Do you buy whole outfits?

[PretzelTime]

I' ve seen this shopping advice: Buy an entire outfit at once, think in outfits.
Anyone actually manage to do this? Easy with small children imo but as an adult woman, so hard! I find it so difficult to find more than one item in one shop that I can wear/I like/that matches. So I go through many shops or look online and buy one top there, one skirt there...it's exhausting.

How do you shop?

I'm useless at buying things that match too - I end up with things I like but find it difficult once at home to match things up! A friend of mine hates shopping so when she does want something new, she just buys whatever the mannequin is wearing

Shops do tend to put things together that go, so I don't know why I don't just pick up a few things that are grouped together for an outift...

Also, sometimes the whole outfit could cost £££ and I can only afford one thing!

And last, I browse online a lot for clothes and always look by item, so I don't tend to see it as an outfit.

Yes that's exactly like me Panda! The problem with copying the mannequin is that the items might not fit and also, yes £££!
I really don't get how people manage this...any expert shoppers out there?

Ask the assistants what might go with a particular item?

I tend to buy a lot of duplicates, take them home and find I still have nothing to wear. So just recently I have compiled a style board in Pinterest with outfits I like. I have made stock of everything I currently already have and when I go shopping it's always with a garment in mind to complete and outfit.

No, have never bought a whole outfit. I browse and only buy something if it will go with more than one outfit I already have at home.

I feel that I'm an expert shopper I don't buy whole outfits in one go, but I do dress in outfits - most of my work clothes mix and match but I know which tops, bottoms, tights, shoes, accessories complement each other best, so I think in terms of a complete outfit when I am deciding what to wear each day. If I have a "gap" in my wardrobe, e.g. am missing a top to go with a particular skirt, I will shop specifically for that, perhaps actually taking the other half of the outfit with me so I can try on together in the shop! I also keep a list of what pieces I need (e.g. "black cardigan" "gold evening bag" etc) so that I can keep a lookout for them when shopping, otherwise I would wander aimlessly for hours...

Do you find it easy to track down a completing item Early?

I did today!

I bought a long jersey skirt today because usually I live in jeans and I was thinking I need a bit of variety in my life. Then I thought, what would go with this long skirt and I walked around the shop holding it up against things. I bought a jumper, a vest top, and a denim shirt that all go with it and mix and match with each other.

I don't usually buy lots of stuff in one go but I was having a nice girly shopping day with my mum and went a bit crazy :)

Really not hard at all. Sometimes it is something SO simple that I would have never thought of buying had I not seen the outfit put together in Pinterest. I have countless navy tops and several navy leggings. Pinterest gave me the idea of buying a mint vest for wearing underneath. So that's all I needed to buy. A mint coloured vest! I found it in Gap and now I feel a whole new outfit has come to life.

I'm on the lookout for a red fitted check shirt for layering. Again that's going to make me use lots of other items I already have in my wardrobe.