How many t shirts should a man own

Of course, a sick toddler who throws up all the time will require more—unless you do laundry times a week. There are some who will need more and there are some who will have a lot less. You are to work out what is best for you and your own needs. I have about half the amount of clothes which is the list now. At one time I had more and other times I have had way less. If you are financially stable, no debt, savings,giving to others etc. The point I was trying to make was watch where you are spending your money if you are in debt.

Do you really need that many clothes and can you save in that area. On the positive side, since I only work days a month as a small-town sub, I save on gas and clothing expenses. Ah, yes, the laundry quandry. I have three kids. Each one has Very Few Clothes. My daughter 14 has Nice Clothes but only a few and she is happy with that. My almost year old is very sensitive to clothing so he has about 5 pairs of super soft polyester pants or shorts at any given time plus 6 or 7 silky running tops.

My 5 year old is tiny so he is still wearing 3T and 4T shorts from years ago — maybe 4 pairs, plus a half-dozen t-shirts. That can be done cheaply when that is only 4 to 6 outfits. I briefly had two step-daughters and their clothes habits drove me crazy. They could make a mess even with those few outfits because they never put anything away. Simplifying this part of our lives has been extraordinarily liberating, both financially and by reducing the chore of managing laundry.

Angie it is a little hard without knowing more about your life style for example do you go to church each Sunday where he needs dress pants or is it more casual. Do you go out to dinner or over to friends where you dress more or less etc.

The best I can do with out knowing more is usually a guy who has uniforms for work can get by with pairs of jeans 1 pair for work around the house in pairs of docker type pants tan pair, dark pair 1 pair of nice black or brown dress pants dress shirts polo shirts everyday t shirts 1 pair tennis shoes 1 pair dress shoes 1 pair semi dress shoes.

You can add or take away from this list of course. The main thing to think about is how often do you wash. If wash everyday you can get by with much less. A dress jacket is nice for a man to have for special occasions but not a must have.

Plus your husband may love to have a couple of old sweat shirts or t shirts to wear around the house all the time and if that is the case he could get by with less nice t shirts or polos. You just need to adjust it but maybe this will give you a start. This is perfect! About 15 years ago I had a stroke — at middle age.

Because of it I had a hard time doing laundry, and a hard time tracking money. So when I ran out of clothes, I bought more.

So I bought years worth of clothes over the span of a couple years. So the temptation to be a clothes horse is gone. Now, I just put in the rag bag something that finally wears out, and if I finally have too few, I get more. Problem is, I need more black pants, no polyester, and all of them are those stupid hip huggers that were awful the last time they were in style too. I have to agree with you on the hip hugger pants.

Makes you wonder what the designers are thinking sometimes or what we are thinking going along with what ever they say. You throw in the tops which are too short and boy what a sight for sore eyes.

I have noticed they might be getting the hint though because the tops at least are getting much longer this year and the pants a little higher.

What a shame. Others should stick to the time-proven classics. I guess if you look like Kate Moss maybe you can wear hip huggers. Tawra use to dress like that when she was younger too. Some of the outfits she came up with just amazed. Thanks goodness she out grew it and now dresses very nice. I know you are not Catholic, but virtue is virtue, and we can agree as Christians on that. Even the Bible mentions Christian dress codes.

Those two female Saints among others would rather die than commit sins against modesty and chastity, so the least Christian women of today can do is dress modestly. I pity men of today that want to stay pure in their thoughts. On a cold winter night, right after I get home from work, I change into a nice pair of sweatpants and sweatshirt and then make dinner.

My house is old and drafty and this outfit, plus socks and slippers is very comfortable. Then, of course, they are great for the ragbag once they are beyond wearing.

What we are talking about is the problem of so many now put on sweats and never get out of them. That may not be what they are thinking but that is the feeling they are giving off. I wonder what else I do that bothers people? No need to be upset Mary. When we write these articles we have certain people in mind who — in the case of this are those who tend to spend too much money buying clothes and hoarding clothes.

There are always exceptions to the rules of course. We know that. Pajama pants are the warm weather alternative, but just as tacky and sloppy looking as sweats outside. Women are the worst offenders in bad dressing. There are some men and boys that do, but I see many more examples of horrible dressing on women daily.

