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Cost to maintain professional wardrobe?
I am curious what is a typical annual budget for maintaining a professional wardrobe? I work in a office that requires business attire. I don't have to wear a suit, my my typical outfit is a pencil skirt, long sleeve button-down shirt and closed-toe shoes. I am estimating my annual expenditures between clothes and shoes to be around $1000. What do you think, is this high or low? (for those who may say it depends on location-I do most shopping online from my favorite retailers.) TIA!
Re: Cost to maintain professional wardrobe?
I think it's doable. I honestly have never calculated how much I have spent on just office wardrobe. I do shop at Ann Taylor, Loft and BR but mostly buy final sale items. If you stick with classic shapes, you can build a nice wardrobe overtime, I have suits from 6-7 years ago that I still wear. I strongly suggest that you start by just a few basics then add on little things. I know pp mentioned winter coats, etc, but honestly you don't need to buy a winter coat every year if you buy one high quality coat.
To maintain a professional wardrobe, that's probably adequate.
To establish it, I've been spending about $1500 a year for the past 2 years. That $3k has bought me maybe 20 blouses, 20 cardigans, 8 pencil skirts, 10 sheath dresses, 5 pairs of heels. I've spent another $1k on suits. (About 85% of my wardrobe comes from sales at BR and AT.) Now in my third year, I'm starting to slow down in purchases and am buying more fun things, though there are still a couple basic items missing from my wardrobe that I haven't been able to find at a price I'm willing to pay.
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I think it depends on where you shop. I think $1000 is too high.
I worked in a business environment where it was "encouraged" to wear a suit, but you could wear attire like what you mentioned above.
My wardrobe is a mixture of Ann Taylor Loft, Banana Republic, Limited, Express, Kohls, Old Navy, Gap, etc. I also shopped outlets.
In 2010 (pregnant last year...) I probably spent $500 if even on new clothes. I typically bought staples for bottoms, and then purchased new accessories and shirts to mix/match.
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