One dress too many....

if i feel naughty when i get married, i'd recommend to wifey the following answers based on your questions there Van.. Question 1 - none Question 2 - none Question 3 - for at least until the next sale season.. Question 4 - blue hippo Question 5 - one

well, I don't wear dresses, I think I have one, it has giraffes on it - if I go to a party, I wear pants

Oh Vandana! I am the worng person to answer this question because I am known for my wardrobe and my saree collection.I do not have count of them . THis is my one weak spot but because I have my own money to spend and am not dependent on anyone else, noone minds it. I like to wear good sarees and even what I wear at home are quite decent.But to the question how long they last they last for an inordinatley long time [ranging from 5 to 30 years.]I still have some sarees that I bought before 1986 .I keep these for home wear; they are still good and there is no question of changing fashions here because they are branded synthetic sarees like Bombay dyeing or Garden sarees.On the other hand my husband would keep only the necessary shirts or pants. I am terrible but I have no qualms about this. I do not feel guilty because I love to wear new attractive sarees and otherwise I do not spend money on any frivolous item. YOu need not feel guilty too.You can afford them; noone is paying for them.YOu have enough savings. THen why bother?

hello vandana, I think you are really different. Nowadays many women are having hundreds of dresses. I think you can much more than what you have. After all life is short and we have to enjoy it to the fullest. Now you can afford to buy more dresses, I think. My dresses can last for about 6 months. I usually have about 10 sets of pant and shirt for outing purpose. I have many dresses to wear at home. In fact no number is too many as long as you can afford to it... Why women have more dresses than men at every home? any ideas?

Aunt, I don't have anything to contribute to this topic personally, but here's a general observation. It seems that the fashion of last time are coming of trend back nowadays. If I think it correct, it has always been about retro styling being modified.. there's no originality so much..more towards modification and improvisation.. Eg: Bell bottom jeans, the bee-hive hair-do, that 60s make-up for the ladies, skinny jeans, tucked in shirts with retro long-sleeved casual smarts and many more.

Let me see how i can answer this for you to understand me, Vannie. 1. I don't have any dresses in my cupboard. 2. None 3. They don't last as i don't have any to last. 4. 1 dress is too many for me. 5. I DON'T WEAR DRESSES. TATA

I wear only sarees now. Sarees keep coming to me from my children, relatives, when they visit, for functions of relatives and close friends, husband of course, and for Deepavali, it is our custom to buy new saree. So, whether I need or not, sarees keep coming. I do re-rotate some of them. But my children insist that I should wear myself, whatever they have given me. My daughter has kept a habit of giving five sarees per year to me. Whenever I visit her or meet her anywhere, I should wear a new saree, that is her condition. She says give old sarees to servant and poor people and wear new sarees. Last year I gave 15 sarees to my cousin, who is economically weak. I must have 8 pure silk sarees, 10 costly party wear sarees, around 8 cotton sarees for summer, 10 artificial silks to wear for outings, 8 for house wear. This year also 15 will go for charity or help. So reduce that number from this. We ladies require different types of sarees for different occasions unlike gents, who can wear anything for any occasion. Hence we need more dresses than male family members.

There is no such thing as too many dresses unless there are hungry mouths to feed and no money to buy clothes. I do not wear a dress very often, but I have 2 or 3. Mostly I wear 2-piece outfits when I dress up, but most of the time I do not have to dress up. Then I pretty much live in blue jeans and T-shirts. Here is a picture of the kind of blouse I like to wear when I go somewhere that blue jeans might be inappropriate. I would wear that kind of blouse with a skirt or over a basic black dress, either way: http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/Bealls/102-3309-0520-22-yyy?$product$ I like skirts and blouses better than a dress because they can mix and match.

Technically... I don't wear dresses much, mostly pants and blouses or t-shirts. I have things that go back a long way (but sadly they don't fit me any more)...

