Raspberry T Teal Skirt Suit………. Raspberry Sweater Coral Jacket…………. Aqua Sweater Black Skirt…………. Royal Blue Sweater Brick Pant suit………. Light green Twin set Beige Skirt Suit ……..
Purple ……………………. Indigo ……………………. Black Suplice Top ……………………. Black Tank. When I moved here to my new old house, I sorted and I mean sorted. I gave my self some lee way and went through 2 years and gave away 5 boxes of stuff, even parted with my beloved sweat pants.
LOL I did keep a big pair that I wear over jeans to go out in the snow with the grands. I really thought I was done but when I put away summer stuff and got out winter a couple of months ago, I was even able to go deeper and put out another really big box. Then at Christmas I got out the box of things that I wear at Holiday time and gave away a big stack of Christmasy sweaters. My daughter took them down the street where an extended family has had to move in together and the older lady actually teared up because she had always wanted a Christmas sweater and never could rationalize the expense at the time of year when she had gifts to buy.
I think I sent 3 sweaters and 3 embroideried shirts. I think a couple of them even were thrift shop buys so never were a big deal to me at all. I intend to go through my summer wardrobe again come spring. I am not a high fashion dresser at all but still…. I heard at Christmas that it is so hard to buy for me and I suppose it is when I can give away that much stuff and still there is more. Gayla I know just what you are talking about. I remember when I was expecting with my second baby I had no maturity clothes and I mean none.
We went to church at least 3 times a week or more and I had one shift dress which I was getting by with. Besides being embarrassed that I had to wear the same dress over and over, at 7 months along it was getting way too small. We had a week coming up where we had to go to church every night. I did some mighty praying. Boy was I glad she decided to clean out her closet. That is why now if I keep mounds of anything thinking I may use it some day I give my self a good shake and get rid of it because I know good and well there is someone who would be putting it to much better use then I am.
Besides by the time I do get around to wearing them again the chances are they will be out dated anyway. I recently had a startling revelation about butt cracks showing. LOL It really has to do with how your body is built. I have one little grand that is built like her daddy and they carry their weight on the front, with a bigger tummy. The rest of us have big butts. She would even lose her diaper and little slacks as a toddler.
She will be outside playing with the other kids and has to be reminded to pull up her pants and she just hates it. As they hand their clothing down update the number on the item. Also, buy mostly inter gender clothing. Girls can hand down red, blue, green and yellow shirts to their brothers.
Because boys may feel embarassed at wearing girlie things consider buying only boy pants as long as you can get away with it. When I cleaned out my basement, I found that I had saved some tops of my sons when they were in the year old range. And then it dawned on me; my sons might be thinking about college and which branch of the armed services they want to join, but my younger sister has a daughter who is dinosaur mad….
She can wear her nice stuff at home. I am a retired, year-old widow, living only on a meager Social Security income. I live in an apartment bldg. I have 2 sets of sheets, but often launder and remake the bed with the same linens. Just wanted to pass along my methods of survival. I love your newsletter and recipes! I think an answer to have your butt crack NOT show, is to wear underwear.
If women would wear real underwear, instead of thongs, bikini, or none at all, when their low cut jeans slip down when they sit, you will only see the underwear, which is an improvement over a bare butt in public.
Or wear a longer top. I think having underwear showing is only marginally better than the skin. I wear more dresses then.
I read this post about a year ago but at the time my heart was set on getting rid of my storage bill. And I did now my heart is set on downsizing my house. My mother showed me that I had an over abundance of clothes.
Which simply makes it harder to clean. Now that I am placing all of my abundance into boxes for a yard sale. I am starting to see the light that it is becoming easier to clean the house! Which I have been praying about for a long time! Now I ask myself, would I buy that if it were not on sale. A penny not spent is a penny earned. Also once my t-shirts become too faded to wear out to the gym, I start using them for bed, too.
