What I boughtsocks don't count, so anything i talk about excludes them
I started keeping a google sheet with everything I buy in it this year:
spent a few min the other day breaking it down by category:
(click through for the full size for both of these if they're too small for you)
aside from 2nd/3rd pairs of sneakers I already own as backups (and socks), I've bought 26 things. looking at my grailed + the handful of stuff I've sold on ebay, I've been given money to part with near 40 items. add in the amount of things that I've let go of for free and I'm at least -25 items this year.
That feels pretty successful.
Aside from a cap, one of the aforementioned backup pairs of sneakers, and a $45 tee shirt, I didn't buy anything of significance for the first 4 months of the year. That's as close to no cop as I ever want to/will get. I'm going to do that again this spring.
What I liked/dislikeMore importantly, I added a bunch of clothes now that I wear all the time to my wardrobe, and got rid of a lot of detritus.
The best things i bought are probably the FCRB tiempos (2 pairs):
Veilance voronoi pants and ACR Lunar force 1s (2 pairs):
and then the veilance graph sweat and descente down cardigan (don't have pics of either of these)
I've only gotten rid of 1 thing I bought this year so far (an illustrated example tee) and that just turned out to be not a great tee shirt, so really there's not been anything that stood out as a bad move.
Spending $720 on a piece of outerwear that's unlined, uninsulated, heavy, obscenely stiff, and not waterproof at all instead of a winter parka with a removable liner was probably a dumb call but whatever, it makes me happy.
General thoughts on my wardrobe this yearI started the year with like 8 pairs of pants , sold 5, and bought 1. I really, really want a pair of tan/beige pants but its been hard to find the right ones (mentioned this here: and that was like 15 months ago) so I haven't gotten any yet. having bought voronois in black I don't really want to settle so I'll just wait until they finally come back.
I really like my pants though, and I feel like I have more options with the 4 that I have than I did when i had twice as many. Not owning jeans has been very satisfying. The few times I've wanted someone's jeans (
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22&p=41045&hilit=jeans#p41045) it was mostly the fit i liked, not the pants themselves.
I don't really know what direction to go in with regards to shirting. spent a ton of time looking at stuff this year and only bought 2 and I still feel like there's holes in what I have.
I didn't buy it this year but my arcteryx conveyor belt is the probably the piece of clothing I've worn the most of anything I've ever owned
I like how I looked pretty much every day
2016 just continue with what I'm doing
proper overhaul of tees and a review of shoes
one more jungle shirt
more veilance: winter coat, pants, bomber, another sweat(?), another shirt(?)
better sunglasses and swim trunks
ski more/ski harder
less time on the internet
bigger apartment
faster horses
same woman (love)
older whiskey
negligibly more money