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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Monday, February 27, 2006 3:16 PM (Eastern)
Okay...the next thing to consider, is your lifestyle.
Why did I put that as the second thing to consider? Because if you first understand your influences, your preferences, your buying habits...then you can customize your wardrobe to fit both. But your preferences are more important than your lifestyle as far as what to buy.
For example, say you are fanatical about jeans. I may generally live in jeans, but I'm not fanatical about them. So I've found that three pairs of jeans will do. I seek jeans that look good enough, with a medium price range, that will wear as long as possible. I'll pay more per pair, and not buy more than three pairs, if that makes any sense.
If you're nuts about jeans though, you should buy more pairs of them. You may also buy more expensive ones. Depending on your budget, you may have to cut somewhere else.
If you're a skirt gal, you will need two or three basic skirts...the kind that go with just about everything, the kind you reach for. These are not always easy to find. Again it's well to pay a bit more for something that will last wash after wash (or else look good between trips to the drycleaners). Basic can be black, white, navy blue, olive green, chocolate brown, or whatever you gravitate towards.
You can add one or two pretty skirts to your basic skirt pile if you really are a skirt-type gal.
I like dresses but skirts are cheaper to manage, since many dresses need to be drycleaned. (Check your labels...Dress Barn has good dresses that can be machine-washed. Don't be put off by the name "Dress Barn"; lots of work clothes there.) With the skirts, you can wear washable blouses and just wash those, and get the skirts cleaned periodically.
Tops, imo...you can never have too many tops. Tops are cheaper than other forms of clothing; they need to be washed each time you wear them, so diffusing the wear and tear is a good idea.
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