[HN Gopher] Why I've tracked every single piece of clothing I've...
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       Why I've tracked every single piece of clothing I've worn for three
       years
        
       Author : gaws
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2024-09-25 17:01 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | herunan wrote:
       | Love it.
       | 
       | This is such a fun way of visualising your everyday life. Of
       | course, being data-driven may not always be the right answer for
       | everything, but it will at least help you make more conscious
       | decisions.
       | 
       | I can guarantee I have a blazer or two in my wardrobe with a much
       | higher Cost Per Wear than the author's ones due to lack of use.
        
       | nacho-daddy wrote:
       | I love that the author took the time to collect and plot his own
       | data. And this was 2020? In 3 years my washing machine should be
       | able to do this.
        
       | n4r9 wrote:
       | I did a double-take at the 3.5k Euro spend per year on clothing.
       | My own spending is probably 2-3 orders of magnitude smaller. But
       | then I saw how many shoes they own, and the fact that they have a
       | summer house where at least one pair resides. This person lives
       | differently to me.
        
         | distances wrote:
         | > and the fact that they have a summer house where at least one
         | pair resides. This person lives differently to me.
         | 
         | He seems to live in Finland. It's a sparsely populated country
         | covered in forests and with an abundance of lakes[0] which has
         | led to a quite democratic summer house culture. It's completely
         | normal even among working class to own a summer house by a
         | lake.
         | 
         | There's of course variation. A large summer house close to
         | population centers will be more expensive than a plain one,
         | more remote, and/or not by a water body.
         | 
         | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Finland
        
           | n4r9 wrote:
           | Thanks, didn't know that. Still, the guy is spending wild
           | amounts of money on clothing. Eur442 per year on shoes? I
           | spend maybe PS30-50 on an everyday pair that'll last me a
           | couple of years. I also have a couple of pairs of dress
           | shoes, hiking boots, running shoes, and lifting shoes, but
           | all of those have been going for 5-10 years.
        
             | distances wrote:
             | Yep, it wouldn't make sense for me to do this tracking
             | either. It would just show me wearing one pair until it has
             | holes in the soles. But I do acknowledge there are lots of
             | people who are more enthusiastic about shoes than I am.
        
               | n4r9 wrote:
               | Sure. I guess it's interesting how differently people can
               | interpret the phrase "buy what you need".
        
       | cafard wrote:
       | I found the turnover rate of tee shirts surprising. I imagine
       | that my tee shirts get 40 or 45 wears per year, and I very rarely
       | replace them.
        
         | Molitor5901 wrote:
         | I wear them until they have holes and then use them as shop
         | rags, etc.
        
       | Molitor5901 wrote:
       | Wow. I buy one pair of jeans per year, I now have three pairs.
       | This year I've bought exactly 2 t-shirts on vacation in Spain. I
       | cannot imagine spending so much on clothing, that just seems..
       | overkill. Where do you put it all???
        
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