Cost per wearings | Imamother

amother

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Yesterday at 11:21 am

My mother, a"h used to say that sometimes spending more is an economy because you wear and wear and wear the garment. I just looked down and I am wearing the (perfect) denim skirt that I thought I spent too much on and a (perfect) black turtleneck. I wore this exact outfit 2x this week before today. I feel good in them, and they are very practical. If I had it to do over, I would buy a second one of each.
Do you have any garments like that?

amother

Scarlet

Yesterday at 11:29 am

I find the connection between how many times I wear it has nothing to do with how much it cost so I wear my $25 denim pencil skirt all the time so the cost per wear is mere Pennies

amother

Snowdrop

Yesterday at 11:30 am

amother OP wrote:

oh definitely. I have such an outfit, such a pair of shoes, such a wig etc.
shoes for one I actually do go and buy the same one again when it gets worn out.

EMEN

Yesterday at 11:31 am

Some people keep a spreadsheet of all their clothes and how many times they've worn each to figure out the cost per wear. I can't relate to the need to do this but it IS a thing.

amother

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Yesterday at 11:36 am

amother Snowdrop wrote:

oh definitely. I have such an outfit, such a pair of shoes, such a wig etc.
shoes for one I actually do go and buy the same one again when it gets worn out.

I would absolutely do that if I saw them again! I actually recently saw a new pair of my most used ( super comfy, polished-looking) shoes on ebay and bought them for when the current pair wears out!

amother

NeonYellow

Yesterday at 11:41 am

I get bored of my stuff easily. Some expensive pieces I’ll put away for a rainy day, but in general, I like to change up my wardrobe. I also work so I could def not get away with something work twice a week.

amother

Yarrow

Yesterday at 11:51 am

I don't have a calculation, I would go crazy 😂

But I do use a digital closet app. It's annoying to set up but once u do it's so fun and it motivates me not to buy new clothes.

I can make outfits on the go and I don't need to sort through my entire closet to figure out what to wear.

zaq

Yesterday at 12:25 pm

Sure do, and am always sorry I didn't buy more. But at the time you never know how the item will work out. I also had expensive things I hardly wore and would have been better off without, as well as very inexpensive things that I Wore and wore till I was heartily sick of them.

amother

Glitter

Yesterday at 12:28 pm

I do it with simcha wear.
Like we have 2 family weddings come up. I found my dd a dress on sale for $40. I figured it’s only $20/wedding.

amother

Lemonlime

Yesterday at 12:57 pm

EMEN, I did that for decades, more just to know how long I had something. About two years ago in a decluttering frenzy I got rid of it, and now I'm sorry. For example, One of my skirts recently gave up the ghost and, while I know it was old, IDK just how old. At the end of the day it doesn't matter, but I would have liked to know. I bought it well before COVID, but how much before? Five years? Ten? Fifteen?