Sometimes I wonder what happened to women??? I wear my jeans tight because I am shorter and baggy anything make me look like a rolly poly bear.

Actually, a really good reason to clean out your closet is not only for more space and a more organized closet but also you can deduct what you donate to charity on your taxes! This book also protected me against interest and penalties associated with overstating the value of my donations.

I hope this helps someone out there trying to save money as well as organize their closet! I found the books website at www. That sounds like a good book but you can just print off a free copy of the used clothing tax guidelines at the Goodwill website. Add a tomatoe with curly hair for the head and there I am. Not a flattering look for me and that is all I can find in stores. I used to love the look of wide pants and bucaneer tops.

I was told that I looked great. Now if that would come back into style and I could lose the belly I would be a hot lady at Oh well the dream was nice while I wrote it. Actually Tawra, I thought the same exact thing! The Money Book complies with the IRS guideling and is updated annually to reflect the current years fair market value. So, you get more back when using this book and you can be protected as well.

Then on the computer I made myself a chart depicting my clothing as follows and placing a little colored block in front of each item. I would have much more room in my closet and money in the bank! I know what you mean grizzly bear mom. I have done the same thing with different items — not realizing how many I really had until I laid them out and either wrote it down or counted them. That is why I keep telling everyone to actually count how much you have of something like boys cars or girls dolls because we just see a pile of them there not realizing we have of something and we really only need 5.

It is the fastest, cheapest and easiest way to find storage for your home. I put dots in to show the seperation because it show how many tops go with the bottoms: Navy skirt suit………. Ivory Shell Navy pant suit………. Lavendar Sweater Purple Suit …………. Raspberry T Teal Skirt Suit………. Raspberry Sweater Coral Jacket…………. Aqua Sweater Black Skirt…………. Royal Blue Sweater Brick Pant suit……….

Light green Twin set Beige Skirt Suit …….. Purple ……………………. Indigo ……………………. Black Suplice Top ……………………. Black Tank. When I moved here to my new old house, I sorted and I mean sorted. I gave my self some lee way and went through 2 years and gave away 5 boxes of stuff, even parted with my beloved sweat pants. LOL I did keep a big pair that I wear over jeans to go out in the snow with the grands. I really thought I was done but when I put away summer stuff and got out winter a couple of months ago, I was even able to go deeper and put out another really big box.

Then at Christmas I got out the box of things that I wear at Holiday time and gave away a big stack of Christmasy sweaters. My daughter took them down the street where an extended family has had to move in together and the older lady actually teared up because she had always wanted a Christmas sweater and never could rationalize the expense at the time of year when she had gifts to buy.

I think I sent 3 sweaters and 3 embroideried shirts. I think a couple of them even were thrift shop buys so never were a big deal to me at all. I intend to go through my summer wardrobe again come spring. I am not a high fashion dresser at all but still…. I heard at Christmas that it is so hard to buy for me and I suppose it is when I can give away that much stuff and still there is more.

Gayla I know just what you are talking about. I remember when I was expecting with my second baby I had no maturity clothes and I mean none.

We went to church at least 3 times a week or more and I had one shift dress which I was getting by with. Besides being embarrassed that I had to wear the same dress over and over, at 7 months along it was getting way too small.

We had a week coming up where we had to go to church every night. I did some mighty praying. Boy was I glad she decided to clean out her closet. That is why now if I keep mounds of anything thinking I may use it some day I give my self a good shake and get rid of it because I know good and well there is someone who would be putting it to much better use then I am.

Besides by the time I do get around to wearing them again the chances are they will be out dated anyway. I recently had a startling revelation about butt cracks showing. LOL It really has to do with how your body is built. I have one little grand that is built like her daddy and they carry their weight on the front, with a bigger tummy. The rest of us have big butts. She would even lose her diaper and little slacks as a toddler.

She will be outside playing with the other kids and has to be reminded to pull up her pants and she just hates it. As they hand their clothing down update the number on the item. Also, buy mostly inter gender clothing. Girls can hand down red, blue, green and yellow shirts to their brothers. Because boys may feel embarassed at wearing girlie things consider buying only boy pants as long as you can get away with it.

When I cleaned out my basement, I found that I had saved some tops of my sons when they were in the year old range. And then it dawned on me; my sons might be thinking about college and which branch of the armed services they want to join, but my younger sister has a daughter who is dinosaur mad…. She can wear her nice stuff at home. I am a retired, year-old widow, living only on a meager Social Security income.

