How much should we spend on our clothing (every month) ?

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1. As much as one can afford to.

2. Fit>function>fabric.

   Buy few clothes that fit you, that you can wear most of the time, and last take fabric that you like.

   No point in spending 500 on a leather jacket that you can’t close and won’t wear because the average temp where you live is always around 25°/77F.

3. Quality is measured in years not price…

4. Why would I need to spend money on clothing every month?

   I buy some when I need to and I buy them in a quality that spells “build to last”

5. Like, none? As little as possible? I may spend a few hundred bucks every few years as something wears out or I can’t repair it anymore.

6. When it falls apart I get new. That could last years for some clothing.

7. I assume we are talking about a man living in Greenland here?

8. You’re buying clothes every month? If you’re in a bind and need to be buying cheap, easily breaking clothes incompletely get that. If you’re in a decent spot financially, you should be buying better quality stuff that lasts years.

   Obviously health, weight, lifestyles etc etc change and require a wardrobe change too.

9. Shiiiiiit you’re buying clothes *monthly*??? I normally just buy clothes when I’m 15 and then wear them for the next 20 years.

10. There is a reason there is usually a large section for women cloths and a very small section for men cloths in most stores. Guys really don’t buy cloths unless they need to.

11. Look, there are holes in all the clothes I’m wearing right now. Not rips either, like the fabric has just given way to entropy and started to reenter the chaos of all existence on its own.

12. Honestly that depends on how much you earn and how important clothes are for you, so its hard to give an exact answer. Also depends on what kind of quality and labor conditions you want. I don’t buy clothes every month and make sure to buy quality second hand pieces if possible.

13. Given that I can buy 5 t shirts for $8 USD and have each one tailored for $15? Not that much.

    And I wear my “Kelvin Clean” t shirts with pride.

14. It depends on your needs. I can wear one t shirt for 2-3 years 😀

15. Why are you buying new clothes every month? What are you doing, bramble diving? Barbed wire test pilot?

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17. I spend less than $50 a year on clothes for myself.

    I spend probably $800 a year on clothes for my wife and two young children.

18. I’d spend about a grand a year, except for every few years when I need a new suit which blows it out.

    Unless your only hobby is going to the mall, shopping for clothes every month is excessive. You’d run out of storage space fast, not to mention the waste.

19. You mean like buying clothes….? Or laundry soap?

    I don’t buy clothes often. $0 a month.

20. Maybe $30-40 on average.

21. If you’re buying new clothing every month, you’re either too rich, too wasteful, or both.

22. ….clothing is not a monthly purchase in my world.