Hi Vandy! I am somewhat like Oshy! I like those Gypsy flowing long skirts, although I hardly ever wear even those anymore! I also wear mostly shorts or capris (pants somewhere between midcalf and below the knee) in Summer and jeans and sweatpants in Winter to stay warm! In the US it sometimes isn't about style! I haven't worn a dress in years! Too many, in fact to count! We just don't have reasons here for them! I am on Disability, no longer work (I wore skirt suits when I did) and hardly even go out of the house much these days! So, haven't bought a real dress in many years! Things are very different here in the US! Much more casual as Mental Ward explained!

vandana! Like you, I too won't spend much on dresses. I just have five set of dresses in total, of which two is for functions and three for regular use. And I use to purchase new dresses, once in a year. And I don't care about fashions. I stuck up with my college days and I see it more comfortable. For me, more than ten set of dresses is too many.

Hi Vandanaji I have some 20 pairs in total, they are full pant, full sleeve, half sleeve shirts, T shirts and paijama-kurtas , i use them all, while in home i prefer just 'lungi and sandow'.. But my wife has more than 200 sarees, some are very costly, the Sambalpuri silk sarees are speciality of my city Sambalpur, may cost upto 50,000 , depending upon hand woven patterns and fineness, many of the sarees she has, are just worn once or twice, no chance to wear in futute, she is quarreling with me since last 4 days to get another for the coming Sabitry amawas festival, she will be fasting for me.. I have to bring one, no way out.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Professor

Hi vandana7, When i was young i used to have very limited dresses about 15 dresses i feel out of 15 dresses i used to wear only 10 dresses to college. 5 dresses which are more good those i used to keep for party/functions/marriages wear. Those time we are fully satisfied with all the dresses coz i used to use it fully. And my father and mother also very strict about each and everything, they don't want to waste money simply buying clothes and keep it in safe which are kept as useless. Now after my marriage i have many clothes since i used to go for a job and i feel to wear daily one dress which looks elegant. That time i don't have party wear or house wear difference, only at the night i am wearing night dress. Now after passing on days my clothes got added to it more. Now i have more than 70 dresses / sarees. I will give it off to some one servant/redcross/church or needy people when i get bore to wear it. Still i have 70 dresses as of now. At present i am not doing any job since i have a small child, simply sitting in the home so i will keep only 10 dresses for daily wear. I will be changing them once in 3 months. All other nice clothes are in the wardrobe simply getting old. I feel all the time i should not buy whenever i go for a shopping, everytime i will tell to myself this is the last time, and i will repeating the same mistake when any festival comes, again i will purchase. I will not understand is it necessary to purchase clothes for each festival. This become an habit.

No according to me one dress is not for every ocassion because every dres have a code to wear in a particular time so aacording to one dress cannot be work for many family ocassion if suppose you wear a party dress in a deadth ocassion then what impression goes to other so onr dress cannot work for many ocassion.

1. I have maybe 5 dresses right now. I do not go out to places where a dress would be more appropriate than anything else so I don't need many. 2. About 3 of these dresses I wear at home. Normally, I wear shorts or slacks but occasionally wear a dress in the summer when it's very hot. These dresses are light cotton. 3. My dresses can last many, many years. I try to buy basic dresses with very little "style", like the basic black dress. I will add a jacket, belt or other embellishments to alter the look of the dresses so it is like I have many more dresses than just a few. 4. (You called this one #5) I think it's entirely up to the individual to decide how many are too many. It will depend on how often you go out, attend functions where a dress would be more appropriate, wearing dresses to work, what you are more comfortable wearing while at home. I do not work because of disabilities. I do a lot of gardening so dresses are not very appropriate or comfortable. Shorts and a blouse are much more comfortable while I'm doing my gardening. Also, my husband is very close to being a hermit. He doesn't like going out much at all and we rarely have dinners or parties at our house so there is really very little need (or desire) for me to wear dresses. It's only when it is very hot outside that I like wearing dresses around the house because they are looser with more air flow and nothing constricting around my waist.

I don't count how many dresses do I have in my wardrobe but I am pretty sure that my closet is overcrowded with it. When I was younger I used to wear hand me downs from my sister. But when I started working and earning on my own, I started buying clothes that I really like. Some are expensive that lasted for almost 5 years, some are not so expensive and ended up as homewears after years of wearing them. I also have dresses that I don't bother to wear again after the first time but, I still keep them.I have so many homewears because I tend to get really sweaty and dirty when doing the chores so I have to change more often. Despite of this, I don't feel guilty.I bought and worn them in good purpose and not just for the sake of spending for something that I don't really need.