Do you have clothes in your wardrobe right now for these events?

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I'm always struck by posts from people who don't seem to have a range of clothes to carry them through a variety of life events. I get that people dress mostly for the day to day stuff but i always assumed that you also had other, lesser worn perhaps, clothes in the wardrobe to be used as needed.

I reckon i could dress for most eventualities if pushed

With no notice could you dress for:

1. A funeral

1. A formal work presentation / meeting

1. A party in a fancy bar or similar

1. Dinner & drinks where its dressier than jeans

1. A gig

1. A walk in the countryside / forest etc

1. A date where you'd like to impress / make an effort

1. Regular work from home or office day that's not pjs or gym gear

I'm curious - i don't have gym gear & or wellies & i need new walking shoes / boots as mine are old & worn out.

These are my gaps but i could dress for the rest in the morning if i had to.

I don't know why it converted all the numbers to 1s when i posted !

Yes, but only if you consider joggers and a t-shirt appropriate for all those occasions

Yes, I could without any bother with several options for each scenario.

• A funeral

Yes. I always have a black dress waiting for such sad occasions.

• A formal work presentation / meeting

Yes

• A party in a fancy bar or similar

Dinner & drinks where its dressier than jeans Yes

• A gig

Would be more of a struggle but could manage it.

• A walk in the countryside / forest etc

Yes

• A date where you'd like to impress / make an effort

Yes

• Regular work from home or office day that's not pjs or gym gear

Yes

I could dress for those occasions you've listed

1. A funeral - yes
2. A formal work presentation / meeting -yes. I do this most weeks
3. A party in a fancy bar or similar - yes, a few dresses smart trousers,tops, skirts etc
4. Dinner & drinks where its dressier than jeans - yes, quite a few choices and we do this often
5. A gig - yes, it’s just jeans and a T-shirt, comfy shoes,
6. A walk in the countryside / forest etc - depends on weather, I’ve walking shoes, but nothing like water proof trousers and no heavy water proof coats, but a jumper, raincoat and sure, I could do it.
7. A date where you'd like to impress / make an effort - yes,
8. Regular work from home or office day that's not pjs or gym gear - yes.

Yes, including gym gear, wellies and walking boots. Mostly left over from before retirement, but as I didn't buy 'fashionable clothes' , they are still very wearable now.

I’m exhausted thinking of having to attend all these scenarios apart from the walk.

I pretty much only ever wear black top/and bottom, year round and have an assortment of clothes (black) suitable for all of those occasions 😃

Yes except maybe really formal work wear, historically i always wore a smart tailored dress but i haven't needed to for years so i don't think I still have 1

Yup. All without any bother.

It also blows my mind when posters say they only have 3 pairs of shoes or one handbag. I’ve go over 100 pairs of shoes……don’t come for me, I know I’m in the minority here!

Not the formal work presentation thing.

Yes, but a lot of these sound like the same sort of outfits to me!

Am i missing occassions?

I deliberately didn't put wedding guest as that's a v particular thing.

I don’t have proper footwear for a trek in a forest but I have the rest.
Actually I’m short on very smart work clothes, I’m dieting and trying to not replace clothes too frequently.
But I splurged on a bunch of going out clothes for my last holiday.
And unfortunately have had far too many funerals in the last three years.

I’d be fine with all of those, I might not have lots of choices eg 1 funeral dress, but I’d definitely manage all of them from my wardrobe.

Couldn't manage the party in the fancy bar.

Yes I do, I could probably come up with a few options for each event.. This tells me I don’t need to keep buying clothes.

I've got stuff for a gig as its basically jeans and a t shirt, stuff for a country walk, and stuff for casual wfh or the office .

A funeral would depend - i might have to get a dark coat as I have only got pale coats.

Stuff for parties / dressier events would be a struggle. I have a summer dress but thats all.

I'd be struggling a bit for the date and the party in fancy venue. Partly due to weight changing. Some of the occasions I'd only be okay for certain times of year.

That's the one i'm most prepared for, despite dustinct lack of actual parties 🤣

I'm fatally attracted to beautiful going out clothes. Always have been

Yes, but only because I’ve spent a lot of time and money updating my wardrobe over the past 3 years or so, and having specific outfits for specific purpose.

I had to buy my kids (teens) new clothes and shoes for a funeral recently.
I would have to do the same for a wedding

@Newbie8918 oh thats sort of me, i have more than 3 actual pairs of footwear but i genuinely have a few pairs of trainers, 1 pair of slightly heeled going out shoes, black grey and brown ankle boots all pretty much impossible to walk more than 100m in! a pair of walking boots and a pair of old faithful sandals. I really eally struggle to find shoes that fit so i just don't bother

Most of my clothes are outdoor gear, but I could cobble something together for the other occasions. Might not be on trend, but I rarely throw good clothes out, so there will be something lurking in my wardrobe.

What i'm short on is is nice casual saturday mooching around the city / lunch type clothes