Fashion + Beauty
Monday, December 7, 2009
How Long Do You Wait To Wear New Clothes?
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I have this friend, let's
call her M, for whom new clothes are sacred. So sacred in fact
she's compelled to wait several days, if not weeks, before
wearing them. I think this has to do with prolonging the shopping
high. Or maybe it's about deferring the pleasure that comes
with wearing a brand new outfit. It's pretty alien behavior to
me either way.
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I'm the person who might even walk out of the store wearing
whatever I've just bought, or will come home and immediately
put on a new garment just to waltz around the house (part of my
gripe about
having rubber soles put on a new pair of shoes is that it gets
in the way of my instant gratification). But maybe
waiting-before-wearing is a more common phenomena than I'd have
thought. I'm curious: anyone out there with my friend M, or are
you guys as impatient as I am?
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Posted by hey you Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:31am PDT
i bought a shirt yesterday and i have it on now......
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Posted by hskrfn24 Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:38am PDT
I wait until the next time I go out. If it's work clothes, I wait until I actually get ready for work (hair and makeup both done).
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Posted by martza Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:38am PDT
i ususaly try not to take so long bcuz if i do i wont like it and il regret buying
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Posted by queenjen Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:40am PDT
I pretty much wear new things right away. I'm obsessive about it. 5 new shirts, I know what I'm wearing next week to work. Case in point: my new shoes I ordered arrived yesterday and they are on my feet today.
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Posted by Melvin Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:12am PDT
well i understand "m" i have things i`ve had for weeks at a tyme jus looking at it lol...
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Posted by Ella Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:18am PDT
it depends, one time I bought these shirts and forgot about them and wore them a year later when I found them under a pile of laundry lol this tends to happen a lot so I just try to wash them and then wear it that week
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Posted by Sheelah N Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:26am PDT
I will wait, maybe a few days, especially if i'm waiting for a warm sunny day to wear wear a new skirt or a cool day to show off a new sweater. Sometimes i wait til i've had a manicure or freshly trimmed 'do and I'm having a good hair day.
Mostly i think its because new outfits make me feel good and when I feel good I want to look good from head to toe.
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Posted by Shivers Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:30am PDT
I totally understand 'M'. I don't know why i do it, but sometimes when I buy new things i want to 'save' them. For what I dont know...but i think it really is about prolonging that high you get from shopping. However, I'm not that bad...I probably wait a week as long as I have an appropriate event to wear the new things to ie work or casual wear.....if i bought something nice and fancy then i could go months without wearing the particular item - but in this case usually i bought that item for a particular event coming up and dont want to wear it before the event.
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Posted by Halle Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:32am PDT
I take forever! lol. I like to save something for a special occasion so i feel like i always have something to wear.
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Posted by misty Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:55am PDT
For the regular things, like tshirts or jeans, I wear them within the next two days. For nicer, more expensive clothes, like my william rast jeans or alberta ferretti blouses, I leave things in my closet for seemingly forever. I have a D&G dress bought a year and a half ago that I still haven't worn, and don't plan on wearing anytime soon. When I see something fantastically pretty, or so reduced/on sale I'd pine over the lost opportunity to buy it that I buy it anyway and wait for a good occasion. Also, it's good incentive to remain the same weight when you know you've invested money into a size.
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