I can’t stop buying clothes

[GloiredeDijon]

Is it just me?

I have lost nine stones and I can’t stop buying clothes.

After years of hiding myself in whatever would fit and making do I am now a clothes addict.

Thank god for Vinted but it is still getting ridiculous and I’m running out of wardrobe space and clothes hangers so have told myself I MUST STOP!

My biggest addiction is occasion type dresses which is hilarious given I don’t even have the social life to wear them.

I am presuming (hoping) that eventually I will get used to the new me and the constant need to try things on will decrease.

Congratulations on your amazing weight loss. I think it’s understandable that you want to celebrate! But, now how about being critical about how much you really like each item of clothing. Then sell any that you don’t really like and make you feel good (or won’t wear). keep a couple of occasion dresses (the best ones of those you’ve bought).

Focus on really nice quality pieces that you will wear - trousers, dresses, skirts, tops, jacket. Also some nice bags and shoes.
ive lost weight too and have replaced everything in my wardrobe through Vinted and some purchases from shops.

I will keep evaluating my finds and sell some on, actually I will have to before I break all the poles in my enormous wardrobe.

I’ve even found myself looking in the wedding dress category but considering I am divorced with a firm intention to never consider a new relationship let alone marriage this is completely mad.

It’s just that I want to see what I look like in one now that I am slimmer.

I will resist this peak lunacy though!

My sister has lost 4+ stones and is doing the same . It's understandable as she's always had to wear things which covered her up because she was embarrassed about her size . If you can afford it then why not .

I’m so jealous … I unfortunately have 2 large wardrobes and a huge suitcase full of things that haven’t fitted me for years .. I’m on an attempt to stop unnecessarily spending so having to rediscover my love for things that were great 4 years ago 😞
Sell on your unwanted or too big and enjoy!

Totally the same here. Only lost half of the weight that you have but the joy that clothes bring now is astonishing. It’s even more ridiculous because I wear a uniform all day every day, and out of work I go precisely nowhere, but I can’t stop…and nor do I want to! I figure it will burn itself out and then I will bung it all back on Vinted. So for now, I’m going to indulge myself.

I was and am the same, I literally donated all my clothes. And now have replaced my full wardrobe and more. They are all beautiful and I have found my style has evolved, since I hit goal, about a year ago, so I am going to start selling some stuff back, the stuff I liked when I hit goal is no longer where I’m at style wise.

I now have far too much to wear, and now realise what spoiled for choice actually means,

my husband, god love him just raises an eyebrow say it looks lovely. I earn my own money and it’s from my own disposable income. But I’m aware I now have too many, it’s a lovely problem to have though.

even though I’ve been at goal for well over a year. I think there is still a novelty for me, in the very drastic change in my appearance, I went from and 18 to an 8.

i used to wear really not very nice clothes, lots of black, stuff thay had stretch, and was really does it fit and how much does it disguise the fat.

Now I pretty much never wear black, it doesn’t suit my skin tone I’ve realised. And I love pale colours, I also wear things a lot looser now, slouchy jumpers, wide leg trousers, midi skirts and dresses, sleeveless tanks etc , as it looks like it looks like on the models, and I feel good,

im also aware I look somewhat different to everyone else. I’m always in something beautful, everything is higher end, like max Mara, me and em, Reiss etc, and I take a lot of care in ensuring eveyring is always nicely laundered, some from the retailer, some bought new from vinted, but I’ve decided you get no prizes for dressing in cheaper clothes, so fuck it. I’m going to do me.

Yeah I’ve been a bit silly on the clothes front. Everything looks so nice!

I’m glad to hear I’m not alone in this.

I agree about black @Wildgoat .

I never wear black now, or stretch waists, or tunic type bum covering tops.

I also love knee high boots and revel in not having to search for extra wide calf.

I’m even finding my feet themselves have shrunk.

We were just discussing it on another thread. Yes like many people I also went totally mad first, because everything was just so flattering. However it seems to have passed and now I am becoming extremely picky. I don't buy all the items that look good any more, because everything looks good. Now I want that the item is really perfect and above the rest, so haven't actually bought much recently.

Yep - this is me! I've lost just over 7 stone, going from a size 24 - 26 to a size 14 - 16 at the moment. I buy a few things from Vinted every week and just love all the different things I can wear. I am wearing colours! I love that I've got little dresses and skirts, tight jeans, brightly coloured tops - and I'm not even at goal weight yet 😀

I have started selling clothes on Vinted too now, to try to balance my spend - so anything too big gets sold.

I'm about 21lbs away from my goal weight, so probably another size down - at which point I've said I'll buy some new stuff too and calm down a bit - but for the moment I'm loving trying new styles and colours out and I am very very grateful that Vinted exists...!

@MooBaggage sizes will go down faster when you are smaller. I would recommend not buying a ton of clothes when you are close to goal and think that surely those last few pounds won't make a huge difference. Because they will. I have a lot of slightly too big clothes due to this now.

