Clothing Countdown

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Nov 6, 2020

  [quote]One male couple on another board found they needed so little clothing when they retired that they took the closets out or their house, got rid of their dressers, and kept what little clothing they had on two shelves in the laundry room. They also made an agreement to dress in the laundry room when they were leaving and undress there when they returned and keep the rest or their house completely clothing free.Another male couple on the same board were designing a retirement cabin with no closets and were planning to do the same. They were also planning to give away or destroy all of their work wardrobe and most of their causal clothing. I believe their goal was a total clothing supply of about 20 items for the two of them to share, not counting footwear and outerwear! I wish them luck. It sounds like a dream home to. If I could, I'd keep clothes in the garage with the washer/dryer. That way no clothes would be in the house at all! Arrive home, get undressed, go inside. Easy. Ideally, I wouldn't have any clothes, but the end goal isn't so much a number, but a a point where I barely have enough clothes to make up a load of laundry a month.[/quote] find a place in the garage for the tray of clothes you wear, get rid of everything in your closet except the coats, and your house is clothing free except for outerwear.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Nov 6, 2020

  By the way, the first couple I mentioned later moved to the Canary Islands. They found that it was nude friendly, even in many places that were not officially clothing optional. A wrap was accepted in many places where he couldn't be nude, and when he did have to get dressed he wore a kilt. Last time he posted he only had one pair each of pants and shorts and haven't worn either on over 2 years!

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  Nov 8, 2020

  [quote]By the way, the first couple I mentioned later moved to the Canary Islands. They found that it was nude friendly, even in many places that were not officially clothing optional. A wrap was accepted in many places where he couldn't be nude, and when he did have to get dressed he wore a kilt. Last time he posted he only had one pair each of pants and shorts and haven't worn either on over 2 years![/quote] That's incredible! Very good news indeed. I hope that stays consistent for them. Thank you for the update and the advice on the wardrobe as well.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Nov 8, 2020

  [quote]By the way, the first couple I mentioned later moved to the Canary Islands. They found that it was nude friendly, even in many places that were not officially clothing optional. A wrap was accepted in many places where he couldn't be nude, and when he did have to get dressed he wore a kilt. Last time he posted he only had one pair each of pants and shorts and haven't worn either on over 2 years! That's incredible! Very good news indeed. I hope that stays consistent for them. Thank you for the update and the advice on the wardrobe as well.[/quote] You're welcome. Please let us know if you decide to reduce your clothing supply.

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• ME

  Member

  Nov 9, 2020

  [quote]You're welcome. Please let us know if you decide to reduce your clothing supply.[/quote] Will do! Thank you.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Dec 9, 2020

  [quote]Here's the run down of what I've got. Most of the stuff listed as "(Haven't worn in over a year)" means it's in the closet. I keep most of my clothes in a tray for quick access. It's about the size of two shoe boxes. 1 suit jacket (Haven't worn in over a year) 2 dress slacks (Haven't worn in over a year) 1 suit vest (Haven't worn in over a year)[sweater vest] 3 cargo pants (Retiring one soon, may not need to replace it.)[2] 0 sweat pants[1] 1 swim suits (haven't worn in over 3 years)[2] 2 cargo shorts[3] 0 sleeveless shirts[3] 9 t shirts (Only using about 5 regularly)[10] 5 collared shirts (Haven't worn in over a year)[8] 1 sweaters (Haven't worn in years)[2] 0 sweat shirts 2 Gym Short (2 1/5" inseam. For yard work and neighborhood walks.)[5, 2 - 8'", 2 - 5", 1 - 3", 8" are both wearing out and ill not be replaced} 2 Hot pants (Rarely wear and may not ever again.)[0] 1 crop top (Haven't worn in over a year)[0] 11 socks (Various types) [15ish] 5 coats/jackets and/or hoodies[8] 7 Pairs of shoes and/or boots (wear only 2 pairs regularly, retiring some soon)[7] 2 Hats (Haven't worn in over a year)[2] [2 jeans] Total: 55 Items And plenty of them could be removed apparently! This list doesn't include clothing that was kept for nostalgic purposes and/or are collectable/novelties and will never be worn. (I've been meaning to turn some of those old shirts into wall art.)[/quote] Put my current count next to yours to show that while I have a little more, we are not that different. I have also excluded nostalgia and collectable items as well as band uniforms.

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• ME

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  Dec 11, 2020

  Congratulations on your reduction! That's wonderful. Here's to getting as close to zero as possible!

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Dec 12, 2020

  Mostly a comparison of your clothing supply to mine.
  Amount is little changed since the last time I posted.
  Still seems strange that I have more bottoms than tops even though I wear something above the waist less often.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Dec 12, 2020

  1 suit jacket
  2 dress slacks
  2 cargo pants
  1 sweat pants
  3 swim suits(2)
  7 shorts(8)
  5 sleeveless shirts(3)
  14 t shirts(11)
  10 collared shirts(8)
  2 sweaters
  2 sweat shirts
  (2 jeans)
  Realized I hadn't summarized my current wardrobe for a while, so I have put my current counts in () where they have changed since my last listing.
  2 shorts 3 shirts are going soon which will put me below 40 excluding footwear and outerwear.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Dec 26, 2020

  So now that I have decided not to go back to the gym, I will need fewer pair of gym shorts and have no need of anything longer than 5". Should I toss my remaining 8" gym shorts now or wait until they wear out and not replace them?