Been having a look at a couple of subjects on your site. I am married to a man who says we cannot afford to tithe; I have previously done so, but now give less. I enjoy spending money but overdo it and get into the red.
Which brings the subject of clothes and shoes. I own far too many, have a good clear out then begin filling my wardrobe again Compulsive Spending Disorder. Thank you for the good advice on both subjects.
I just blogged today the 10 somewhat creative ways of keeping up with your laundry! I was just thinking how many clothes do they really need? Thanks for the list! This was very helpful!! Mt family of five, 9 months, 28 months, 7 years all boys!
We have an absolute laundry overload that depresses me every time I see it. My basement of roughly sq ft is FULL of laundry. We need to move soon and I will not be taking all of it with me thanks to your helpful, informative tips. Overcoming this now seems much more do-able. Thank you. I need your advise. I think that you are totally right!
If they have so many clothes it uses up to much storage. Weird right?! My mom told me about this website and I love it! My mom is so cool and I am so blessed to have her. My drawers are so neat now and I love it!?
This is such an important post because we frugal folks love getting things free or cheap. And then our time and energy is consumed dealing with it! Also, I hate the idea of needing something to wear right away and being forced to go out and pay retail on short notice. Suggestions for these changes would be appreciated! I have at least 5 coats, for various occasions, because they were either cheap or free. But I need to get rid of them!
Thank you so much for this list! Anyway, thank you again! Because of how old my clothes are, most have holes or are stained. Buffie I would get rid of as much of the older and worn things as you can and give yourself the bare bones of a wardrobe. This way you have fewer clothes and it might make it more manageable for you to take care of the things you do have and easier like mending them and treating for stains.
It is better to have a very small handful of neat clean clothes then a ton of worn and uncared for ones. Also the things we list is a guide. We have just 7 days a week but it is not uncommon for people to have tops alone. For those of you who think I am stretching that go in and count your tops t shirts, blouses, sweaters I think you will be surprised at how many you really have. One last thing too. Are you really wearing the worn clothes. Check out thrift stores and garage sells if you need some nicer things.
Not a nice feeling as your pants slide down past your hips. So I have worn them 3 times borrowing my husbands adjustable belt. Sort of a waste of money and time. I actually do wear them just because its really all I have. Several months ago, a friend helped me go thru my closet, everything got tried on and over half of it went in the trash. I misunderstood you. I know it can be hard at times. I remember once I was down to only a couple of dresses and I was getting so sick of wearing the same thing and having people see me in them until one day a neighbor had cleaned out her closet and asked if I could use some of her things.
That is why I tell those who have a closet full of clothes they are not using to get them cleaned out and give them to someone because you never know how desperate and in need someone else can be for things. I do hope you will find something soon to help you. I turn the hangers around Jan. I know I never wore it. I agree completely with fewer clothes in drawers but i keep the extra boxed in garage or under a bed so that when kids stain the clothes you will have extra on hand for free.
There is an old saying — give someone a fish and you feed them for a day, teach them to fish and they can eat forever. That is what we try to do on this web site is to teach people how to do things and then they can take it from there. For example some people work out twice a week and others 6 times a week so it would be hard to say exactly how many clothes they would need. Some wash clothes every two weeks and others every day so you need to factor all of that in. Here is a side note for those who are really serious about saving money though.
I would not buy work out clothes at all but just wear a top and shorts I could use at home too. Plus to really save I would not pay to go to a gym. There are so many ways to get good exercising in without paying for a gym.
Many people are running out to buy exercise machines and get gym memberships this time of year but be careful. I remember when stair steppers were the rage and everyone was paying big bucks for those things. I agree, Jill. I bought an aerobic step at a thrift store for 99 cents. I play music for free on the computer using grooveshark. My thoughts on reducing the amount of clothes.
All my clothes are in one closet. I put my out of season clothes in a suitcase. At the beginning of the season all my clothes get hung with the hangers the opposite way. When I wear I rehang put them the right way. Also if at he end of the season it is stained it gets turned into rags or donated. People live off credit cards and buy beyond there means! Then they rob Peter to pay Paul! They also never say no to their kids as well.
