Zero Based Wardrobe — General Discussion on True Nudists

Tom DOriginal Poster

Apr 24, 2021

Someone on another board posted that when he retired, he intended to stock up on supplies, get rid of all of his clothing, stay clothing free as long as possible, and then order clothing item by item as he needed it. Th.at way, he would wind up with only the amount that was truly necessary. Has anyone here done that or considered doing so?
Or, if waiting for delivery would be a concern, or quick delivery is not available in your location, have you considered getting rid of all but 1 or 2 sets of clothing and doing essentially the same thing?

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lone_hawk
Apr 24, 2021
Now that I am retired I am nude unless I have to go somewhere. Haven't considered cleaning out the closet, but I probably should...
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Apr 24, 2021
You probably should. I am retired also, and while I never tried the zero based approach, or even anything close to it, I have gotten rid of a lot of clothing.
Since I retired, I got rid of all of my suits, undershirts and underwear, most of my dress shirts and ties, and al least half of my business casual clothing. I got a privacy fence around my pool, so I also got rid of most of my swimwear. I now have less than half as much clothing as I did when I was working. I emptied out half the drawers I had clothing in, and still managed to find room for my out of season clothes, which I used to keep in a storage chest. My closet is barely half full, even after moving my lighter weight outerwear there from the hall closet.
I always find getting rid of clothing a liberating experience.
Two suggestions I have found helpful.
Be nude when you go through your clothing, make you more aware that much of the clothing you have is unnecessary.
Take everything out of your closet and drawers. Put a donation box and trash bag next to the pile of clothing. That way, it is more effort to put something back to keep is than it is to get rid of it.
One I haven't tried.
Tag ever piece of clothing you have. When you wear it, remove the tag. If anything still has a tag on it a year later, get rid of it. May not work for a "wedding and funeral" suit or heavy outerwear that you don't need every winter, but should work for everything esle.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
May 14, 2021
Any further thoughts on getting rid of unnecessary clothing?
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Feb 6, 2024
[quote]Now that I am retired I am nude unless I have to go somewhere. Haven't considered cleaning out the closet, but I probably should...[/quote] I just noticed this very old post, Did you ever get around to cleaning out your clothes closet? If so, how much did you keep?
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Feb 7, 2024
[quote]In a perfect world, we'd only have clothing based on weather conditions. Living naked, doing normal everyday things like shopping, errands, dining, vacationing ... will not happen in our remaining lifetime so we need clothes. I have way too many clothes for a nudist and so does my wife. Being retired, it seems I wear many of the same things over and over again. Some of the items I own are from places we've visited, events we've attended, and I'll wear those on occasion. I have several pairs of pants ranging from Levis to a couple pair of dress pants. I have dress shirts and ties but usually wear a Tommy Bahama camp shirt to most outings. We both go through our closest a couple times a year and donate our clothing to a local thrift shop. I've seen some of my shirts, and a couple of my jackets around town. At least someone's getting use out of them. We never donate ratty clothes, all our donated items are in very good shape and in working order. I doubt we'll ever have a Zero Based Wardrobe.[/quote] By zero based wardrobe, I didn't mean no clothing over the long term, Just get rid of (almost) all of it and buy just what you need going forward.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Feb 8, 2024
[quote]In a perfect world, we'd only have clothing based on weather conditions. Living naked, doing normal everyday things like shopping, errands, dining, vacationing ... will not happen in our remaining lifetime so we need clothes.I have way too many clothes for a nudist and so does my wife. Being retired, it seems I wear many of the same things over and over again. Some of the items I own are from places we've visited, events we've attended, and I'll wear those on occasion. I have several pairs of pants ranging from Levis to a couple pair of dress pants. I have dress shirts and ties but usually wear a Tommy Bahama camp shirt to most outings.We both go through our closest a couple times a year and donate our clothing to a local thrift shop. I've seen some of my shirts, and a couple of my jackets around town. At least someone's getting use out of them. We never donate ratty clothes, all our donated items are in very good shape and in working order. I doubt we'll ever have a Zero Based Wardrobe.By zero based wardrobe, I didn't mean no clothing over the long term, Just get rid of (almost) all of it and buy just what you need going forward. Then you should have made that clear. Zero means 0![/quote] I was using a parallel to the procedure called 0 based budgeting, where you start with no budget and decide what you really need and have to justify everything that you add. To do this, you would need enough resources to replace necessary clothing and enough advance notice that you would need to dress to have something delivered. Once you have the first set, you could buy more in person.
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StevieLorna
Feb 9, 2024
Being a naturist means you like to be nude.
It does not mean that has to be your only pleasure.
We (well most of us) are normal people who like to do a wide range of things.
I like attending live sport events, live music shows, I like seeing my friends and family, I like going out for dinner and having a drink in the pub. I have clothes for doing all those. Weird I know.
