AIBU to think we all have too many clothes?

Well I don’t really have summer and winter clothes exactly. I have T-shirts and I’ll wear them in the summer and in the winter as they’ll be the under layer in the winter.

I get rid of clothes when they are no longer okay. I only replace clothes when they are worn out or too mishapen to wear.

Yes same here, I just have 'clothes'!!

In fact, on holiday last week, took quite a few jumpers, 2 very thick ones and 2 jogging top types, sweatshirts or whatever they're called, plus quite a few coats. This was for the evenings or sitting on the beach when wet and cold and the sun goes in. Once the dry robe is wet on the inside, I change into warm snuggly stuff to eat my chips on the beach!

I agree but i think part of the problem is shit quality and finding stuff that fits properly. I have a drawer of long sleeve tops, lots from m&s, to wear und clothes jumpers in the winter or when working from home. I absolutely hate most of them because they ride up and leave my belly hanging out. I'm not particularly large or long in the torso and find it incredibly annoying

My daughter is the same and gets overwhelmed with how much she has to sort through and make decisions what to throw or keep so when she went back to uni last year she messaged me and told me to go in to her room open her wardrobe and be brutal. I got rid of anything I knew wouldn't fit, didn't suit her, she has never worn or only worn once and also anything that she had multiples of the same thing (nobody needs 6 black vest tops).

When she came back at Christmas she was more than happy with the results. She found she switched her outfits up more as she could see what she had easier, didn't notice really what had gone so wasn't missing anything and it has made her see she doesn't need so much "stuff" so has made less impulse buys and saved money.

We spend 3 weeks every summer in Spain, so would really struggle with just 3 pairs of shorts and 2 dresses for hot weather. I’d really smell! People have different lives and have differing clothing requirements.

So one shelf could fit only 2 jumpers on it?

I have a lot of clothes, there are a few things I need to send to charity, but ultimately I like them all, I have thngs in different colours for different outfits. I enjoy clothes and buying them and mixing up styles and bringing things back out from years ago.

We're waiting for new wardrobes to get better storage for it it. OH has even more clothes than me.

I’m trying to be a lot more mindful with my clothes shopping these days.

So only buying clothes when I actually need the new clothes, rather than wandering around a clothes shop and buying stuff on impulse because it looks nice or is a good bargain.

Getting rid of clothes that you don’t like / don’t wear / are worn out is a great start if you’re overwhelmed by the amount of clothes you have, but in that long run it isn’t all that effective if lots of new clothes keep entering the house.

Snap. I have three pairs of shorts that I only wear when it's warm and a dress or two but not enough to "put it away".

I took 25 pairs of shoes to the charity shop and still don’t have room for the ones left!

I think the sunken costs fallacy is strong here
Ive taken the line that hanging onto stuff is

Annoying as its cluttered and you cant see what you have
Bad for MH
Wasteful , someone else could be using it
Creates dead space in your wardrobe
Costly, you can sell and buy something you will wear

If its hanging there unworn and will never be worn its worthless, even a few pounds is better than that

Not me, I live in jeans and black tshirts and have a strict one in one out policy for clothes. Also wear them to the death and only replace when they're worn out.

I did the trick at the beginning of year putting newly washed clothes on hangers at the end of the rail to see how many I do actually wear. Think it was about a third! The rest when I looked had uncomfortable scratchy material, were the wrong colour, not a flattering shape or just looked dated.

Jesus Christ that must be like living in a clothes shop.

I have an Ikea Pax wardrobe with 2 x 1 m rails, 6 drawers and two shelves that are full and that feels like far too much, especially given that I wear about a third of it, if that.

Having getting on for 10 x that amount

I've recently had a purge. Mostly of trousers, dresses and tunic-style tops. My philosophy was, if I haven't worn it in at least a year, or can't even remember when I last wore it, then it was gone.

I bagged it up and took it to the charity shop before I could change my mind.
I need to do the same with the two drawers of tops under my bed, but I haven't found the motivation for that yet!

I liked the idea that someone mentioned above of doing a drawer of short sleeve tops, and a drawer of long sleeve, so it's easier to find what you need/want. I know there's stuff shoved in the back corners of those that I haven't worn in years!

Im hoping to replace emotional shopping with going to the gym and getting buff and swimming.

So true.

Things that have helped me in the past are putting clothes hangers in the 'wrong' way to see what I've worn and then back in the right way when I have.....moving house(bit drastic🙂)....realising that clothes I was keeping to fit into, wouldn't be what I would wear, when I could!......not washing my clothes every day.... realistically I have one body..... absolutely nothing is going on my body that is in anyway uncomfortable(fit, length, neckline, fabric)

I had the same overwhelm.after my holiday. I took everything out of the wardrobes and drawers, and only put it back if I had worn it in the last year. I now have a fifth of what I started with.
I also arranged it into clothing type 😱 so work shirts, weekend jumpers, etc
I have swallowed the loss, donated it all.to charity, and find dressing every day so much easier

Oh God I could have written this. I had a sale text from Monsoon this morning and for the first time EVER I've ignored it. I genuinely have way too many clothes but apart from a couple of cheap sundresses I love them all 😬

I feel the kinds of people who make these sort of statements have never had to live in poverty. It’s one thing to choose to make do with half a dozen items of clothing. It’s different when you have to because you can’t afford anything more.

Years ago that was me (no vinted then). I got so sick of wearing the same stuff week in and out. I like clothes. I like having choices. I don’t buy stuff for the sake of it but if I see something I like, I buy it. Whether I wear it once or 100 times is my business.

If you feel you have too many clothes, fine get rid of some. But don’t include everyone else by saying “we all”.

I definitely like having a choice and am trying to wear more from my wardrobe instead of sticking to the same few items.

I'm no too bad at getting rid which stops me feeling overwhelmed. I agree with having some sort of system in my wardrobe, but it's not a perfect one

@OceanAvenue I turned all my coat hangers the other way at the start of the year and then when I wore something I turn it the right way. I now know what I've worn and what I haven't and plan to vinted everything I haven't worn. I seem to wear the same few tops over and over and was shocked at how many hangers have remained the wrong way. Think I'll be selling 90% of my wardrobe.

I'm carrying out a clothes experiment. I decided I have a ridiculous amount of tops and t shirts. I started on the 1st September of wearing a different top each day knowing it will take 3 months, I guess I can get to Christmas day and still have one for each day. I thought of starting a thread seeing if anyone wants to join me.

I have more things that I am going to diet back into than anything else 😂