I live in an apartment bldg. I have 2 sets of sheets, but often launder and remake the bed with the same linens. Just wanted to pass along my methods of survival. I love your newsletter and recipes! I think an answer to have your butt crack NOT show, is to wear underwear. If women would wear real underwear, instead of thongs, bikini, or none at all, when their low cut jeans slip down when they sit, you will only see the underwear, which is an improvement over a bare butt in public.

Or wear a longer top. I think having underwear showing is only marginally better than the skin. I wear more dresses then. I read this post about a year ago but at the time my heart was set on getting rid of my storage bill.

And I did now my heart is set on downsizing my house. My mother showed me that I had an over abundance of clothes.

Which simply makes it harder to clean. Now that I am placing all of my abundance into boxes for a yard sale. I am starting to see the light that it is becoming easier to clean the house!

Which I have been praying about for a long time! Now I ask myself, would I buy that if it were not on sale. A penny not spent is a penny earned. Also once my t-shirts become too faded to wear out to the gym, I start using them for bed, too. Been having a look at a couple of subjects on your site. I am married to a man who says we cannot afford to tithe; I have previously done so, but now give less.

I enjoy spending money but overdo it and get into the red. Which brings the subject of clothes and shoes. I own far too many, have a good clear out then begin filling my wardrobe again Compulsive Spending Disorder.

Thank you for the good advice on both subjects. I just blogged today the 10 somewhat creative ways of keeping up with your laundry! I was just thinking how many clothes do they really need? Thanks for the list! This was very helpful!! Mt family of five, 9 months, 28 months, 7 years all boys!

We have an absolute laundry overload that depresses me every time I see it. My basement of roughly sq ft is FULL of laundry.

We need to move soon and I will not be taking all of it with me thanks to your helpful, informative tips. Overcoming this now seems much more do-able. Thank you. I need your advise. I think that you are totally right! If they have so many clothes it uses up to much storage.

Weird right?! My mom told me about this website and I love it! My mom is so cool and I am so blessed to have her. My drawers are so neat now and I love it!? This is such an important post because we frugal folks love getting things free or cheap.

And then our time and energy is consumed dealing with it! Also, I hate the idea of needing something to wear right away and being forced to go out and pay retail on short notice.

Suggestions for these changes would be appreciated! I have at least 5 coats, for various occasions, because they were either cheap or free. But I need to get rid of them! Thank you so much for this list! Anyway, thank you again! Because of how old my clothes are, most have holes or are stained. Buffie I would get rid of as much of the older and worn things as you can and give yourself the bare bones of a wardrobe. This way you have fewer clothes and it might make it more manageable for you to take care of the things you do have and easier like mending them and treating for stains.

It is better to have a very small handful of neat clean clothes then a ton of worn and uncared for ones. Also the things we list is a guide. We have just 7 days a week but it is not uncommon for people to have tops alone. For those of you who think I am stretching that go in and count your tops t shirts, blouses, sweaters I think you will be surprised at how many you really have.

One last thing too. Are you really wearing the worn clothes. Check out thrift stores and garage sells if you need some nicer things. Not a nice feeling as your pants slide down past your hips. So I have worn them 3 times borrowing my husbands adjustable belt.

Sort of a waste of money and time. I actually do wear them just because its really all I have. Several months ago, a friend helped me go thru my closet, everything got tried on and over half of it went in the trash. I misunderstood you. I know it can be hard at times.

I remember once I was down to only a couple of dresses and I was getting so sick of wearing the same thing and having people see me in them until one day a neighbor had cleaned out her closet and asked if I could use some of her things.

That is why I tell those who have a closet full of clothes they are not using to get them cleaned out and give them to someone because you never know how desperate and in need someone else can be for things. I do hope you will find something soon to help you. I turn the hangers around Jan.

I know I never wore it. I agree completely with fewer clothes in drawers but i keep the extra boxed in garage or under a bed so that when kids stain the clothes you will have extra on hand for free. There is an old saying — give someone a fish and you feed them for a day, teach them to fish and they can eat forever.