Oh, yep, yep. This is me. I've calmed down a bit since I reviewed my vinted spending on my bank app and got a bit of a shock. 😱

But I've lost over 6 stone and it's just such fun and makes me happy. Similarly to you OP, as well as the much needed work trews and every day t shirts and jeans, I've bought quite a few fancy tops and dresses which my social life has no idea what to do with.

Vinted is a revelation for me TBH because I've never been able to justify spending above average on clothes but now I can get those nicer brands within my budget AND look really good in them. Like others, I love colours too. And WANTING to show off my waist.

Isn't it lovely for all of us? What an amazing thing. 😊

Yes, my feet shrunk, but I was always a size 7 and then migrated up to a 7 and a half, and then up to an eight, without even acknowledging it. Now I’m a seven again. I find that quite odd to be honest. 😂

You’ll get used to the new weight and the need buy new clothes will quieten. When I came off the jab 14 months ago, I told myself that as I’m not spending over £200 on them, I’ll spend some money on Vinted each month I maintain my weight as some reward. It was nice then as I was able to rediscover my style. I’ve now acquired so much and only wearing some staples so I’ve not bought anything in 4 months but I’ve sold loads. Everything I bought last summer are not my style anymore because then I was buying a size a bit bigger because I was thinking I wouldn’t maintain the loss etc.
I have a lot of funds in my Vinted account now to start shopping again for this summer but I’ll only buy specific items that I know fit well and I love.

I am like this, too. I have lost nearly 7 stone and cannot stop buying clothes. I've had to replace everything at least once (except my socks). M&S £19.50 wide leg trousers have been a godsend - I've had a few pairs in each size for work (have gone from a 22 to 14/16) and some long sleeved t-shirts from New Look which can be worn under cardigans, but now I'm hitting size 14 I can't stop myself!

Sell stuff too OP. Operate a one in one out vinted policy!

Yes, I've always been a size 8 but over the last 2-3 years new shoes suddenly seemed tight (I convinced myself it was shrinkflation by Clarks rather than the extra couple of stone I'd added🙄)

I'm back to comfily being a standard-width-fitting 8 again and have been at the ankle boots, sandals and trainers on Vinted just as much as the clothes.

Me too OP Ive shrunk from size 20 to size 10 and I cant stop shopping.
But I have to stop now, its getting ridiculous.

Over a 12 month period I went from an 18 to an 8 and had to rebuy clothes for each season. I’ve not really bought anything now for a few months as like a pp I’ve become very selective and will only buy something if I love it. I think all the summer stuff I bought last year is a bit big but most of it will still do just fine. If it’s a 10 or 12 it’s not going to fall off me so if it’s not too gapey on my non existent boobs it will work okay.
I spent a small fortune on clothes last year because I did actually need to replace things as I lost them from my wardrobe (trousers that fell down) so now I pretty much have everything.
I have an occasional scroll on my usual websites but nothing jumps out at me anymore.

And I can now wear shoe size 6 rather than 7! Although I haven’t technically needed to buy any new shoes so I haven’t bought any but will borrow some of the dds shoes in a 6 if they go with what I’m wearing 😂

This might seem a silly question but when you are buying on Vinted, how do you know what size to buy?

I know roughly what current size I am in M&S for jeans so could guess them on Vinted, but sizes seem to fluctuate in shops and when I look on Vinted I never know what sizing to try and buy.

do you just risk sizing at first?

im also at the start of my WIL journey so buying smaller sizes feels a way off still

Congratulations on your weight loss - 9 stone is incredible!
I’ve lost about 4 stone over the last year and finding the same thing - Vinted is my BFF!

What’s helping me pull back a little bit is now I can be really picky with clothes. If something just doesn’t suit me or look quite right I can just shrug and move on, I’m not going down a shame spiral of blaming my weight for everything.
When I was bigger, I would feel so grateful if I found something that fit that I would end up buying multiples in different colours - now I’m trying to be more discerning.

I went through a stage like this and now have a rule that I have to either wear my latest purchase or clear one before I buy anything else!

@Toomuchtothinkof I have my favourite brands so I know how they fit.

Plus I buy a lot of vintage stuff so I know what fitted me in that brand years ago at specific weights.

There certainly is a lot of variance between brands though.

Also, the move to vanity sizing means a modern size, for example, 12 is equivalent to a 14 from thirty years ago so I take that into account.

I’ve taken a few risks on Vinted buying cheaper things after guessing at the size but generally I tend to stick to buying a brand and style that I’ve tried on in the shops, so I already know which size works best.

I always ask for a photo of the size label (if not already available) and ignore which category the seller has listed it in. Vinted changed all their size classifications a few months ago and I ended up finding some real bargains that had ended up listed in the wrong categories.

But just got to vent : my pet peeve on Vinted is people selling clothes that they’ve clearly shrunk in the wash!