Im still a naturist.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Feb 9, 2024
[quote]Being a naturist means you like to be nude. It does not mean that has to be your only pleasure. We (well most of us) are normal people who like to do a wide range of things. I like attending live sport events, live music shows, I like seeing my friends and family, I like going out for dinner and having a drink in the pub. I have clothes for doing all those. Weird I know. Im still a naturist.[/quote] True. I was not saying that 0 based wardrobe means going without owning clothes, just have exactly what you need but no more. Just like 0 based budgets do not mean closing your department, just eliminating all unnecessary expenses.
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StevieLorna
Feb 9, 2024
Oh, thats ok, I only own cloths I wear.
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EarlD
Feb 9, 2024
[quote]Being a naturist means you like to be nude. It does not mean that has to be your only pleasure. We (well most of us) are normal people who like to do a wide range of things. I like attending live sport events, live music shows, I like seeing my friends and family, I like going out for dinner and having a drink in the pub. I have clothes for doing all those. Weird I know. Im still a naturist.[/quote] Great point too often lost on the nakedness obsessed.
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Tim
Feb 10, 2024
Great timing on this post. I'm cleaning out the closet today. I'm getting close to retirement and basically wear the same thing everyday so I've pretty much eliminated most of my wardrobe already. I've got dress shirts I haven't worn in 10 years and steel toes that I'll never wear again. It sure cuts down on time spent deciding what to wear. And everything goes with jeans.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Feb 10, 2024
[quote]Great timing on this post. I'm cleaning out the closet today. I'm getting close to retirement and basically wear the same thing everyday so I've pretty much eliminated most of my wardrobe already. I've got dress shirts I haven't worn in 10 years and steel toes that I'll never wear again. It sure cuts down on time spent deciding what to wear. And everything goes with jeans.[/quote] When I retired, I got rid of all of my suits, most of my ties and dress shirts, one of my 2 pair of dress shoes and about half of my business casual clothes. Since I got a privacy fence around the pool shortly after, I tosses most of my swimwear. Over the next 2 years, I stopped wearing underwear and undershirts and got rid of all of them. When Covid hit, I stopped going to the gym and started working out nude in the basement, so about half of my gym shorts and sleeveless shirts went. I have emptied 2 drawers and still have room for all of my clothes in my dresser and no longer need to keep put of season clothes in a storage chest. I moved all but 3 pieces of my outerwear from the coat closet to mine. I enjoyed getting rid of clothing so much that I had to be careful to keep enough. Admittedly, my clothing supply has crept up over the last 3 years and it is time for another clean out.
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mnKaig
Feb 15, 2024
I think this activity will be a fun part of my retirement too, which I plan to make happen within the next year. They only require me to be in the office every couple of weeks now and it looks like that will not change, so I am keeping a few of the office-appropriate things, but I could actually begin another round of donations as well. I have a whole storage box of polo shirts that I hardly wore at all last year, so they may as well go. These days you hardly even need that "weddings/funerals" suit, either - which is good, because I'm not even sure mine fits anymore.
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Jan 29, 2025
[quote]Great timing on this post. I'm cleaning out the closet today. I'm getting close to retirement and basically wear the same thing everyday so I've pretty much eliminated most of my wardrobe already. I've got dress shirts I haven't worn in 10 years and steel toes that I'll never wear again. It sure cuts down on time spent deciding what to wear. And everything goes with jeans.[/quote] How much clothing did you keep?
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Tom DOriginal Poster
Jan 29, 2025
[quote]Great timing on this post. I'm cleaning out the closet today. I'm getting close to retirement and basically wear the same thing everyday so I've pretty much eliminated most of my wardrobe already. I've got dress shirts I haven't worn in 10 years and steel toes that I'll never wear again. It sure cuts down on time spent deciding what to wear. And everything goes with jeans. When I retired, I got rid of all of my suits, most of my ties and dress shirts, one of my 2 pair of dress shoes and about half of my business casual clothes. Since I got a privacy fence around the pool shortly after, I tosses most of my swimwear. Over the next 2 years, I stopped wearing underwear and undershirts and got rid of all of them. When Covid hit, I stopped going to the gym and started working out nude in the basement, so about half of my gym shorts and sleeveless shirts went. I have emptied 2 drawers and still have room for all of my clothes in my dresser and no longer need to keep put of season clothes in a storage chest. I moved all but 3 pieces of my outerwear from the coat closet to mine. I enjoyed getting rid of clothing so much that I had to be careful to keep enough. Admittedly, my clothing supply has crept up over the last 3 years and it is time for another clean out.[/quote] Should have mentioned that when I got rid of half of my gym shorts, my wife said that if our grandson didn't spend so much time here in the summer, I could probably get rid of the rest of them. I reminded her that I would still need them for working in the front yard and walking around the neighborhood but admitted thay I would rarely, if ever wear them in the house or back yard unless we had company!
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