How many pairs of shoes do you own?

[Anonymous]

about 20

[Anonymous]

20. I used to have about double that but have made $$$ selling them and have a much less cluttered closet now.

[Anonymous]

Guestimate? 60-70. Your question is making me cringe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm jealous of those of you who could clearly give two f%ks about shoes.

Must make getting ready, packing etc, so much easier.

I'm poor and live in a tiny one bedroom apartment with two people. I don't know where you think I'm going that I need to pack. The last time I got on an airplane was 3 years ago to take my daughter to Disney. I wore my sneakers and packed my outside flip flops. The time before that when I packed, it was 7 years ago to go to my grandfather's funeral. I wore my sneakers, packed my black heels and flip flops. I can't afford to care about shoes. I'm going to work until the day I drop dead. I have zero retirement money. I have $1200 in my savings account. You have no reason to be jealous of me.

Wow, really touched a nerve. Sorry you are poor. That sucks.

Anywho, obviously some women are obsessed with shoes or at least buy too many pairs, and others don't seem to care and buy simply what they need. Trying to simplify and looking for inspiration!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who have over 100 pairs - how do you store them? I've probably got 30 - 40 including slippers and rain boots and storage is already tricky. I have no idea how I'd begin to store so many pairs - I feel like they'd be forgotten. Genuinely curious what system you use.

I love shoes and would have more if I thought I could store them in a way I'd really use them.

I'm the PP w/ several hundred pairs... As far as storage goes, I have one wall in my bedroom dedicated as a display - the longest wall - with custom floor to ceiling displays where most of my "day to day" heels sit. And I have another bedroom that I've turned into a changing room and all 4 walls have floor to ceiling custom displays. Anything not on those displays, I keep in an extra large storage closet in clear shoe bins. So sneakers, flip flops, sandals mainly. My "luxury" sneakers that I wear pretty often (Yeezy's, Jordan's) have 1 IKEA display shelf in another part of my bedroom. I'm fortunate to have the space that I do and I'm even luckier that one of my friends is an interior designer so she helped me plan, design, and build exactly what I needed.

Is this for real?

If it is, you're cheesy.

[Anonymous]

About 20. But I only wear about six pairs reliably. I could give away six other pairs right now and wouldn't know the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who have over 100 pairs - how do you store them? I've probably got 30 - 40 including slippers and rain boots and storage is already tricky. I have no idea how I'd begin to store so many pairs - I feel like they'd be forgotten. Genuinely curious what system you use.

I love shoes and would have more if I thought I could store them in a way I'd really use them.

I'm the PP w/ several hundred pairs... As far as storage goes, I have one wall in my bedroom dedicated as a display - the longest wall - with custom floor to ceiling displays where most of my "day to day" heels sit. And I have another bedroom that I've turned into a changing room and all 4 walls have floor to ceiling custom displays. Anything not on those displays, I keep in an extra large storage closet in clear shoe bins. So sneakers, flip flops, sandals mainly. My "luxury" sneakers that I wear pretty often (Yeezy's, Jordan's) have 1 IKEA display shelf in another part of my bedroom. I'm fortunate to have the space that I do and I'm even luckier that one of my friends is an interior designer so she helped me plan, design, and build exactly what I needed.

Is this for real?

If it is, you're cheesy.

+1. Are you Mariah Carey?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who have over 100 pairs - how do you store them? I've probably got 30 - 40 including slippers and rain boots and storage is already tricky. I have no idea how I'd begin to store so many pairs - I feel like they'd be forgotten. Genuinely curious what system you use.

I love shoes and would have more if I thought I could store them in a way I'd really use them.

I'm the PP w/ several hundred pairs... As far as storage goes, I have one wall in my bedroom dedicated as a display - the longest wall - with custom floor to ceiling displays where most of my "day to day" heels sit. And I have another bedroom that I've turned into a changing room and all 4 walls have floor to ceiling custom displays. Anything not on those displays, I keep in an extra large storage closet in clear shoe bins. So sneakers, flip flops, sandals mainly. My "luxury" sneakers that I wear pretty often (Yeezy's, Jordan's) have 1 IKEA display shelf in another part of my bedroom. I'm fortunate to have the space that I do and I'm even luckier that one of my friends is an interior designer so she helped me plan, design, and build exactly what I needed.

Is this for real?

If it is, you're cheesy.

+1. Are you Mariah Carey?

I think one of the Kardashians showed a shoe closet like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who have over 100 pairs - how do you store them? I've probably got 30 - 40 including slippers and rain boots and storage is already tricky. I have no idea how I'd begin to store so many pairs - I feel like they'd be forgotten. Genuinely curious what system you use.

