Wednesday, June 24, 2009

work fashion math.

i haven't done one of these in a while, but then again my work outfits are more formulaic than they are interesting. i hate spending money on work clothes, even though they constitute like 71% of my weekly outfits. i end up wearing the same things, i just rotate tops and bottoms. so theoretically in order to have 260 completely different outfits, one for each workday for a year, the minimum you would need is maybe 10 bottoms and 26 shirts, or 13 bottoms and 20 shirts. and say you owned 5 sweaters, you would need even less than that - maybe 5 bottoms and just 10 or 11 shirts! but that would mean doing laundry more than once a month, and that's just not happening in my world...





kind of makes you wonder at how much stuff we are all amassing needlessly...
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  1. Sales Rack RaiderJune 25, 2009 at 3:43 AM

    Hehe...I like the math. I don't have time to do laundry either (or I'd get too lazy).

    I think I have enough work clothes except for suits. I would have thought that 5 suits would be enough, but when some of them are at the dry cleaners and it's a (rare) week when I have to wear them almost daily, the rotation starts to get thin.

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  2. PrincessImp.June 26, 2009 at 12:13 AM

    I suck at maths. That's my excuse :)

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  3. j.June 26, 2009 at 9:02 AM

    very simple and chic. i love it! ive purged my closet of all the stuff i never really wear and it scared me how much clothing i own.

    ps

    i hate math.. even the fashion kind. lulz.

    xx

    V

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  4. Lindsay @ A Walk in the ClosetJune 26, 2009 at 1:59 PM

    you have great work outfits! i'm still trying to find my 'groove'.

    i have the best of intentions when walking into a clothing store. the shopping list is always very simple:

    1) sweaters
    2) dress pants
    3) non-denim pants (khakis, cords, etc.)
    4) basic belts

    unfortunately, i always end up walking out with what i WANT, not what i need. my closet is still only 10% work clothes even though i'm at the office almost more than home!

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  5. prettyJune 26, 2009 at 6:06 PM

    I am starting a summer job in a couple of weeks where I have to wear 'business attire' 4 days a week. Argh!
    A week or so ago I purchased a couple of cheap shirts from Uniqlo but now I realise I really need some cotton trousers like the ones in your photo. Thanks for this and the previous post, they have been really heplful in formulating a sort of idea of what clothes I could buy which would work next month and afterwards when I revert to studenty clothes again. xx

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