.

Also some sentimental stuff in the attic and one day I'll get rid but not quite yet.

I'm tryying to have less clothes. I used to be an avid charity shopper and vintage eBay shopper (in my 20s, when eBay and charity shops had more quality items) and bought some amazing stuff. But that stuff it in bags now and reminds me of my 20s a bit too much. Ive been selling old beloved items on vinted lately and have managed to raise quite a fund. I've bought two items from the funds that I'd never had considered before due to cost, a quilted linen gingham dressing gown and a cashmere jumper from toast (cold house!) I get such a lot of satisfaction not from the money part but from the volume of stuff going down! I'd love to keep going but I do find listing things a total drag. There's this ridiculously priced sun hat I'm fantasising about, and if I can sell another load of older things I'm gonna get it 😎

Maybe one day I'll be able to list my clothes?! (I do though buy multiples of trousers that I love though so I can wear them for years like a cartoon character. Love finding bnwt multiples on selling sites).

Sorry that was a ramble!

I’m like you OP, so many similar items and things with tags on.

After a recent weight loss I did a cull, and found dozens of unworn items that I’d bought and didn’t fit at the time.

i have about 8 pairs of new or barely worn black sandals. Probably 20 coats and jackets, six pairs of similar jeans.

When the kids moved out DH and I (he’s worse than me) took over their fitted wardrobes. We now have four bedrooms with our clothes and coats in them all, and a cupboard under the stairs with many more coats in.

I’m sure it wouldn’t look as bad if DH did a cull too, but he doesn’t get round to it.

Some style icon once said people should have 8 outfits (plus sports clothes and nightwear etc).

I would love to have fewer clothes and less expectation to wear something different all the time. Be more Steve Jobs! Same outfit every day.

I treat my work wardrobe like that. Black trousers. Top. Cardigans. Probably have 8 outfits of that combo. I am not a style icon!

To know if you need more or not.
To plan what to wear.
To feel organised.

Oooh do you have vinted?

I have a good clear out every so often, so while I cannot list everything I could probably list around 80%. Lots of folk have far too many clothes, there's no shame in it but equally it's probably beneficial to have regular sort outs, especially if you enjoy buying more clothes and/or permanently change size.

I think I could, I may miss a few dresses as I don't wear them often, therefore not remembered so well. I've moved countries every year for the past 4 years, each time my clothes go to the bare minimal. The biggest cull was just over a year ago, now I'm restocking and trying to buy things of natural fibres and things I love.

I cull my clothes every 3 months. Everything fits in one double wardrobe and one chest of drawers.
I only wear trousers.. no skirts or dresses. I moved around a lot in my 20s and I became quite minimalistic from then.

About 6 months ago,work asked us to have a clear out so they could have a jumble sale

7 black bags of clothes,scarves and shoes later,it hadn't even made a dent (dp donated one tee)

It was a bit of a shock-i had another two clear outs and stopped buying clothes unless I needed,rather than wanted it

About 6 months ago,work asked us to have a clear out so they could have a jumble sale

7 black bags of clothes,scarves and shoes later,it hadn't even made a dent (dp donated one tee)

It was a bit of a shock-i had another two clear outs and stopped buying clothes unless I needed,rather than wanted it

I think I probably could, or at least I know well enough not to re-buy whst I already have.
That said, I still have a lot of clothes! A large chest of drawers is stuffed full, plus a big double wardrobe from Ikea, plus a large basket which is where my underwear live because there’s no room in my chest of drawers!

For those of you who don’t remember what you’ve got - where do you keep all these clothes?!

We had a house fire a few years ago and I lost all my clothes. I now have a single wardrobe (as in one door) and three shelves. I could absolutely list my wardrobe contents (although knickers and socks would be a rough guess)

Well to be fair, that is what you asked.

Your title is misleading and you've probably used the wrong section.

Posting 'AIBU to think most people can’t list every item of clothing they currently own' reasonably raises the question 'why would you want to'.

If you want to chat about how you have an embarrassingly large wardrobe, you'd have been better off posting in chat about having an excessive amount of clothes, shoes and accessories, instead of a contrived AIBU where the answer would be that YANBU because most people probably can't.

I think I could do it. I have quite a lot of clothes but I know them all well and wear everything

I have far too many clothes, and lots of them don't fit any more. I have weeded some out, 3 bags to charity shop recently, but I still have too many. If I put my mind to it, I could probably list most of them. It would take a while though!

I couldn't possibly itemise mine. I have so many clothes. Far too many, really. I just love clothes and fashion, luckily have a decent amount of disposable income, and don't restrict what I buy. I know I need to learn to be more discerning.

I've got a few bags ready to take to the charity shop when I've time, but that's the tip of the iceberg. I need to do a proper sort out.

I think I could get to 90/95%. And the bits I didn't remember would be 'Oh duh, yes of course!' when seen again. I don't follow fashion and have had most of my clothes for 7 or 8 years at least which I suppose helps to 'cement' them in my brain. I try not to buy too many new things (can't bloody afford them any more, that helps!) so as to not get overwhelmed with gubbins I don't need, but my one weakness is socks. I love the cute patterned ones from FatFace, with bees and mice and things all over them. I do have about 40 pairs of socks altogether! They are the one thing that accumulate faster than I wear them out.

I have the Stylebook App and have probably three quarters of my clothes on there. I know the cost, types of fabrics / colours etc and because I record what o wear daily I know what has been the best / worse value. Even knowing I’ve bought a lot of it second hand I still feel I have too much.

I could probably make a pretty good list of about 80% of 'specific clothes' (like 'white linen shirt'' grey linen shirt' ' bright pink cardi') but I have a 'pile' of leggings, many t shirts & loads of socks.

I have some in the loft which are sentimental & not taking up space I need for anything else. So no harm in them.

I could mostly list what I have - I think!
Would probably miss some things out but I don’t have that many clothes tbh