how much is too much?
The more I read here, it's fairly obvious I'm basically stuck in time and not on-trend, which I'm 100% good with, because I've found a look that I enjoy and works for me and I'm happy with it. For those of you who are always on the newest trend and keep up with the changing fashion, do you just accumulate a ton of stuff over the years? My look is relatively simple and I've downsized my closet a lot over the years and the stuff I've kept are items I feel are more 'classic' or 'quality' (whatever that means) that are likely to last me a while. I'm left with probably a couple dozen pairs of jeans, about 70ish t-shirts, and maybe 80 miscellaneous shirts/sweaters/jackets/non-denim pants. Then there's my athletic stuff - probably 50 pieces altogether between tops and bottoms there. I don't live in a place with much real weather, so I can't imagine what it'd be like if there were actual seasons here. Do you guys just have massive walk-in closets for all your stuff?
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I have maybe a quarter of that much stuff and we have obnoxious seasons. Regularly selling on stuff you dont wear makes sense
A lot of people resell/donate old pieces they don't wear anymore.
I live somewhere with seasons and all my clothes (aside my sports gear) fits in one 5ft wardrobe and I doubt I've got more than about 100 items total, not including shoes/underwear.
I can fit my entire closet other than boots in a carry on and standard checked bag. I don’t have winter.
That's a ton of items to have imo, I wouldn't call that downsized at all
Yeah that's a lot.
I just sell / donate stuff I haven't worn for a while or which no longer fit.
70ish t-shirts lol
I have like 20 tshirts and need to do a cull
Yeah I have like a quarter of that
I still have some stuff from 8+ years back that I can make work and I a couple things I keep just for nostalgia but generally my closet is pretty small
I have around 85 items in my entire wardrobe minus athletic clothes which maybe puts it at 95
You have a massive volume of clothes! You could wear a new tee shirt for like, 1/6th of the year without ever doing laundry …
it's cool to have a lot of t-shirts, imo. good collectors item, like red rose tea figurines
I have a pretty massive closet and i like it, but the moment it gets to be a burden, things gotta go
I have abt 12 t-shirts and that feels like a lot, not sure what I’d do with 70ish tbh
i go through like 3 t shirts a day in the summer
Fair I’m uk so we’ll have a few 30c days but that’s it
You have a lot more clothes than I do. Sounds like you have an opportunity to downsize if you're feeling overwhelmed
Regarding trends I like to stay aware of what's trending but don't feel obligated to overhaul my wardrobe continuously. I aim for at most one new item per month and try to be picky based on what works well with what I already have.
For example I bought a pair of chunky sneakers because I like the way they look but I don't own any sweater vests
From the last time a similar question was posted. Ive probably picked up another ~5 shirts since then, a couple pairs of pants, and a couple of t shirts. Mostly secondhand and end of season sales.
I'm due for a purge/donation run of older stuff
My closet's very small, so I have a pretty clear indicator when I've accumulated too much
having clothes as collectors items is cringe to me
at least if we're talking 50 tee shirts
that rot in ur closet
i only want to own clohtes i will wear
you can also wear them
Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love
Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love
when you have 70 you are not going to wear them all in a reasonable time frame unless you're specifically tracking it
murakami has horrible taste in t shirts sorry
sorry he doesn't like the t shirts you like
its fine its just not a valid reason to own 70 of them
i don't think you need a valid reason to own 70 of them
that's true
to each their own!
if it makes you uncomfortable to have 70, you should get rid of some
if you are concerned about space i think it would be a good place to start
No sir I do not need a book to send me on a goose chase for obscure clothing I'll never find
the point is that his tees are like a photo album, a point in time he can take with him. i don't think anything he owns is worth tracking down
but, say, i recently mourned a nasty ass t-shirt i got in college from a competition the radio station did. it was ugly as hell and i wore it to holes
Ah I figured it was like another book I'd seen that was just pages and pages of vintage 80s/90s band t's
i apologize for turning this into t-shirt chat but this is why i'm against designer tees, generally. totally empty of any personal meaning, which is to me the joy of t shirts. that and you can wear them to the gym.
