How much money do you spend on clothing annually?

[MossLover]

I see some people out there paying over £100 for a single item of clothing, whereas if I come away from a shopping trip with 8 items for that price, I feel guilty for it… Most of the time, I only get clothing as gifts during, but every other year or so I’ll go out and get new warm weather clothing and new sports bras, if they’ve shrunken in the dryer too much.

But I also grew up with a struggling single mum who commented on how expensive everything we bought was, so I came out pretty frugal.

I’m curious: how much does everyone spend on clothing annually?

He’s not, actually, and he has nothing negative to say about my clothes addiction.

It just seems excessive. My mother was the same. I suspect it’s an emotional crutch, and the money would have been better spent on yet more therapy.

£400 on summer dresses (3) £60 on sandals, £140 on a leather jacket, £300 on Vinted for the rest of the- jeans, shorts etc.

I’m also around £6k a year and need to reign it in. I used to spend far less - £100 a month - but dropped a load of weight and had a spike in disposable income so what started as a temporary budget hike to rebuild my wardrobe has kind of stuck 😬

But the point is clothes from 20 years ago were much better made. For various reasons, I only have a few potes 10-15 years old but they're going strong. Clothes nowadays just don't seem to last. I'm a primary school teacher with small children so suspect my clothes get worn harder than someone sitting in a nice office but things like t-shirts from somewhere like Next certainly don't last more than about 3 years and my jeans don't either, going into holes on the knee or between the thighs. I perhaps have far fewer clothes so I wear each item rather a lot.

I also don't replace coats every three years but there's generally a big item that needs to be replaced annually (by big I mean around £60-£80).

oh no! Dont say that! This is kinda me (only alot less then £6k!).
Hoping it wont turn into a habit though. Generally if I like something I will wear it to death and I dont feel the need to get rid of things unless they dont fit so Im hoping once Ive got everything covered I will slow down.
Discovering Vinted around this time was definately a mixed blessing though!😁