That is what we try to do on this web site is to teach people how to do things and then they can take it from there. For example some people work out twice a week and others 6 times a week so it would be hard to say exactly how many clothes they would need. Some wash clothes every two weeks and others every day so you need to factor all of that in. Here is a side note for those who are really serious about saving money though.

I would not buy work out clothes at all but just wear a top and shorts I could use at home too. Plus to really save I would not pay to go to a gym. There are so many ways to get good exercising in without paying for a gym. Many people are running out to buy exercise machines and get gym memberships this time of year but be careful. I remember when stair steppers were the rage and everyone was paying big bucks for those things.

I agree, Jill. I bought an aerobic step at a thrift store for 99 cents. I play music for free on the computer using grooveshark. My thoughts on reducing the amount of clothes. All my clothes are in one closet. I put my out of season clothes in a suitcase. At the beginning of the season all my clothes get hung with the hangers the opposite way. When I wear I rehang put them the right way. Also if at he end of the season it is stained it gets turned into rags or donated. People live off credit cards and buy beyond there means!

Then they rob Peter to pay Paul! They also never say no to their kids as well. My sister and her husband are both like this and are divorced because of it. He spent way to much and so did she! They dug a hole to deep and now they are learning their lesson the hard way! The difference between those are dish cloths are special cloths made or bought that are used for washing dishes only.

They use to be a different thickness and material say from a wash cloth for your face. A dish rag is just an old rag of any kind that was set aside and used only for washing dishes. Kitchen towels are usually terry cloth, linen or flour sack towels used for drying things with in the kitchen like dishes, tables, counter tops.

Also the material the rags are made of can make a difference. You need something with more texture to rub a dish clean then say a bathroom sink. I came to your site because I had a problem. I have 3 different moms who give me Boys clothes. At first it was great as I got Exacly what I needed, but now I am overwhelmed with 5 garbage bags of clothes.

My son wears size 6 and we are storing 5 garbage bags with clothes up to size I realized I had a problem when I took out the size 6 for him… And he has probably enough clothes to last a month without washing!

I live in Canada and have found our Goodwill and value village are not good priced. Alot of items are more expensive than Walmart! Anyways I appreciate the list and will use for decluttering of all our clothes. Carol one thing that might help you a little is for most kids pairs of jeans are plenty. One to wear while one is in the wash and one just in case he gets two pairs dirty before the laundry is done. The same for tops , 3 pairs jammies etc.

I have looked at your clothes list, but I have to adapt it. We live in central Missouri, we have hot, hot weather and extreme cold weather and everything in between!! I am a part time librarian and part time farmwife.

We need clothes for hot and cold weather, clothes for work and to wear doing the dirty jobs around our home. I also hang all of our laundry. We hate the dryer and use it only when it is below freezing for days or has rained for 10 days. I have tried to keep our clothes managable and usually do a good job. I keep good winter work and summer work outfits. Also, when we built our home, we added a walk in closet and big coat closet.

I try to clean out often, especially when people give us clothes. To: Jill, I really like all the suggestions and stories. I would like to add one thing.

I have found it very helpful to store the summer clothes in totes during the winter time, and storing winter clothes during the Summer..

This has helped to keep enough drawers and closet space per season at a time. Also keeps the kids from trying to wear everything, and just making a mess of dirty laundry. Jill, I forgot to mention I love how you mentioned how the scriptures stated not to provoke the children to anger..

Thank you for that confirmation.. Just a quick thank you. This was an excellent template to start from. Anyways, this has inspired me to begin our March Declutter Project in the closets and work out way out from there!

Esther thank you thank you thank you. One of the most frustrating and hardest parts of my job is dealing with people who miss the whole point of what I am writing or the fact the things I say are just a stepping off point.

I know to you you may not think you said anything deep and profound but it was like a drink of refreshing cold water. Ok now I am getting too deep but it was so nice to read a common sense comment. Having said that I grovel with thanks in front of my washing machine every time I use it. All my clothes fit in my closet and drawers.

I do buy new once in awhile, but, have purchased most of my clothes from our church rummage sales we have been having 2 a year for decades , goodwill, Salvation Army thrift store, and a few thrift stores in local villages.

Recently, our family was preparing to go on a cruise and we all went shopping for some new clothes. I found very few items in the stores after hours of shopping. I have your book, Living on a Dime, and decided to check out the website. Keep up the good work. Hello, Some good posts here. I frequently have a clear out as I tend to overspend on shoes and clothing; thus filling my wardrobe up.

