Quick Q - how much do you spend on clothes in a year?

[MrsOprah]

AIBU to have become an absolute frump, i spend nothing most months on clothes and it shows. i want to improve this, im only 30 so feel like i could shake things up. looking online, ive no idea what a reasonable budget it. was :O at prices of items

as a starting point how much to you spend on clothes a year?

i spent nothing last month.
prob £100 spent during the last year - is that unreasonable?

how much do you spend?

Quite a bit but I do have a rule that each new piece must be different to anything I currently own. I’m a little and often shopper but rarely buy anything expensive. I also love, love a charity shop.

Not a lot ..... I have 4 outfits for work that I rotate. None of my summer ones are new. In fact some of it is 10 years old!!!!! I need more but no money at the moment....

In all about £250 a year on me on essentials such as new shoes to replace worn out ones. Teen ds about £500 as he is constantly growing and younger dd about £250. That's still a grand for 3 of us and I can't afford much else!

Dd has the best wardrobe - cos I buy in sales for the next year. She has a lot of John Lewis and Next in this years autumn/winter wardrobe! Currently she lives in primark as is still at nursery and her clothes get trashed but she will be in uniform as of September.

@Katedotness1963
I really can't understand how you can not buy any clothes for 5 years! What do you wear??

(Not being rude, I'm genuinely interested)

Very little. Haven't bought anything new for years. Odd thing in a charity shop or from eBay. I'm still wearing stuff from 25 years ago and otherwise, I knit or sew things. I've spent less than £10 on clothes this year.

I do buy running kit new though.

I don’t buy clothes as I make my own. Now fabric spending - different matter!

Recentky Around £100-200 a month including clothes, shoes, accessories, underwear etc. Quite a lot but I'm much bigger post pregnancy so didn't have much at the start of the year as it'll be a long time before I'm back in my old stuff. Even when I'm completely skint I'd still buy a cheap top from Primark once a month or something.

Usually about £2000 a year, but this year I'm smartening up, so about 7 grand so far and more to come.

I’m so heartened to read of all these PPs who are not slaves to fashion, and spend as little as I do on clothes! (About £50 a year). I live in jeans and T shirts, and get a new winter coat every ten years or so, when the old one falls apart. I’m retired, but when I was working I had to wear scrubs all day in the operating theatre, so still lived in jeans even then.
The environmental cost to the planet of all the cotton cultivation to make endless fashion clothes that are then dumped after one season is horrific, quite apart from the sweatshop labour exploited to make them. It’s great that so many of you are not adding to this.

I googled images of frumpy... the word seems to mean "loose clothing, not fitted to body shape, total outfit means not showing much skin." I prefer loose fit and being warm. So probably am a very happy frump.

What I spent in last yr: 2 prs work shoes + 1 pr sandals (combined= £120) and a triathlon suit (£22?), so total ~£155. Yesterday I could only find items I liked OR even fit me (size 10 shorts), in charity shops.

I hate clothes shopping so between £100/200 a year. I do use charity shops though because we tend to have high quality clothing in them for not a lot.

VioletCharlotte I spend probably less than £100 a year. Leggings from Primark - £2.80 a pair, a top from Tesco/Primark/Asda is about £10. Summer outfit of maxi skirt and vest top that I'm wearing now cost me under £20.Trainers/shoes from Tesco'/shoezone - approx £15, long cardigan from Primark - £8. Bras/knickers, under £10 from Sainsbo's. Fluffy socks, gloves, etc, are christmas presents from my kids. Most of my clothes last a couple of years at least, even though they're cheap. Will probably buy some better quality boots this winter though, because I keep falling over, so that will bust my budget.

£1,000 - £1,500 on clothes and shoes a year, mostly during the sales. That is just refreshing my already mature (as in garden, not age) wardrobe. It is the personal vice I afford myself.

I don't really spend anything on clothes, perhaps £50 in the past year. If I need something new I'll tend to ask for it as a gift at birthday/Christmas.

I don't really have a budget, if I like it I get it.
I love nice clothes. I buy a mix of designer, local boutiques, some high street and occasional charity shops.
I never buy huge quantities, probably about 20 items a year plus basics. I'm happy to spend a lot on one item that I know will get worn loads.
Easily £2k+.

If we mean just on myself then I’d say £500-600 a year. With DC factored in, it goes well into the thousands.

On myself? In last year probably £50. All charity shops. Husband the same, maybe a bit less. Kids a couple of hundred in total. I find clothes I like and stick with them until they need binning (and then turn them into dusters lol). Some years I've spent more, but not often. My winter jumpers are all hand knitted fisherman ones that last and last that my mother and my father-in-law knitted years ago.

No idea. Probably about £3000-4000.

thanks - helpful and interesting replies

@baddoc thats a great point. im very anti-mindless consumerism. excellent message to promote. thanx

maybe thats also why i dont shop. im also tight fisted lol. but it shows outwardly. i think ill get older and regret not making more of my youth and looks before i start aging