Many families are trying to minimize expenses these days. One big cost that can really add up is clothing. It can be tempting to go over budget, especially when new trendy clothes would be so fun to show off at school or work.
You can save major money on clothing for your family without looking like you dress yourselves at the Goodwill. There’s a happy medium between looking lousy and trying to wear designer items all of the time. It doesn’t take as much money as you think to come across as well dressed and express your personality. The following tips can help you save the next time you go clothing shopping for your family:
Stay away from trends. Trends come and go. Inevitably what was hot one day will be seen as ridiculous the next. If you are always following the latest designs to come out of Tokyo or Paris, you’ll end up with an expensive wardrobe you won’t want to wear!
Instead, try to be fashionable and current, wear nice clothing that fit and are good quality, but stick with your own style rather than chasing trends. Otherwise you’ll end up with a closet full of clothes that leave you wondering what you were thinking.
With kids clothing, this translates to avoiding clothes with characters on them. The hot cartoon or movie character from today is old hat next year or even next month. Plus, kids decide quickly that some things they used to like are now ‘too babyish’ for them as they get older. You don’t want their clothing to fall into this category.
Dry cleaning is part of the price of a garment. When you buy a garment that has to be dry cleaned, this greatly increases the cost of wearing that article of clothing. What can seem cheap at the store suddenly becomes pretty expensive over time. Don’t buy clothing that must be dry cleaned.
You should be buying clothing you can take care of adequately at home with a minimum of effort and expense. Use special detergents if you must to help your clothes resist fading, but don’t buy items that have to be washed on special settings, or can only be handwashed and air dried, and so on. Go for easy to care for and durable.
Watch your accessories cost. Each accessory might not cost that much on its own but they really add up. A few well-chosen accessories can add punch to an outfit, but remember the goal is to keep the cost of your clothing purchases to a minimum.
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