Say a navy blue skirt with a yellow top or a black skirt with a cream top. Also to avoid patterns, apart from the odd dress worn with a plain colour jacket. Stick to black or navy blue shoes which go with anything else. I am aiming to reach this goal myself thus gaining a nice neat wardrobe.

Thank you so much for reading this; hope it helps others out there. Thank you for your ideas and examples.

Remember borrowing your sisters or friends clohtes? It can be fun. If you have basics, as mentioned above, you can update them with accessories. Re-style your clothes with the help of a good tailor. Peace and Prosperity! Love these lists! I am a clothes hoarder, and I am determined to stop it! I am 32 years old, and while going through a box of clothing this week, I found a skirt that I bought when I was 15 years old.

Definitely going to put these lists to good use! My kids have a lot of tee shirts from vacations and weekend trips, so I am cutting the front of them into squares, so that you can still see the design on the front, and cutting the backs into squares and tossing the rest of the shirt.

When I have enough, a friend is going to help me make a quilt for each child out of the old tee shirts. That way they still have their memories, and they also have a cozy quilt they can snuggle up with! I noticed that a lot of people are asking about seasonal clothing. Something I always do with my boys is buy short sleeve tees and polo shirts for summer, and then I buy a few solid color long sleeve tee shirts or thermal shirts that they can wear under the short sleeve tees.

The solid color kong sleeve shirts are much cheaper than new long sleeve shirts, and they still look nice. I do like to make sure they each have at least two pullover sweaters for church and for going to dinner or special functions.

Their thin cotton dress shirts from the summer look very nice under a good sweater, and the sweaters look good with jeans for a more casual look. I buy almost exclusively from thrift stores and yard sales. I do buy new underwear too.

I tend to keep clothes and hand them down from my oldest. Anyway, thanks for the lists! I am a fashionista! I have wayyy to mannyyy clothes I need to sell some to lower my credit card bills because I moving back to Hawaii. Great list. I do something like this, too. Turns out the next baby was a boy — and 7 years later.

Now the clothes I had saved were 15 years old! Daughter 1 was ultra skinny and daughter 2 not so much. So all the clothes daughter 1 wore were slims, but daughter 2 needed regulars. Kept all those things for 15 years for what? Daughter 2 probably got all she needed in gifts for the first year anyway. Just about everything I have in my wardrobe was given to me and I am a middle aged plus sized lady. The :How many clothes do you need?

Every once in a while I go back and check on it. I have a few seperate jewel toned jackets and tops. I hang everything up inside out on my bathtub rob to air out and wear it untit its too dirty too. Why would anyone want the expense or fumes of dry cleaning? I purchase everything to go with my black pumps and oxfords that live at the office I commute to. I wear black mary janes and sneakers and a backpack for casual wear and commuting. I wear a raincoat with zip out lining for winter dress, a down one for nice casual and a thermal hoodie for the dirty dog park.

At night I wear jeans, polos, and sweaters, again until their dirty. Because I wash clothing so infrequently I have lots of undies. I recently lost my mother who was a depression era baby so she kept EVERY thing in cleaning out her house I was overwhelmed. I promise to go home and work on our closets this weekend because our church is currently having a clothing drive and while all donation centers are great somehow I feel better if I know the group that is going to benefit from my donations.

As to your suggested numbers we have multiple times what is listed. It will feel great to lighten the load. Re: kids clothes. My cousin had a boy in Nov. Here are the mathematical components:.

Here are two examples:. Any T-shirts that don't fit into the number of T-shirts that fit into your life or dresser drawer, set aside in a box for a quilt now or down the line.

Begin by taking all your T-shirts out of your drawers and put them somewhere out of your room, but accessible. When you need a T-shirt, go grab one and wear it. When you wash that T-shirt put it in your drawer. But if you have one in your drawer, wear that one. Continue operating like this for 3 to 6 months. After that time period, the T-shirts that are not in your drawers are excess.

If during this time period you get a new T-shirt, either put it in your drawer or in the excess stack. But if you put it in your drawer, you must take one from your drawer and put it back in your excess stack. Either method will help you figure out how many T-shirts you need to keep for wearing and how many are available for a T-shirt quilt. This is for those who have themed T-shirt collections.