My sister and her husband are both like this and are divorced because of it. He spent way to much and so did she! They dug a hole to deep and now they are learning their lesson the hard way! The difference between those are dish cloths are special cloths made or bought that are used for washing dishes only.
They use to be a different thickness and material say from a wash cloth for your face. A dish rag is just an old rag of any kind that was set aside and used only for washing dishes. Kitchen towels are usually terry cloth, linen or flour sack towels used for drying things with in the kitchen like dishes, tables, counter tops. Also the material the rags are made of can make a difference. You need something with more texture to rub a dish clean then say a bathroom sink.
I came to your site because I had a problem. I have 3 different moms who give me Boys clothes. At first it was great as I got Exacly what I needed, but now I am overwhelmed with 5 garbage bags of clothes. My son wears size 6 and we are storing 5 garbage bags with clothes up to size I realized I had a problem when I took out the size 6 for him… And he has probably enough clothes to last a month without washing!
I live in Canada and have found our Goodwill and value village are not good priced. Alot of items are more expensive than Walmart! Anyways I appreciate the list and will use for decluttering of all our clothes.
Carol one thing that might help you a little is for most kids pairs of jeans are plenty. One to wear while one is in the wash and one just in case he gets two pairs dirty before the laundry is done. The same for tops , 3 pairs jammies etc.
I have looked at your clothes list, but I have to adapt it. We live in central Missouri, we have hot, hot weather and extreme cold weather and everything in between!! I am a part time librarian and part time farmwife. We need clothes for hot and cold weather, clothes for work and to wear doing the dirty jobs around our home. I also hang all of our laundry. We hate the dryer and use it only when it is below freezing for days or has rained for 10 days.
I have tried to keep our clothes managable and usually do a good job. I keep good winter work and summer work outfits. Also, when we built our home, we added a walk in closet and big coat closet. I try to clean out often, especially when people give us clothes. To: Jill, I really like all the suggestions and stories. I would like to add one thing. I have found it very helpful to store the summer clothes in totes during the winter time, and storing winter clothes during the Summer..
This has helped to keep enough drawers and closet space per season at a time. Also keeps the kids from trying to wear everything, and just making a mess of dirty laundry.
Jill, I forgot to mention I love how you mentioned how the scriptures stated not to provoke the children to anger.. Thank you for that confirmation..
Just a quick thank you. This was an excellent template to start from. Anyways, this has inspired me to begin our March Declutter Project in the closets and work out way out from there! Esther thank you thank you thank you. One of the most frustrating and hardest parts of my job is dealing with people who miss the whole point of what I am writing or the fact the things I say are just a stepping off point.
I know to you you may not think you said anything deep and profound but it was like a drink of refreshing cold water. Ok now I am getting too deep but it was so nice to read a common sense comment. Having said that I grovel with thanks in front of my washing machine every time I use it. All my clothes fit in my closet and drawers. I do buy new once in awhile, but, have purchased most of my clothes from our church rummage sales we have been having 2 a year for decades , goodwill, Salvation Army thrift store, and a few thrift stores in local villages.
Recently, our family was preparing to go on a cruise and we all went shopping for some new clothes. I found very few items in the stores after hours of shopping. I have your book, Living on a Dime, and decided to check out the website. Keep up the good work. Hello, Some good posts here. I frequently have a clear out as I tend to overspend on shoes and clothing; thus filling my wardrobe up.
Say a navy blue skirt with a yellow top or a black skirt with a cream top. Also to avoid patterns, apart from the odd dress worn with a plain colour jacket. Stick to black or navy blue shoes which go with anything else. I am aiming to reach this goal myself thus gaining a nice neat wardrobe. Thank you so much for reading this; hope it helps others out there. Thank you for your ideas and examples. Remember borrowing your sisters or friends clohtes?