I love shoes and would have more if I thought I could store them in a way I'd really use them.

I'm the PP w/ several hundred pairs... As far as storage goes, I have one wall in my bedroom dedicated as a display - the longest wall - with custom floor to ceiling displays where most of my "day to day" heels sit. And I have another bedroom that I've turned into a changing room and all 4 walls have floor to ceiling custom displays. Anything not on those displays, I keep in an extra large storage closet in clear shoe bins. So sneakers, flip flops, sandals mainly. My "luxury" sneakers that I wear pretty often (Yeezy's, Jordan's) have 1 IKEA display shelf in another part of my bedroom. I'm fortunate to have the space that I do and I'm even luckier that one of my friends is an interior designer so she helped me plan, design, and build exactly what I needed.

Is this for real?

If it is, you're cheesy.

PP here. Yes, my post is real. It's cool if you think it's cheesy. IDGAF. I've been shoe-obsessed since I was a kid and my set-up is actually a lot more common than you'd think. My friend who is the interior designer who helped me design my space gets similar requests quite often - used to be mainly from women but now men are getting into it as well. She's working on displays for about 3 or 4 different guys in the DC area right now.

[Anonymous]

150-220

Store them in clear boxes that stack from the container store. It was about a $500 investment. They work to organize other things too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm jealous of those of you who could clearly give two f%ks about shoes.

Must make getting ready, packing etc, so much easier.

I'm poor and live in a tiny one bedroom apartment with two people. I don't know where you think I'm going that I need to pack. The last time I got on an airplane was 3 years ago to take my daughter to Disney. I wore my sneakers and packed my outside flip flops. The time before that when I packed, it was 7 years ago to go to my grandfather's funeral. I wore my sneakers, packed my black heels and flip flops. I can't afford to care about shoes. I'm going to work until the day I drop dead. I have zero retirement money. I have $1200 in my savings account. You have no reason to be jealous of me.

Wow, really touched a nerve. Sorry you are poor. That sucks.

Anywho, obviously some women are obsessed with shoes or at least buy too many pairs, and others don't seem to care and buy simply what they need. Trying to simplify and looking for inspiration!

NP and you are a farging crasshole. Get bent.

For the OP- 30 pair. I'm a sucker for low-heeled ankle boots and have 3 black, 2 beige, a random pair of Rachel Comey wedges, 3 pairs of Manolos- found on eBay and a local consignment store. I walk a ton so my bootie problem feels justified, and I'm on the hunt for a pair of low summer sandals with a thick sole. Storage is my closet floor in clear shoeboxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You want honest?

Several hundred, and that's a low ball estimate. I own well over a hundred pairs of Manolos (yes, DCUM has ripped me apart for this in the past) and well over a hundred pairs of sneakers. So if you throw in other brands of heels, other types of shoes, etc., it's probably a ridiculous amount by DCUM standards. But shoes and purses are my thing so I don't see downsizing ever being a part of my future.

Look, I couldn;'t care less about how you spend your money, but I've seen your post about this before and you clearly do thrive on the drama that follows your outlier level of consumption on this or you wouldn't keep answering when you know that at least 1 chunk of the thread will devolve into being about you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:150-220

Store them in clear boxes that stack from the container store. It was about a $500 investment. They work to organize other things too.

I keep meaning to buy these- I have a weird shaped closet inside my closet that I use for shoes but has shelves and would be a better space with some organization- then I could keep other things in there without it just being a mess. Do these hold up well, they might get banged around a little because I have 2 boys that get into everything.

Don't ask why I have a closet in the closet- I have no idea! I think it must have something to do with covering a beam or a support wall or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About 20. But I only wear about six pairs reliably. I could give away six other pairs right now and wouldn't know the difference.

Same. I KonMari'd and got rid of maybe 20 pairs. I still have a few that are seldom worn, but I think I'm as streamlined as I can get.

2 pairs running shoes
2 pairs casual sneakers
6 pairs Birks of all kinds
Ankle boots
Rain boots
Dansko clogs
Mary Janes
4 flats
3 heels
Crocs
Flip Flops

Actually 23.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5?
My sneakers.
My flip flops for inside the house
My flip flops for outside the house
Black boots. I wore than once about a year ago for an interview
A pair of black mary janes with heels. The snap pops off so I don't wear them anymore. I should give them away.

I want a pair of driving mocs for work but haven't been able to find any.

What do you wear to work?

Driving Mocs are everywhere.