There’s another aspect of this. Y’all are assuming cycling out your wardrobe regularly is “normal” and men are “abnormal” because they don’t. But the reason women cycle out their wardrobe regularly is not because of some universal law that men ignore, it’s because women go through weight fluctuations that render their old clothes unwearable. You’ll hear a woman talk about losing 30 pounds and having to buy new clothes because of that… the fact that women’s fashion includes a lot of form-fitting items (whereas men’s fashion is often looser or more forgiving) certainly contributes to this as well.
I have some items I’ve had for over 20 years I could still wear, because I haven’t had any significant changes in figure in that time… because I’m a guy.
I think the more prominent difference is fashion, and the cultural approach to clothing.
Women are expected to “keep up” with the latest trend, and are influenced to dress like the celebrities and influencers they see. When my wife and I go back and look at pictures of ourselvelves, my wife can guess the year by the waistline of the jeans she’s wearing. Meanwhile I’m always there in the same jeans, with the same styles of t-shirts, buttoned-shirts, flannels, or thermal shirts depending on the formality and temperature of the occasion.
Yes, as a woman that does not like shopping, I still have to buy clothes more often than my boyfriend. Even with a relatively stable weight (+/- 3 kilos over the years) clothes stretch out and loose form, which makes the fit bad. The shirts that survive are the shirts with a more boyish loose cut, the form-fitting stuff looks bad after a while.
That said, I do put them in the home/nightwear category until significant holes appear or they don’t feel comfy anymore.
There’s another aspect of this. Y’all are assuming cycling out your wardrobe regularly is “normal” and men are “abnormal” because they don’t. But the reason women cycle out their wardrobe regularly is not because of some universal law that men ignore, it’s because women go through weight fluctuations that render their old clothes unwearable. You’ll hear a woman talk about losing 30 pounds and having to buy new clothes because of that… the fact that women’s fashion includes a lot of form-fitting items (whereas men’s fashion is often looser or more forgiving) certainly contributes to this as well.
I have some items I’ve had for over 20 years I could still wear, because I haven’t had any significant changes in figure in that time… because I’m a guy.
Don’t lose weight then, so there won’t be need to buy more clothes
I don’t think women just naturally oscillate between +/- 30 lbs?
It’s more cultural I’d argue. You can design clothes so that it’s adjustable.
I think the more prominent difference is fashion, and the cultural approach to clothing.
Women are expected to “keep up” with the latest trend, and are influenced to dress like the celebrities and influencers they see. When my wife and I go back and look at pictures of ourselvelves, my wife can guess the year by the waistline of the jeans she’s wearing. Meanwhile I’m always there in the same jeans, with the same styles of t-shirts, buttoned-shirts, flannels, or thermal shirts depending on the formality and temperature of the occasion.
I have lots of stuff from my youth as a woman. I still wear my prom dress lol.
I’m a man. I went from 220 pounds on the vodka diet to quitting booze for a while. I lost 50 pounds.
The dope Japanese jeans I bought forever ago fit!
Yes, as a woman that does not like shopping, I still have to buy clothes more often than my boyfriend. Even with a relatively stable weight (+/- 3 kilos over the years) clothes stretch out and loose form, which makes the fit bad. The shirts that survive are the shirts with a more boyish loose cut, the form-fitting stuff looks bad after a while.
That said, I do put them in the home/nightwear category until significant holes appear or they don’t feel comfy anymore.