How much do you spend on clothes for yourself and your family per year?

VfM4meplse

Pollycat wrote: »

Not even for charity shops buys?

I always try to pay by cc, but I'm very conscious that very small independent chazzers don't take them - and ironically, they often have the best finds and prices.

So if I find something I want, I ask for it to be held whilst I locate a cashpoint.

suki1964

Very little

Indeed the girls in work fell about laughing when I said I was treating myself to new socks this week

I find that buying quality and keeping the weight level, clothes last forever.

My usual spends would be new socks, knickers and bras, a new pair of jeans and a couple of tops a year and other then the underwear, the rest is charity shops

Pollycat

natlie wrote: »

I honestly don't know - but I've sold loads!

I need to get busy on eBay.
I have at least 3 pairs of vintage (made in UK) lightly worn DM boots to sell.
Plus 3 M&S Speziale party dresses that I bought in their outlet for £10 each then dropped a dress size. Perfect for Xmas.

DigForVictory

I strive not to know how much himself spends - not least as then when I look at what has gone out of the bank I know the difference is bus fare & street food & I get awfully bad tempered at him keeping his blood sugar up at full RRP when he could have taken a couple of mars bars from the stash but has conveniently forgotten.

However, every time he puts on weight the available to me wardrobe increases...

moneyistooshorttomention

Holds on - wondering if anyone else is going to mention differing levels of clothes expenditure for themselves personally at different stages of their life?

I'd also be interested personally in any breakdown anyone makes between "work clothes" and "their own clothes" iyswim.

Admits to being curious just how much money people spend on "work clothes" - as I've always resolutely refused to spend any of my money on work clothes and just worn "my own" clothes into any job I ever had (I couldnt afford both my own clothes and work clothes - hence no work clothes). Though I've never forgotten the comment from one of my former bosses of "You don't dress like a senior executive's secretary". To which my response was "You don't pay me in accordance with being a senior executive's secretary". They didn't either - I was on a shorthand-typist payscale:cool: (Though I was puzzled as to what he actually meant anyway - as I was turning up to work in decent skirts and dresses, rather than jeans).

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very little as I hate buying clothes as I have such a problem getting stuff to fit I have lymphedema in my right arm so its twice the size of my left one which makes it very hard to find clothes that fit I have to buy stuff two sizes bigger or wear short sleeved tee shirts most of the time I am dreading this year as my winter coat really does need replacing.Most coats I see in the high street their sleeves are too narrow to accommodate my arm

So apart from underwear or shoes I rarely buy much at all There is a huge gap in the market which no one seems to have filled Lots of ladies who like me have had surgery which left them with problems with their arms are just not catered for I did once speak to someone at M&S and she was very sympathetic but said there was little she could do I am seriously thinking of having to get a coat actually tailor made and god knows how much that would cost

moneyistooshorttomention

JackieO - there's quite a few ponchos around now (as the fashion for them has come round again). Would one of them be suitable for you? (ie if you got one that was reasonable size and in warm material).

Personally - I'd also be prepared to wear cloaks (which would take more hunting for) - but that's because I like them.

A halfway house between poncho and cloak - I can't recall whether they have a specific name or no (they probably do) and there are items that are made of coat material/in coat length/but there are slits for the arms to go through. Something like that would be absolutely ideal for you. Think old-fashioned nurses capes used to be in that sort of style.

moneyistooshorttomention

I just googled for "images of nurses capes" to see what I could find.

One item I spotted:

https://www.vintagesuburbia.blogspot.com/2010/07/beautiful-vintage-nurses-cape.html

I'm thinking of something along those lines - but maybe knee length?

EDIT; I got "summat funny" coming up when I clicked on the link I've just typed. In case you do - it's second line down of those images that will come up if you just google "images of nurses capes".

You could find that sort of thing to buy on the Etsy website.

moneyistooshorttomention

I then googled "capes for women". Under that, for instance, was a link to capes at Debenhams. Most of them not suitable.

But there was one - a Lands End one for £108 that I thought you might like?? £90 from Lands End direct.

Try googling "vintage capes UK" as well.

VfM4meplse

JackieO wrote: »

Most coats I see in the high street their sleeves are too narrow to accommodate my arm

For a winter coat, I would go chazzer, and go two sizes up. I have seen so many over the years in charity shops that are in immaculate condition, with barely any signs of wear. It takes will to resist them! If you took a trip across the estuary I'm sure I could find you something decent here!

Capes have their place for a few weeks of the year in autumn and spring - but they won't cut it at the end of the week for example, when its set to turn v chilly.