It can be fun. If you have basics, as mentioned above, you can update them with accessories. Re-style your clothes with the help of a good tailor. Peace and Prosperity! Love these lists! I am a clothes hoarder, and I am determined to stop it! I am 32 years old, and while going through a box of clothing this week, I found a skirt that I bought when I was 15 years old. Definitely going to put these lists to good use!
My kids have a lot of tee shirts from vacations and weekend trips, so I am cutting the front of them into squares, so that you can still see the design on the front, and cutting the backs into squares and tossing the rest of the shirt. When I have enough, a friend is going to help me make a quilt for each child out of the old tee shirts.
That way they still have their memories, and they also have a cozy quilt they can snuggle up with! I noticed that a lot of people are asking about seasonal clothing. Something I always do with my boys is buy short sleeve tees and polo shirts for summer, and then I buy a few solid color long sleeve tee shirts or thermal shirts that they can wear under the short sleeve tees. The solid color kong sleeve shirts are much cheaper than new long sleeve shirts, and they still look nice.
I do like to make sure they each have at least two pullover sweaters for church and for going to dinner or special functions. Their thin cotton dress shirts from the summer look very nice under a good sweater, and the sweaters look good with jeans for a more casual look. I buy almost exclusively from thrift stores and yard sales.
I do buy new underwear too. I tend to keep clothes and hand them down from my oldest. Anyway, thanks for the lists! I am a fashionista! I have wayyy to mannyyy clothes I need to sell some to lower my credit card bills because I moving back to Hawaii.
Great list. I do something like this, too. Turns out the next baby was a boy — and 7 years later. Now the clothes I had saved were 15 years old! Daughter 1 was ultra skinny and daughter 2 not so much. So all the clothes daughter 1 wore were slims, but daughter 2 needed regulars.
Kept all those things for 15 years for what? Daughter 2 probably got all she needed in gifts for the first year anyway. Just about everything I have in my wardrobe was given to me and I am a middle aged plus sized lady.
The :How many clothes do you need? Every once in a while I go back and check on it. I have a few seperate jewel toned jackets and tops. I hang everything up inside out on my bathtub rob to air out and wear it untit its too dirty too.
Why would anyone want the expense or fumes of dry cleaning? I purchase everything to go with my black pumps and oxfords that live at the office I commute to. I wear black mary janes and sneakers and a backpack for casual wear and commuting. I wear a raincoat with zip out lining for winter dress, a down one for nice casual and a thermal hoodie for the dirty dog park.
At night I wear jeans, polos, and sweaters, again until their dirty. Because I wash clothing so infrequently I have lots of undies. I recently lost my mother who was a depression era baby so she kept EVERY thing in cleaning out her house I was overwhelmed.
I promise to go home and work on our closets this weekend because our church is currently having a clothing drive and while all donation centers are great somehow I feel better if I know the group that is going to benefit from my donations. As to your suggested numbers we have multiple times what is listed.
It will feel great to lighten the load. Re: kids clothes. My cousin had a boy in Nov. Her sister a boy on Nov. Another cousin is having a boy this Dec. I have 3 pair dress pants 2 black, 1 grey , 12 tops 3 are prints, the rest are solids that I can dress up or down with scareves or jewelry , 3 cardigans black, ivory, ad royal blue , one black skirt, and one black suit with a jacket, skirt, and slacks, that I need about 4 times a year.
I wear the clothes times before washing them as I change as soon as I get home. For casual clothes, I have2 pair black yoga pants, 1 pair of jeans, and tee shirts. And in case you are a star in the making, then read on for some valuable fashion advice. You can find all the guidance needed to upgrade your style, right on this page. Here, we talk about really cool outfits for teenage guys , and how you can maximize your style impact wearing them.
We also tell you what shoes you need to have in your wardrobe to make it compete. The guidance offered is to the point and practical so that you can genuinely be helped. So, what makes you wait? Give this write-up a read, amp up your fashion potential, and show the world your new fashion-forward avatar.