Don't get rid of those T-shirts! Keep collecting them. The problem you have is that your dresser or closet space has run out of room for them. But this is no reason to cull your collection. You just need to find a box or tote to save them in. Which ones? If you ever attempted to start or redo your wardrobe you most likely had this question pop up. How many Shirts should a Man Own in ? I talked about Suits , Shoes and Shirts before but the articles were from a more inexperienced perspective.

Which is why I began rewriting these articles and updating them with my experience. I initially started with the Wardrobe Essentials Article not so long ago.

Today though we are going to discuss shirts and how many you essentially need. This time however I will cover both dressier and more casual styles with the usual reasoning behind each choice.

To come up with some sort of number we need to understand the situation. A lot of jobs do not require formalwear anymore with even the most conservative banks in the USA dropping the dress code. In the end it all boils down to you and your own lifestyle. For example if you never wear dress shirts do you even need any? To be fair I would say yes. You would need 1 White Dress Shirt for those rare important occasions such as a funeral.

In fact, I would say that you need 2 of them to have a backup. So if you would ask me now what is the bare minimum for anyone regardless of their life situation I would say 2 White Dress Shirts.

For anyone else that wants a capsule wardrobe with the essentials I feel like 10 is a good number. In this article we are going to focus on the latter scenario which is about a man that cares about his appearance and wants to create an initial, curated selection of dressy and casual shirts. Before we begin I would like to disclose that I am going to use mostly my favorite shirtmaker as a reference. They sent me one shirt which is still to date my absolute favorite one Review Here.

How many shirts should a man have My favorite Apposta Shirt. You could of course say that I am biased. However they impressed me so much I actually went and bought 2 shirts of my own to support them. It will be valid until November 29 We briefly touched upon this but now it is time to delve a little deeper.

If you could only choose 1 pair of shoes that would be a black oxford. Similarly if you had to choose 1 shirt that would be a white one. The most formal, simple yet powerful shirt a man have and should have in their wardrobe. There are some occasions in life where we need to look our best to pay tribute to a loved one or show respect. Whether it is your graduation, a funeral or a very important occasion you should have 2 White Dress Shirts. The reason I say 2 is because you should always have a backup plan in life.

What happens if you just have one and red wine spills on it or you rip the armhole? Panic buy at Zara? Always have a backup plan my fellow gentleman. As for the shirts themselves they should tick off a few boxes. Choose preferably a Twill or Poplin Weave as it is formal and makes for a crisp appearance. Linen and Oxford Weaves have their uses but not here. Next we will talk about the collar style. Keep it simple here too and choose a classic business collar.

I feel the white shirt is the only shirt where a button down is not suitable. I mostly loathe spread and cut-away collars but if that's your thing go for it. Lastly, make sure the shirt fits properly and you don't look like an inflatable or like you are going to burst. The advantage of a white shirt is that it is such a neutral color that it goes well with everything. If you are bad with matching colors this is the simplest most failsafe option for you.

In very similar fashion I can make the second recommendation which is two different Light Blue Dress Shirts. An extremely versatile color that has no equal alongside the white ones, a light blue shirt is yet another failsafe. People call them boring but when you are in a more formal or business situation I find it much more appropriate to spice things up with a tie or a pocket square rather than a bold shirt.

For the man that respects himself and his peers light blue is simply one of the best. For your capsule wardrobe I would recommend One Regular with the collar of your preference business, spread, cut-away and one Button Down. They both present a really easy option to dress down in more casual environments but can also support the most formal of suits barring black. There will be those keyboard warriors that will chastise you and say that you shouldn't wear ties with Button Downs.

Just ignore them and wear them as you wish in a nice tasteful way. When it comes to the weave I would once again choose only Poplin or Twill Cotton personally to keep the structure of my outfits. I would also stick with plain solid colors as I will include patterns and other materials later on.

Color wise you are aiming for the lighter side of the color spectrum focusing on light blue, sky blue and powder blue.

Nothing Wrong with that but for me these and the next one make for the backbone of your dressier wardrobe. For those that like my personal shirt from the intro the fabric code is " St. Did you know that initially pink was a masculine color? However during the last century people began using blue and pink to distinguish easily between baby boys and girls respectively. So pink has a certain stigma of being a more feminine color.

Let them say what they want.