you can wear designer t shirts to the gym if you want. its a mentality thing
but also generally agreed i only would get them if they have a specific cut/fabric/treatement that makes it unique
not like, a gucci logo tee
sorry, that sentence was confusing. i meant that one of the benefits of t-shirts generally si that you can do that, of course i wear designer tees to the gym
i learned my t-shirt lesson expensively
Murakami runs like 10k every day, he's gonna get through a lot of tshirts
I have probably about a 150 item wardrobe all said: shirts, pants, knits, coats, etc. not including underwear. I feel like I’m right at the point where it’s just too much. I have an item for every situation. In both having fashion as a hobby and having OCD it’s given me a massive ennui since I have no frontier left to conquer with clothes— I know my style, and I have the items. I think that in that sense I do have too much, but I see no way to rectify that— selling stuff would just push the issue back until I can reacquire them, I don’t have any cheap items that need upgrading, no worn items that need replacing. Similarly pivoting to another style would not only be wasteful but would also just be kicking the can down the road. I guess having a “complete” wardrobe too much, since it kind of saps the fun of hunting and buying things. I do want an Aran though so that’s the only thing on my list, lol
Well the thing is, I'm happy with what I have. Pretty much everything gets worn at some point and I do a purge of stuff that doesn't get touched once or twice a year. I sell/donate and then with the old stuff I pack on trips so I can wear things one last time and then I have an empty bag to fill with souvenirs on the way home. It's not an issue of me having too much stuff, just curiosity on what people are doing who regularly change up their style.
Personally, sounds like I just have a must faster cycle of shuffling things out my wardrobe (and a smaller wardrobe).
I just don’t need a lot of stuff/ am very picky about what I get
So my wardrobe stays pretty small
I did just get rid of some stuff but it was mostly old work clothes
I will say that im not lamenting my wardrobe, I do wear everything I own and my wardrobe makes me very happy, but i am somewhat sad that the sense of discovery and the joy of getting new things has worn off
I feel like I would enjoy my wardrobe more if I minimized, and yet I also dont feel any compelling need to downsize. And i still pick up cool new pieces. The duality of life
if i dont wear something for about a year i will get rid of it
if you really have like 200 pieces of clothes, thats more than enough to keep with all the seasons and trends. you can pick up a piece every now and then but u dont have to constantly keep up with everything people online are getting.
oh i don't "keep up" at all. like i mentioned in the original post, i'm stuck in time lol and i'm happy with what i have. i'm at a point where i've downsized quite a bit (yes, i used to have even more stuff 😵💫) and if i do pick up something new, i generally sell or donate something
i was really just curious to see what other people's approach was, especially for the folks who do keep up with the trends and are continuously updating their look
Bossman I’m at college I’ve got whatever I can fit in three drawers and a 40 inch closet
was in that situation last year, essentially had to make a fucking capsule collection to get everything to fit
honestly taught me a lot about my wardrobe
i guess re trends: i've noticed that the clothing trends i follow after immersing myself in the discord experimental fashion ecosystem are super localized. one person posts a really good fit with an item, 3-4 people bite it (often with permission), and boom it becomes a 'thing' in whatever community i'm in. makes spending a little more impulsive but makes it waaaaay easier to step back and realize that it absolutely does not matter outside of whatever niche little fashion discord generates it.
stops me from overconsuming because in like 90% of my daily life i am in a context where the trends i pick up on have little to no meaning. very convenient to see my style more broadly
i gradually get clothes. like 1-2 piece a month on avg.
if something lifechanging happens. like if i move to a different climate, or get a job that requires different clothes, or when i lost weight. ill buy more. but then i go back to baseline.
I think it’s important to have a system in mind better than just throwing things away / donating. For me graphic tees become work tees after a while and eventually are destroyed on metal and get cut up into rags for sewing and handling of etched plates. So many things cant ever compost because of the polyester in them, so being mindful of what you’re gonna have to deal with later is something I think of a lot
great point, and really awesome that you're being mindful of that stuff - wish i could say the same for myself, but i'm working on it. it's the main reason i've made the shift from just throwing stuff away to selling or donating to places/people who can appreciate and make use of things that i no longer use