Yearly clothes budget

On average about £400pa. I never buy clothes here in France (though I have bought a few t-shirts in Lidl), so I tend to binge buy basics in M and S and BHS in the UK. I like Laura Ashley sales for posh stuff and my DD buys me clothes in Joules, East and similar for presents. I also haunt the charity shops in Tunbridge Wells and have got some brilliant bargains.
Like Flickety I have lost a stone and a half this year and have gone from size 16 to 12/14.
I will therefore need to spend some money buying stuff that fits in the autumn!

petra and Lona hence my post above!

Over the last four years I have come down from a size 22 to a 14 so had several wardrobe clear outs and now have all size 14s - haven't kept anything larger so I cant creep up more than a few pounds or so and then have to tackle it. I don't know how much I spend usually about £50-£100 per month sometimes more sometimes less. We seem to have stopped going anywhere that requires dressing up.

Well done Sue, you definitely deserve lots of new clothes!

£50 - £100 per month - phew!!

As we have a holiday home in France I used to buy a lot of clothes in France, mainly in chain stores like Kiabi and Halle aux Vetements/ aux Chaussures - and found that the shoe shop was particularly good but over the last 5 years the quality of the clothes and styles has plummeted and in particular the price of shoes has rocketed and style has gone downhill that I am having to find my way round shopping for clothes and shoes in the UK.

Wow Mamie - and Sue. I'm a 14 but I'd be happier as a 12 (which was my standard size for a long time). Must try harder.

Round about the 400 pounds mark, as far as I can remember.

This includes one pair Hotter shoes (bit ouchy after a while but love the look), one pair Reiker shoes (so good for wandering round cities, and not too dear either) and one pair of old style Fitflops, which I love but can't get in the shops anymore as they have now gone too "fashionable" but not so comfy (bought this pair slightly second-hand from ebay. had to have red but, hey! at least I can walk for miles)

I am not an adventurous shopper. Was in Prague few days ago and needed an extra blouse. Bought a very nice warm, comfy one - from Marks and Sparks!

Also includes pants and socks.

Cardigan, jumpers and blouses are usually supplied by daughters at birthday and Xmas.

Do pyjamas count? If so, that's the only thing I've bought this year, 15€.
I make some of my clothes and have spent about £100 on fabrics etc this year.
We live in a rather backward rural area. There's a lot of oldies like me whose idea of dressing up to go shopping is to change into "best " outfits from 20 years ago.
The younger generation is more trendy.

Probably spend more than I should - growing up I had absolutely nothing (obviously I wasn't naked) but it has left me as a bit of a spendthrift on clothes and food.

I try and live with a capsule wardrobe, hate to open the doors and see too many clothes squashed in to bursting. I read we only regularly wear a third of our clothes. I do wear all I own and tend to shop at Fat Face, Sea Salt, Monsoon but only buy on average 3 or 4 items a season so I'm not spending much at all.

The past few years I have spent more on accessories rather than new items,I have had my jeans for years and have 4 pair of those and plenty of tops bought over the years so I do tend to spend money on big scarves to dress my plain stuff up,I have 2/3 pair black pants which don't need replacing for years and get to wear them a few times during the year,so if I totalled up along with maybe a new pair of boots/shoes my max this past year has been £150.00 approx.

£450. #fatfacesale

I don`t keep a tally, but reckon I spend about £250 a year, that includes gift vouchers for Christmas and birthday, in fact it`s mainly gift vouchers, I love the feeling of having all that money to spend on myself.

I used to spend quite a lot per year on clothes when I was working f/t as I needed to be 'professional' at work!! When I retired 3 years ago I invested in some pairs of good quality jeans as I knew that would be my day to day wear. I could use bits of former work outfits to dress up the jeans if needed!
3 years on and I am now working again but p/t but former work jackets/ trousers are all looking a bit 'tired' so I am hunting for four or five items that I can mix & match for work plus I need new jeans for this winter, plus I am going on a late autumn cruise plus DH washed two of my lovely cashmere jumpers 'by mistake' and they are now not so lovely! I'm OK for shoes though!

Best place for shopping in Paridhan.. you will not get this collection anywhere.

I need to clear out my wardrobe as it is full of things I don't wear but I find it hard to get rid of them.

I get an allowance of £150 a month which sounds a lot but that covers hair, make up and clothes. As a cut and blow dry every 6 weeks costs £46.00 the money is used up quickly.

I buy 90% of my clothes in charity shops hence my bulging wardrobe.

I have a great quantity of different coloured fleeces, with and without sleeves. Not very stylish but oh so snug and warm.

You 'get an allowance', NanKate??! Who from?

Same as Petra If I need something then I get it. Not saying it's designer stuff of course.Some years you need more than others. Unless you are on a really tight budget I don't see the need to keep a tally.

I spent nothing at all last year - New Year's resolution made in order to wear up all those not quite past it clothes. I was amazed I made it!

By this year though I was getting desperate for new undies and denims (which I live in). I figure I've spent about £350. But on top of that is one pair of Keen walking sandals (£85) and one pair of Josef Steibel sandals (£90). I went off Hotter when the soles disintegrated on a pair 3-4 years old. Now I look (and pay) for proper rubber soles.

My feet have got wider all of a sudden. I reckon I have spent about £400 in the last month alone replacing all my favourite shoes.

Ana you ask about my allowance! which perhaps is the wrong word. When I retired and no longer had my money coming in DH set up a standing order of £150 per month going into my personal account so that I still felt I had a small wage. However if I want anything over the £150 I just have it. It's nothing draconian or male dominated.

It makes me so relieved that I always paid the full NI rate and never the married woman's rate and always contributed to an occupational pension. DH and I always agreed how much money came from each of us to the family bank account and after that it was nobodies business how we spent our personal money. I have always been free to spend as much or as little on clothes, or anything else for that matter, as I choose, within my means, of course.

I know I am fortunate to have a decent pension plus I still do some freelance work as does DH. However I appreciate that many GNers , for various reasons, may not be in that same position. I have friends who are v.tight budgets and it does make me more careful as I know I have more than enough clothes really and I should be more thrifty rather than prodigal.

I spend as little as possible on clothing, as I live on a very tight budget and any spare money I prefer to spend on doing things rather than having things. I have a hierarchy of clothes - from going out, to less smart going out, to wearing round the house, to gardening, to decorating, to bin. I would like to have a bit more to spend on clothes, but find that in retirement I don't really need that many. In the winter, I live in thermals, long socks and fleeces with jeans. As long as I have 2 or 3 decent outfits for when I go out or away, I don't really mind too much.