Have a variety of accessories like belts, headgear, and jewelry items in your possession You can create new looks every time by simply mixing and matching your accessories with the available clothes. This is a million-dollar tip and will never make you feel you repeat your clothes over and over again. Image Source. The best thing about teenage dressing is that you can dress up or down as per the occasion in question.
And hence, if you want to look dapper and perfectly ready for a formal function, then just slip into an all-white ensemble. Almost all fall outfit ideas for teenage guys that involve jackets simply rock. But leather jackets have a different say in the world of fashion.
By throwing one over your shoulders, you will at least turn a hundred heads. This is for the maximum impact! Talking about cool clothes for teenage guys , how can you not mention checkered shirts? They are so old and commonplace, yet so impactful.
Even today, when guys wear their checkered shirts with jeans, girls steal glances from them. So, there is no question you will go wrong in this outfit. Just make sure you avoid bigger checks, if you are lean and lanky. So, you need clothes that are outright casual but have the potential to make you look good and feel comfortable at the same time. Thankfully, hoodies and track pants together serve that purpose really well. And guess what, teen boys look insanely hot in this outfit.
Not all cool outfits for teenage guys have the kind of impact a black on black outfit has. With a pair of sneakers and shades, you can effortlessly take this simple look to another level. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Article Summary. Part 1. Devote time to being fashionable. Developing your personal style takes a certain amount of enthusiasm and passion. Finding a style that you like can really help you when getting started.
Look at celebrities that you like for style cues. Pick a celebrity you like who has a similar body type as you and see what clothes you already own that look similar.
Then take a look at your current wardrobe and see if you can emulate popular styles. Take stock of your current style. Compare your style to the current trends and see how you can incorporate any of your clothes into a fashionable look. Perhaps you have a lot of clothes that have patterns that are out of style. While taking stock, you may find that you have some older clothes that have come back into style that you can take out of retirement. More than anything else, be yourself.
Part of being fashionable means feeling comfortable in not only your skin, but your clothes. Keep clothes that make you feel comfortable for now. You may find that when building outfits you can use some of them. Read websites and publications devoted to male fashion. People sometimes get very adamant that there is a right and wrong way to be fashionable. While there are trends in fashion, it is largely subjective. These resources are also a great way find looks and clothing items that may fit better into your budget.
You may see a jacket or pair of jeans that you really like, but are too expensive. You can use these resources to find similar items at a better price. Make a mood board filled with outfit and style inspiration so you can brainstorm different looks. Look for brands and stores that appeal to you. When you find a brand or store that has a lot of clothes you really like and that fit you really well, you can easily upgrade your style and feel confident.
How clothes fit on you plays a big role into looking fashionable. Depending on your height, weight, and overall body type, certain clothes will fit you better than others. Vertical stripes will draw the eyes downward and make you look slimmer.
In general, being a fashionable teenage boy means wearing clothes that create visual tricks which will make your body look as evenly proportioned as possible. Some people like tighter fitting clothing while others go for a more relaxed fit, but for the most part, you should avoid overly baggy clothes. A more tailored fit will make a huge difference. Part 2. Update your wardrobe for current trends. Being fashionable requires a bit of creative improvisation. Experiment with new looks and disregard anything that you don't feel comfortable with.
This will help you start to build a base for your updated wardrobe. ET Engage. ET Secure IT. Panache Tech and Gadgets. Panache People City Life. ET Magazine. How many clothes does a man need, after all? Akshay Sawai. Rate Story. Font Size Abc Small. Abc Medium. Abc Large. David Beckham may not have a shortage of wardrobe space. Most of us, however, are not Beckham. And every few months, some of us open our closet and have a heart to heart with it.
And what does it say about me? There is also some guilt, and the knowledge that anything beyond a certain amount is profligacy or some kind of disorder.
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