Lots of not too expensive clothes or fewer more expensive ones?

[thedollyridesout]

Which is best?

Fewer = wash more often
More= wash less often

What do you do and why?

For yourself or dc?

Are you asking from a fashion/quality perspective or from a washing/housekeeping perspective (presumably the latter as that is the topic you've posted in)?

Surely you still have to wash the same amount as you will still be wearing clothes every day or do you leave your washing until you run out of clothes?

I am going with the less but nicer stuff from now on.

The kids have expensive shoes and cheaper clothes.

If you have fewer clothes the turn around needs to be quicker.

I'm just wondering if either way is easier to manage.

Earlybird, I was mostly thinking about the children's clothes. Some of last years stuff still fits DD and I was wondering if I should just cull her things rather than add to them IYKWIM.

Any ideas/suggestions would be welcome.

I was thinking about this and I think it depends on how old they are.
When mine were tiny(they're now 8 and 11) they were fine in supermarket clothes, because they needed more changes,so price was more important and they grew out of things before the quality began to show.

Now though I tend more towards fewer better quality things( not mega expensive just next, gap and m&s)

Also for my dd(8) the cheaper girls clothes are horrible and tarty

That's a good point about their ages schroeder. Fewer things also means that there is room in the drawers and the washing doesn't pile up. It's got to be a good move but how do you go about doing it - bit by bit?

I try and replace things as they grow out of them rather than buying a whole load of things every season. I'm not sure I could wholeheartedly recommend this method though, as I find my self searching for dressing gowns in august.

I was just chatting with a friend this morning about this. She has about 7 pairs of pants on the go for her DD (age 9) at any one time. My DD has > 20 in her drawer atm .

Blimey how can she manage when she goes on holiday?

I guess you only need a week's worth for a week's holiday. Any longer and you would have to wash on holiday .

Actually I have recently realised that washing clothes on holiday and packing them away clean instead of dirty is most convenient on returning home .