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> To grossly overgeneralize, most men aren't as inclined as many women to get rid of clothing just because they're tired of it after wearing it a few times. I
by colmvp 9y ago
> To grossly overgeneralize, most men aren't as inclined as many women to get rid of clothing just because they're tired of it after wearing it a few times.
I don't even think that's an overgeneralization.
I wouldn't be surprised if studies and stats show that men buy less clothes and reuse existing clothes more often than women, as verified by the fashion market size.
If I go to my local mall which has a mixture of high and middle end in the world, I might find a handful of stores which sell only men's clothes, but they are both rare and tiny. In comparison, the stores which sell only women's clothes are extremely common and take up a huge portion of the mall.
Furthermore, it's rare for me to see a women's only brand also sell men's clothes, but invariably nearly every men's only brand I know of eventually expands into women's.
- noir_lord 9y agoI own three sets of casual clothes (jeans, t-shirts, nice shirts), one suit, one pair of black dress shoes, one pair of tan boots and a pair of hiking boots. All the clothes I own would fit in a single bin bag, I can nearly wash everything in one wash cycle. Just never seen the point in more, I buy good stuff that lasts and that's about iy.
- lolsal 9y agoThis implies to me that you never do anything besides walk from your air-conditioned home, to your air-conditioned transportation, to your air-conditioned destination. Hobbies sometimes benefit from different clothing - playing sports, hiking activities, water activities, layers for UV protection or heat insulation, 'work' clothes for getting dirty in a garden or painting a house, etc.
- ghaff 9y agoI could admittedly get rid of a lot of clothing that I rarely if ever use or could readily substitute something else for. But I still probably have a dozen different pieces of footwear I need for different purposes and a closet worth of clothing that I genuinely use on a regular basis for work, around the house, and hiking/watersports/skiing/other activities across multiple seasons from sub-zero to nineties F temperatures.
- noir_lord 9y agoI live in the North of England, Air Conditioning isn't a thing here and I don't drive or use public transport (I live a 15 minute walk away from work). I do have some cycling gear but that's specifically cycling gear.
- lolsal 9y ago> I live in the North of England, Air Conditioning isn't a thing here and I don't drive or use public transport (I live a 15 minute walk away from work). Ok, it sounds like I was pretty close. You sometimes cycle but otherwise don't have any hobbies which would benefit from specific clothing and your climate seems moderate enough that you can get by with 3 shirts. I admire the simplicity!
- toomanybeersies 9y agoI discovered that moving country is a great way to figure out what clothing you actually wear. All my clothing now fits into a single army surplus duffle bag.
- kaybe 9y agoApparently you live in a stable climate (or are immune to weather changes somehow).