Does everyone have this amount of clothes?

ttoli

Moving from a 3 Bedroom House to a one bedroom Apartment . I had a serious cull " Have I worn it in the past year?/ Can I see myself doing so in the next year"?, The charity shops done well out of me now down to One double wardrobe and two drawers

winspiration

I cull my clothing at least once a year and send a few bags to the charity shop. I know just what you mean about not wanting to get rid of stuff when you've spent good money on it, and quite often stuff looks so good on the hanger so you want to hang on to it, but it doesn't feel right when wearing it. I've come to realise that there's really no point keeping the stuff that just isn't being worn - especially if someone else might be able to make good use of it.

All of my clothes, both winter and summer, apart from underwear and coats now fits into the fitted wardrobes in my bedroom, but I still have loads - and like most other people, generally end up rotating the current favourites!

One thing that really helped was getting rid of all the old hangers a couple of years ago, and replacing them with thin, velvet covered hangers. It did cost a bit, as I needed a couple of hundred hangers, but it was well worth it - they take up so much less room in the wardrobe than the original hangers that I've managed to hang virtually everything including tshirts etc and cleared out all the stuff that was (mostly forgotten) in chests of drawers. Much easier to see what's there and sometimes wear something different. They also look much nicer, and stuff doesn't slip off them.

I think the idea of getting rid of stuff that you don't wear when you get new clothes is a good one.

busiscoming2

I have too many clothes and I find it so hard to get rid of things that fit even if I don't really wear them. At the moment I have a large double hanging sliderobe full. A chest of 5 drawers and the equivalent of about another 8 drawers full of stuff. Admittedly some of it is holiday stuff and winter coats but still too much really.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

One smallish double wardrobe shared, one large double not shared, three out of four malm drawers. He has the drawers of the 50s dressing table and the bottom drawer, plus stuff in the loft.

I also have a mountain of shoes and boots and two roughly four foot mounds of clothes on top of the drawers.

I had a massive clear out when I started losing weight; hundreds of pounds of expensive clothing went to the charity shop. As did all but about three handbags.

Unfortunately, most of my smaller stuff is wearing out now (Primark), although the rockabilly stuff that was expensive still looks as good as new.

I'm losing weight again at the moment, so I'm trying to hold on until I'm noticeably smaller before buying anything else.

And he might have a fit if he was to find even more new clothes in the washing mountain. Although he has never complained about the drawer jampacked with lingerie or the rockabilly/pinup stuff, so that might be the way to get around it...

indiepanda

ripplyuk wrote: »

It might sound strange, but I think my problem is that I don't have enough clothes that I actually like to wear. I only wear about a quarter of it but I keep all the other stuff so it looks like I have loads.

I think the solution is to buy more clothes that I'll actually use. It'll make it much easier to clear out the other stuff. My partner has suggested getting rid of 3 items I never wear in exchange for every new item.

If you haven't had your colours done I'd really recommend before you start buying new clothes you go and find out what really suits you. It was a revelation to me when I had mine done - I was hardly ever getting it right. The same company also did style analysis and told you what styles would work for you given your personality and body shape. I now find when I buy a new item I don't have to think about buying shoes / other clothes / jewellery etc to match as I already own the. I went to house of colour for this service, but there are other companies that do the same.

http://www.houseofcolour.co.uk/

As to your original question - I still have a lot of clothes but am starting to prune down and am losing weight and planning to buy a more streamlined, better quality selection when my current wardrobe becomes too large for me. Am currently working through my drawers re-folding as per the Kondo book - quite impressed by how much easier it is to see everything I own as a result.

Mrs_Ryan

I get rid of stuff roughly every eight weeks or so. I have 3/4 of a double fitted wardrobe for casual clothes and my 'going out' stuff, 1/2 a single fitted wardrobe for hoodies, joggers and tracksuits, 1/2 a double fitted wardrobe for my current ballgown, my rugby gear and anything I'm keeping for a particular occasion, one shelf for whichever season PJ's it currently is, a double shelf for thermals, summer/winter PJ's depending on season, winter warm socks and also my tankini is kept up there, the bottom of the wardrobe for handbags, one drawer in the divan bed for socks and pants, the other drawer for winter hoodies and joggers, and my shoes live in a corner of the bedroom. I have far too many clothes

Gloomendoom

indiepanda wrote: »

If you haven't had your colours done I'd really recommend before you start buying new clothes you go and find out what really suits you. It was a revelation to me when I had mine done - I was hardly ever getting it right. The same company also did style analysis and told you what styles would work for you given your personality and body shape. I now find when I buy a new item I don't have to think about buying shoes / other clothes / jewellery etc to match as I already own the. I went to house of colour for this service, but there are other companies that do the same.

Mrs G had this done. It just encouraged her.

amistupid

LilElvis wrote: »

Not even close! A 3 door wardrobe in our bedroom. A double wardrobe in one spare bedroom. An eight door wardrobe in another spare bedroom. Two storage wardrobes in the loft ...... plus drawers.

How many pairs?

Tigsteroonie

Our new house has fitted 'wardrobes' (loose description as they're home-made) along the long wall of the bedroom (around 12 or 14ft). There are three rails, a chest of drawers, and two sets of shelves.

I figure that so long as our clothes fit in there, I don't have too many clothes. What's the point in having empty space?

Goldiegirl

I've decluttered a lot of clothes over the last few years, but I still have three wardrobes of clothes. But I go on cruise holidays, so I need quite a lot of clothes for my holidays.

I've identified some clothes that I haven't worn this year, so I'll be ebaying the soon. I do try to move things on that I haven't worn for a while.

Even so, I still tend to wear the same old things when I'm round the house

But the thought of having just half a double wardrobe and a few drawers makes me uncomfortable - although I've simplified my life quite a lot, i wouldn't be happy with a minimalist wardrobe