How many items of clothing do you have?

yes, i understand that.

my pants and also my tops are really thin in some areas or have already holes so i think they will last longer if i wash them by hand. thats also a reason why i do it.

me too.

i have only two towels and i wash them by hand too. ;-)

 

Thats kinda cool, I must admit. I respect that and I also must say that I haven't the balls to go everywhere the way I would like it. Sometimes I think that I have just to comform to some expectations and/or rules.

For example, I go to lectures barefoot, but I would not attend to the birthday party of my dad without shoes and proper clothes. Just a random example, but I think you get the point.

You really want to go barefoot in winter? (I just read it in another thread.) What about your clothes when it is not summer anymore? What about if they deteriorate even more? Any plans for that?

Sorry, I am just curious ...

 

i am the way i am. i wont conform to what other people think i should be or i should wear. i am glad that you respect that.

yes i will try at least. so i dont need to buy shoes that relieves me in some way. as i said i have strong inhibitions buying new clothes or shoes so i will stick with what i have as long as possible.

i dont think about that in detail. i will try to fix that what needs to be repaired i think. or throw it away. as long as i have at least a pair of pants and a top. but i dont have plans. i dont like to make plans that reach too far in the future. ;-)

 

i dont like plans that go to far in the future because i made the experience that it comes different than you thought most of the time. so i just let it happen.

okay i understand this. your circumstances are very different from mine. i am not travelling much because i have no money to do so. and i doubt that i will go to alaska in my entire lifetime. i really would like to do so. but i dont think it will happen. but perhaps one time. you see i make no plans ;-)

i agree if you want to travel and go to regions like alaska you need functional and durable and warm clothing. barefoot in alaska in winter seems not to be a good idea ;-) and my clothes would not be sufficient i think. yesterday i took a photo of the pants i wear most of the time drying on my selfmade kind of drying rack. just a wooden bar i hang my stuff on with self made hooks. it works ;-)

i live in a city in central europe. not one of the biggest cities but also not small. it happens that we have temperatures of about -10 degrees celsius but that is very rare. when it comes to that a few days in the year i just stay at home ;-) normally in winter it is not freezing cold and when it snows most of the time it melds just on the ground. last winter there was more snow than the years before but i had never to walk in deep snow. it was more a mixture of water and snow and the sidewalks were cleaned from snow most of the time. so barefoot should not be much of a problem i think.

its fun to talk about snow now. ;-) it is really warm here at the moment and i would really like it to be a bit colder ...

 

yes most of the time. there are days when there is more snow but these are rare.

i would not go where a lot of snow is by choice.

yes i understand. when i would go on vacation i would go somewhere where it is warm.

i can imagine. must admit that i am kinda lazy.

nice idea.

i like that. i like this recycling and reusing and donating. why has everything to be new?

i very much like the concept of simple living. if everyone would life a bit simpler we all would have benefits from it i think. my lifestyle perhaps is a bit too simple for most of the people. but everyone should try or at least think about it.

i try to have as little belongings as possible. as said i could do with less clothes than i have now. i also think of it as a challenge to stick with the clothes i have as long as possible. i thought about buying a used coat for winter. but i wont do that. first i looked for coats last week and all i found were too expensive for me or just not my style. second it just feels not right for me. sounds silly maybe. but its like it is. so i will try to come through next winter in my sweater as my only warm piece of clothing (again).

 

Speaking about your pants: how long do you thing will they "work"?

Considering the condition of your pants (see above) that will be quite a challenge!

If you can be picky about it ...

YES.

Good luck. :santa1:

Don't get me wrong. I like your attitude. You have much in common with my girlfriend. Thing is, i don't understand both of you ...

Have a nice weekend!

 

i really dont know. these are the pants i wear most of the time. my other pair of pants is older and has more holes in it. but the reason i dont wear them often is that the waistband is worn out much more so they are very loose and i have to pull them up every few steps when i walk. the blue pants are also worn out at the waistband but not so much so i wear them nearly every day. the fabric is very thin in many places especially in the back so i think i will have to do some repairs soon. i have never learned to sew though. But i think i can repair the bigger holes somehow.

it would be more a challenge to sew them if needed. up to now i have only sewed my shoes a few times with a few stitches but no other things.

i dont know. perhaps i shouldnt be. but now it is summer and warm and i have not much motivation to buy a coat. perhaps i will buy one when it gets colder and if i have enough money to spend.

i hope for a warm winter. ;-) we had warm winters in the past with no snow here in the city and the area. with temperatures like in spring most of the days. then i really dont need more than the sweater. perhaps i will not buy a coat but a used sweater instead. mine is way too small so it looks a bit silly and it is coming apart at some seams. i dont know.

thanks i had. i hope you too.

