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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ NP here --  if you enjoy cutting your own hair, congrats to you and good luck with any kind of fashionable haircut on your own head. No way jeans from 1999 look good, doesn't matter if they cost $1000 back then and you've been licking them clean all this time. Plus wasn't that the era of wide wide jeans?? You don't think they look out of place? Or do they look so good because they've been on a hanger this whole time. What do you indulge in? I'm really curious.[/quote]

PP you replied to. I'm French, and did not grow up here. Fashion does not mean following trends, it means finding things that suit your figure.

The old jeans are high-waisted and tapered to the ankle, which is not my favorite style, so rarely worn. 
My point was to push back against this notion that people need to constantly buy new to "be fashionable", in your understanding of the word. As I said, that's not what fashion is about. The reason people are badly dressed is because they don't select pieces that look good for their body type. 
I know exactly what looks good on me, and pick clothes accordingly. No one cares that they came from a second hand shop. What matters is that they flatter my shape. Cut is the most important criteria in clothing. Fabric quality comes second, and everything else (color, patterns) is extra. Most people usually reverse that order!

It's amazing how nasty some posters are about thrifty people. Let me return the compliment more gently: are some of you feeling defensive that you're spending so much and not looking as good as you wish? Then please think about what I wrote about cut and fabric. You have to take your time selecting clothes, which is difficult for really busy people. You have to have great posture, smile warmly, be confident. And lastly but not least, it helps to be slim. I know it's not politically correct to say, but any article of clothing will look more stylish on a slim body type than on a more rotund one.

What do I indulge in? 
Daily: quality chocolates and teas, good books, spending time outside, educating my children, doing my work.
Once in a while: expensive vacations that I plan minutely and enjoy with my family.

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