The first thing I'm honing in on are my jeans.
I currently have seven pairs of full length jeans hanging in my wardrobe (aside from the sneaky pair of jeggings I may, or may not, own). According to a UK study a couple of years ago, this is below average. They reckon that most women have 10 pairs, but only wear three of them! I do, in fact, wear all of my jeans. I just wear some a lot more than others. Here's what I have:
Dark blue skinny jeans - my 'dressy' jeans.
Black skinny jeans - can be dressy or casual.
Blue straight leg jeans - casual.
Grey straight leg jeans - casual, but now with a rip in the knee (adds charm?)
Charcoal bootleg jeans - casual.
Blue bootleg jeans - a bit baggy and faded, but very comfy.
Dark blue wide leg maternity jeans - these may live on indefinitely. I do love them.
I suppose this list could be cut, but which ones need to go?
It's only seven weeks after baby, so once I (hopefully) fit back into all of them I'll be able to properly assess the situation.
How many pairs of jeans do you own? How many do you actually wear?
Have you ever tried to 'cut down'? How did you decide which ones to keep?
(We're getting into lots of deep and meaningful stuff here, people!)
Sooooooo, mine are so difficult to count as I have a fairy godmother (ok, she's just my aunt), whose favourite thing is to buy me clothes that don't fit me, that then take me ages to get rid of (because when I see her, I've gotta wear stuff she bought me. Look, sometimes, she absolutely strikes gold, but she, like the rest of my family, does seem to suffer from some sort of fashion/body dysmorphia!!).
ReplyDeleteSo, if I count jeans she's bought me that I'll wear once, I have 9 pairs, of pairs I actually wear, 4...
I do however have A LOT of leggings and even some jeggings! Fat clothes are so hard to find I tend to hold on to stuff long after I've fallen out of the habit of wearing it purely for the security of having something, somewhere to wear!
Hoarder? GUILTY!!!
Thanks for sharing, Jo!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is risky buying clothes for other people- especially pants! How funny that she still does it- although, not funny for you having to deal with (and store) ill-fitting jeans.
Between you and me, I do think jeggings are fantastic. So comfy and look great. When you find something that fits well it really is hard to let it go. No judgement here :)