 

i find that impressive too. dont know what i will wear when (and if) i finish my studies and have to work. but that what you described is quite an inspiration.

i would like to have a job where i can wear whatever i want. but this will not happen i think.

i dont need that kind of stuff. i sleep in panties and maybe one of my tops if its colder in my room. when i go swimming it is with friends in a lake in the outskirts. there i also use panties and top as swimwear. but i dont do that very often. when it comes to other things: i never had gloves or hats or scarfes. and i feel not the need to have such things.

i wont get things for now. on the contrary i threw some things away. yesterday i threw away most of my socks but two pairs. i dont need socks at the moment so i only kept the two pairs without holes. i threw away two panties because they were ripped at the sides and in the crotch area and not wearable anymore. i could also get rid of my black pair of pants but i keep them so that i have one to wear when i wash the blue ones. i also threw away two of my tops. one because the left strap was ripped off and the other one because it was ripped open at the seams at one side. that leaves me with just three tops now (one thin dark red and one light green spaghetti strap top and one thicker black top). enough for me at the moment. at least i can change the top every day when i wash the other in the evening.

i know this must sound strange for "normal people" having tons of clothes. but i really like that i have to get along with very little. not only but especially when it comes to clothes.

 

for most people clothes like mine would only serve as cleaning rags i guess.

i wouldnt want to take these hole-less pants. i like my worn out clothes. the only problem is that all of them will be too worn out soon. but as said for me it is a challange to wear them as long as possible.

it must be very strange for you. i understand that and i cant really explain it. i can only say that i stopped wearing new clothes as a teen about ten years ago. since then i wore only used clothes and the more worn they were the better. i had a lot of arguments with my parents back then but eventually they stopped telling me what to wear and what not. it was not always easy for me in school with my type of "style". i had better clothes in these days than now but in comparision to that what others wore they were always in really bad condition. ripped jeans, broken shoes, holes etc. i also wore things that were too small because i was grown out. but that was what i wanted to wear and i learned to handle bad reactions from other people and things like that. i had not many friends back then but i found real friends.
now i am studying and have even more freedom than in school. i can wear what i want and besides strange looks now and then and explaining that i dont need any help (some people are really nice and take care) now and then i think there will be no bad consequences. i wont be thrown out of university because i wear holey clothes. but i think about what to do when i am finished and need a job. obviously i cant go to interviews or be working in such type of clothes. i will have to conform to "normal" behaviour perhaps even follow a dress code. thinking about that makes me really sad.

they are functional to me. at least i wear them every day so they function dont they?

i must admit i really dont know what to to if the stuff i have now is not wearable anymore. i definitely dont want to buy new clothes. for many reasons but one reason is that i cant stand new clothes or shoes. up to now i just didnt buy anything but i will have to get a few (used) things sometime in the future even if i dont want to. but i dont want to think more about it now.

can you understand me a bit better now? or is that all too strange? sometimes i think nobody can understand me.

 

thanks for your advice. i think i have to look for something like this when (or better short time before) i finish my studies. i really dont want to think about that now. not only (but also) because of the costs. but i will try to get everything used so it maybe will not be so much expensive. but it is much time until then. when all goes okay i will be finished in about 2 years. so i dont have to bother right now.

i very much would like more to have a job where i can wear what i want whatever this is. but that will stay a dream i think.

i admit it is kinda difficult to wear the black pants. with the blue ones it is okay. i am wearing them for such a long time now i got used to it to pull them up before they get too low. it is quite automatic.

i dont really understand the last sentence. sorry i am no native speaker.

have a nice evening!

 

ah okay.

when my pants rip more i will have to deal with it. dont know what i would do exactly but i will find a solution.

about 2 years. no i dont need to do an internship. i would if i would do master studies. but i am for bachelor only.

i think so. but i am happy with that what i have now. so i will buy more things for my wardrobe only if i need. in 2 years or so ;-)

i dont know if you can understand this. i am really curious how it will be barefeet in winter with my falling apart shoes as the only option if it really gets cold. and i like it to have so little clothes i have to get by with. i like it that i have to wear my holey pants everywhere even if it might get a bit embarassing. and i am curious how long my clothes will last. some day i will have to get something to replace on thing or another but i will do that only if there is really no other alternative.

i know that is not normal but thats how i think at the moment.

 

yes maybe. and for some reason i like it to have no alternative to my worn out pants and tops. i cant explain why.