Do you buy everyone new?

[Sunshin80]

Hi all,

Im curious!

When going away more so with children and partners, do you buy yourselves all new outfits?

How many day outfits do you buy like swimwear and cover ups. How many evening outfits?

I know some people like to take previous outfits away but I love the feeling of putting new on when away. Feels like a nice treat. However doesn't feel so great panicking has everyone got enough with the endless lists and calculating it all. I don't put things in catalogue or credit cards though. Just curious as to what others do and spend, ends up a dear do when you include spending money, holiday cost etc 🤦🏼‍♀️

We go aboard once a year in june the kids have new stuff as they have outgrown and worn the years before all summer.for myself and husband maybe a few bits that need replacing

You sound thoroughly unpleasant and ignorant.

Don’t be ridiculous nobody does this

Unhappy more like

Nope.. Couldn't afford it..

Very much so, some much needed time together as a family.

How so?

What gave you this impression

Most would be unhappy with a partner that forces them to have a dna test to prove their 3 year old is actually theirs and not that their partner of a decade is a chat

How much would you spend on a “nice evening dress”?

I buy the odd new thing. This time especially as I’m on epic so nothing fits. However I’ve still got holiday clothes I bought 20 years ago and wear.

I would prefer not to go if I couldnt do it

Well that’s …… unusual.

So, the new clothes (including for spouse and children) are more important than the holiday?

Do your spouse and children know you’d rather you all have new clothes than enjoy family holidays?

Good Lord! Some of my absolute favourite holiday clothes are over 20 years old and so irreplaceable I only have them in hand luggage. V

I swim every day 2 or 3 times a day on hols.
I bring about 5 swimsuits. I love a new one.
I cant remember the last time i boight a bikini though. They are shite for swimming in.
I couldnt cope with just one pair of togs.

No not at all. I just really like looking nice, and I see lots of swimming costumes I like and would like to wear! I don’t think other people’s perception of me or what I’m wearing even enters my mind to be honest.

Ok, I really want to go away now! It’s been 11 years, not sure anything holidaying would fit me now!

If you arent posting to be unkind why mention "sweaty second hand". Seems pretty unkind to me

Just out of interest, would you feel embarrassed to be seen in the same one 3 times in a week? Or be worried that people might think you can’t afford a whole selection?

Flippin' heck, I didnt know my mum was on mumsnet!!

This is the nonsense she would say, always bothering what strangers who she doesnt know and will never see again might think!
Why would anyone even care that Billy Randomer may ( or may not) think you can’t afford 'a whole selection'
Utter bullshit vanity nonsense!

Why... doesn't your washing machine clean your clothes?

No I don't. My holiday clothes are generally not the clothes I wear at home so as they are only worn once or twice a year it would be really wasteful to change them every year. I do tend to buy a new bikini top each year though, mainly because my boob's keep getting bigger!

Who on earth "curates" a holiday outfit? It isn't a fashion shoot. I am not a scruff and wear outfits that look put together, but I don't "curate" them. That sounds so pretentious.

I tend not to buy high fashion so my summer clothes last for several summers as they don't look terribly dated and get so little wear. My last two bikinis lasted for over 10 years. I bought my last two swimsuits a couple of years ago and also expect them to last for years.

Nothing new at all generally and we rarely stay in one place on holiday, so we pack light too which means we don't take a clean outfit for each day.

I've never bought holiday clothes or clothes specifically for a holiday, except for sports/active wear for activity holidays but that was mostly pre-dcs. They just wear things like t-shirts which are part of their normal wardrobes and which they'd wear in summer (or in winter as a layer). We tend to get given hand me downs and I pick up deals for the next size up in the sales, so I don't normally need to buy at full price just before a holiday even if the dcs have outgrown last year's clothes.
I wear my normal clothes on holiday, we tend to go to places with a similar climate (northern Europe) as the heat can be too much for young dcs and we often do indoor activities like museums. We usually bring one swimsuit each. If we go somewhere warm enough to swim daily then it'll be warm enough to dry out. I don't think we've ever swam more than once a day on holiday, it's too much faff with dcs.

Each year I return from holiday, wash and dry my holiday clothes and then put them away in the suitcase in the attic until next year…. These clothes have been worn maximum 2/3 times? The only item each holiday I treat us to is new pants 😂

My Mums friend did this for about 20 years, they bought holiday clothes on their honeymoon in the seventies and put the clothes away every year after a fortnight in Spain.