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To the poster re: button up shirts... I wish I could wear a button up shirt. I’m big busted and the amount of tailoring that would be required to make one look good would be too much. That said, I long to look like Robin Wright on House of Cards... a crisp white button up, yes please. If you have the right body.
To the main question. I wear a mix of things but have definitely moved into the spend more for fewer high quality pieces crowd. I’m not spending money to tailor something cheap that will fall apart (again it’s hard to fit my body — I’m short with longish arms and legs and a big bust). I’d rather spend on quality, get good tailoring, and know it will last a while. Same with shoes— good shoes are worth it and even as you wear out heels, better to repair than just get a new pair. |
Anonymous
Mostly Taobao but there are grey market sellers on AliExpress too. It’s very hard to find the shops that have grey market rather than fake stuff, so once you do you have to keep checking in on those sellers. |
Anonymous
| I’ve been buying expensive clothes my whole life. They are just so much better and I can’t explain it. It started when I was sixteen and I spent $180 (that I earned working) on a pair of luxury jeans. My friends had maybe six pairs and I only had the ones but they always looked AMAZING. Expensive clothes cost money for a reason and you need fewer pieces when you spend more money. |
Anonymous
I was also wearing $180 jeans, $100 tops, and also owned designer handbags in high school. My income was around $20k. |
Anonymous
This rings false. I’m in your HHI and I can’t imagine you don’t interact with similarly situated friends through schools or work or similar. You must see women at the HHI that are very well dressed. Having “no idea” seems absurd. |
Anonymous
On the coat I bought a camel hair Max Mara lightly used for 1k and I have a down coat from Dawn Levy I bought second hand for 300 I have a trench that was 800 all of those I’ve now had for 5 years with no further coat purchases and likely will go another 5 or so |
Anonymous
If your expensive clothing is actually of such better quality, why are you spending 3-5k ANNUALLY?! |
Anonymous
I’m the top poster. Jeans: frame and rag and bone for my body type often second hand Silk blouses- mostly Vince and Theory on sale Cashmere- I like SFA (from the outlet on line) and Bloomingdales cashmere, I will also buy White + Warren wraps on sale, Quince and Naadam for cashmere sweaters occasionally some Everlane or Cuyana Shoes - too complicated and varied but largely Stuart Weitzman on sale or Frye for boots, M. Gemi, Bags Celine or Bottega Veneta second hand Coat mentioned earlier Blazers - all over Tgeiry, Veronica Bears, L’Agence , Rag and Bone, Suit usually Theory Casual dresses - too many Brad’s to mention |
Anonymous
| Love a good white button up! |
Anonymous
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I find lately (over 40 yo) I am more sensitive about buying clothes in general. Work at home means like, what do I really need, even before that I was pretty much wearing a uniform, and the more I think about it and learn, the worse I feel about contributing to the negative impact the fashion industry has on the environment.
My .02. |
Anonymous
Pp here- I guess I don’t notice other peoples clothes that much since people are mostly casually dressed when I see them and I probably can’t tell the difference between a $400 sweater and a normal sweater. If I see someone wearing something I like I always compliment it but it’s genuinely never occurred to me that it might be a super expensive item (unless it’s a purse where I can usually tell). I think clothes are more about fit and style and that’s what I tend to notice. For example there are interns in our office that probably wear more expensive clothes than our staff but they’re not my taste (think very light cropped wide leg jeans). I’m definitely going to start wondering more about the cost of people’s clothes! |
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The part no one want to say is that a $70 sweater will look just as good if not better than a $400 sweater if the person wearing it has a better body.
Obviously total crap at the bottom of the barrel is going to be I'll fitting but a LBD from gap on someone tall and really fit is going to look not that different from max mara etc on the same body High end brands get the small details exactly.right, I'll give them that |
Anonymous
As far as fit, maybe. But cheap clothes don’t last as long, which is part of the equation. Sweaters pill, t shirts stretch, etc. I’m tall and slim and look pretty good in sweaters from target, but they only last a few months. Different issue but also important when shopping. |
Anonymous
This is often the refrain on this board but I just find its not true or at least not close to universally true. I have a bunch of things from zara (basic stuff that is pretty timeless, tees, tanks, cardis) from 5-9 years ago that look the same really. Same with stuff from banana, $30 tees, $120 dress I'm not saying there is no such thing as paying for quality and I also spend money on expensive things because I like them and the look/ cut of them, but I just don't find there to be the quality to price predictability that probably existed in prior generations. Truly, much of the $300 sweaters are now made in the same mass production facilities as $80 sweaters (like I said, I'm not talking about things that are $19.99, although sometimes they surprise you too!) |
Anonymous
| Agree with the above. I'm 5"10 and used to be slim. When I was I would frequently wear Old Navy/Gap shift dresses in basic colors like black, navy and gray. I dressed them up with a fun scarf or a necklace and ALWAYS got compliments from women in my office who I know spent a lot more than I did on clothes. Sometimes I would buy dresses on sale for $10. To the pp's who say they stretch out or whatever, they really don't if you launder them carefully and don't dry. I have had things pill but I've also had $200 sweaters pill too so I don't think it's necessarily a price thing. I also have a sweater shaver so when something starts to pill, I clean it up. It's about how you maintain and treat your clothes and your body. Maybe buying a $10 shirt makes you feel like you can just toss it in the wash and not worry about it so that's why it gets stretched out. I have some old linen tunic type blouses from Old Navy that still look much higher end because I'm really careful about how I remove stains and launder and store them. If you like the style of something expensive, great, but to say you're automatically paying for "quality" isn't true. You're paying for exclusivity and the feeling of luxury which is more important to some people than others. |