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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not at $10K but easily could be.  I don't necessarily spend all that every year, but some of that has to do with how much time I have to deal with it.

No, I don't throw out everything in my closet every year.  I add in the new things and get rid of some of the old things.  For some reason I have the world's worst luck with lined pants.  The ones I wear to work seem to rip after three or four years.  EVen though you can't see it from the outside, wearing pants with a ripped up lining gets old after a while.  (I have allergies to certain fabrics so going unlined isn't an option for me).

I usually have very limited time to shop, so I do use a personal shopper who knows exactly what I need and my various quirks (like the allergies).  I tend to buy everything fro the same handful of designers, but also soemtimes stop by Bloomingdales to get a few extra things.  I also replace my shoes when needed, but typically order thos eonline from a department store.

Most of my clothes are focused on work and dressier events.  This is part of what drives the cost.  In the lines I wear pants can run $200-300 and jackets can run $400-500.  Skirts seem to run about the same as pants.  Shirts run between $100 and $250. I do not have many polished casual clothes, which is what I hope to work on next.

In my line of work, I am expected to look pulled together and polished.  The common theme I have noticed in my industry for women and "business casual" is that you are also supposed to look rich, which drives you to a certain level of clothes and accessories.  What I consider slumming it for my office is something DH says would be considered fine or even nice for his, so where you work has a lot to do with it, too.

DH does not spend as much, but he gets a new custom suit ot two every couple of years and has his dress shirts made as well.  I spend probably $2K per year per kid on clothes, and another $500 on shoes per kid.  Some years I do better and some years worse.  It depends how much time I have to shop around.

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