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  Olly

  Dec 26, 2020

  Toss them now. You don't need all those shorts. And why not toss the remaining swim suits too?

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Dec 26, 2020

  [quote]Toss them now. You don't need all those shorts. And why not toss the remaining swim suits too?[/quote] While I don't need the swimsuits now, I will need some eventually for 2 reasons. I travel to places where swimwear is required. Our grandson is here a lot in the summer. If I wanted to minimize the total amount of clothing I had at any one time, I could toss my jeans and long sleeve t shirts every spring and swimsuits, dress shorts, and sleeveless shirts every fall, but that would be a waste because I would have to replace them 6 months later.

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  Good77

  Dec 26, 2020

  Use them till you cant use them anymore

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  Good77

  Dec 26, 2020

  0 suit jacket
  0 dress slacks
  0 suit vest
  0 cargo pants
  2 sweat pants
  1 swim suits
  0 cargo shorts
  0 sleeveless shirts
  5 t shirts
  1 collared shirts
  1 sweaters
  0 sweat shirts 20
  1 boxers
  0 Hot pants
  11 socks (Various types)
  5 coats/jackets and/or hoodies
  2 Pairs of shoes and/or boots
  2 Hats
  total= 42

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Dec 26, 2020

  [quote]0 suit jacket 0 dress slacks 0 suit vest 0 cargo pants 2 sweat pants 1 swim suits 0 cargo shorts 0 sleeveless shirts 5 t shirts 1 collared shirts 1 sweaters 0 sweat shirts 20 1 boxers 0 Hot pants 11 socks (Various types) 5 coats/jackets and/or hoodies 2 Pairs of shoes and/or boots 2 Hats total= 42[/quote] If you don't count footwear and hats, which was the way I started this, that would leave you at 17, one of the smallest of anyone. How do you manage with so little clothing overall and especially no pants other than sweats?

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Dec 27, 2020

  [quote]Use them till you cant use them anymore[/quote] In terms of people it is one toss and one keep. The person who voted toss did so 4 times to your one, so I guess he wins.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Dec 27, 2020

  [quote]Use them till you cant use them anymore In terms of people it is one toss and one keep. The person who voted toss did so 4 times to your one, so I guess he wins.[/quote] Checked and you are not members of the other groups that I posted this in. Curious if you would have commented more than once if you could have.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Jan 7, 2021

  [quote]Use them till you cant use them anymore In terms of people it is one toss and one keep. The person who voted toss did so 4 times to your one, so I guess he wins.[/quote] Got 2 more people to say toss, so people count is 3 toss one keep, votes 6 toss 1 keep.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Jan 8, 2021

  [quote]So now that I have decided not to go back to the gym, I will need fewer pair of gym shorts and have no need of anything longer than 5". Should I toss my remaining 8" gym shorts now or wait until they wear out and not replace them?[/quote] 8" shorts are shredded and in the trash. Waited until today so I would have time to destroy them at my leisure , but once I got started, I couldn't help ripping them quickly and getting the pieces in the trash. Ripped up a t shirt too while I was at it. A long sleeve t shirt will go as soon as the weather gets warmer. Don't intend to ever again wear gym shorts with more than a 5" inseam.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Feb 28, 2021

  Went to take a nap the other day and saw that my wife had left a pair of scissors on the bed.
  I was tempted to cut off my clothing but I am close to optimal now so I decided not to.

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  Apr 15, 2021

  One t shirt and light weight hoodie have vanished.
  T shirt was getting old so I was going to toss it soon and not replace it.
  Will probably need to get a lightweight hoodie in the fall.
  Still planning to toss a long sleeved t shirt once I am certain that warmer weather is here to stay until fall.

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  Rotnacke

  May 5, 2021

  I have quite a selection of clothing
  I only wear the minimum amount of clothing to go shopping
  21 tank tops
  20 plus thong underwear
  12 mini skirts, I stopped wearing pants and shorts 2 years ago
  9 pairs flip-flops
  Several caps

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  May 5, 2021

  [quote]I have quite a selection of clothing I only wear the minimum amount of clothing to go shopping 21 tank tops 20 plus thong underwear 12 mini skirts, I stopped wearing pants and shorts 2 years ago 9 pairs flip-flops Several caps[/quote] So you only wear miniskirts and tank tops? How do you handle the cold winters? Do you even own any pants or shorts or shirts with sleeves? Someone on another board posted that he moved to the Canary Islands where the climate is ideal for wearing little or nothing and nudity is allowed in most locations and a wrap will suffice most places where you have to wear something. He did wear a kilt for the rare occasions when he had to be "dressed". The last time he posted he said that he only had one pair each of slacks and shorts and hadn't worn either in over 2 years!

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  Tom DOriginal Poster

  May 5, 2021

  Long sleeve t shirt is gone.
  One LS dress shirt, one SS dress shirt and one collared polo are wearing out and will not be replaced when they go.
  That would still leave me with 2 LS dress shirts, 1 LS and 4 SS collared polos, 7 t's and 3 tanks.
  At some point, I would like to get down to 6 t's and 2 tanks.
  Then I would be balanced with 13 each of items to wear above and below the waist, excluding footwear and outerwear.
  It does seem strange that I have more "tops" than "bottoms" since I only wear one about half as often in warm weather.
  Then again since 13 is an unlucky number, perhaps I should go for 12 of each.

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