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how much is the most you have paid for an item of clothing?

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    #62
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    I'm torn really (pun intended!) - I mean, if I had the money or had won the lotto dont get me wrong I would love a wardrobe or 2 of nice decent priced clothes and shoes and trainers etc but 3 issues at the moment for me,

    1 is that I just havent got the money to spend on decent higher priced clothing (I am not playing the poor mouth or asking people to feel sorry for me its just the way things are at the moment, things are not financially good and loads of other things have to be paid for like bills, food and general day to day living and I can think if i do have €80 to spare of spending it on something more exciting than jeans/clothes)

    and another thing is that I have had a lifetime and been brought up from a young age of hand me downs from older siblings , charity shop clothes and cheap supermarket garments and never had any designer clothes or labels - so if I did start suddenly to wear expensive clothes there would be quite a bit of adjustment to get used to

    But i dare say I would like how the more expensive clothes would fit better IE I should imagine if you paid a decent amount for a pair of jeans they would look better on a person rather than a cheap pair of jeans - And i do say sometimes it makes a person feel different in the way they feel generally - like sometimes when I do dress up smart it makes me feel confident and clean and smart and makes a nice change and does definately make you feel better i say


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    #63
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    €4100 on a Tom Ford suit.

    you could buy a decent secondhand Ford escort car for that! :eek:


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    #64
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    ED E wrote: »
    Are you sure you aren't Andy From Cavan not Andy From Sligo?

    thats wasted on me - i dont get it :)


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    #65
    StillThinking
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭StillThinking


    Wedding dress cost me 15 quid, most I spend is on Dr Marten's, new pair every 5 years or so and cost about 100


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    #66
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    I tend to wear cheaper clothes because I'll wear something maybe twice and I'm done with it. Sometimes I won't even wear it at all. I'd rather spend my money on an investment piece like shoes or a bag or something I know I'll wear a lot.
    I bought a pair of Freddie's back in March, 116 I think I paid for them but I've worn them probably more than anything else I own.

    If I'm going somewhere nice I don't mind spending a lot on a nice dress, but for every day clothes? Meh. Could be pennies, river island, topshop, Asos, boohoo.
    I don't wear jeans a lot, more of skirts and dresses kinda girl but 50/60 would be reasonable. Nice top, 40/50 would be reasonable, coat 100ish, tshirt 25ish, dresses, depends on the occasion, going out dresses could be between 20 up to 80/90 depending where I was going. Dresses for a wedding, usually a little bit more but I'd spend more money on a dress if I really loved it.

    Makeup is what sucks my money outta me. Between makeup, brushes and skin care products it probably costs me 200ish every 6/8 weeks. I'd spend more on my face than on bags clothes shoes or jewellery


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    #67
    Ragnar Lothbrok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Ragnar Lothbrok


    ED E wrote: »
    Are you sure you aren't Andy From Cavan not Andy From Sligo?
    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    thats wasted on me - i dont get it :)

    Cavan people = notorious for being careful with money?


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    #68
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    Most expensive item I have bought was a suit for about €600.
    Have spent €400 on a coat and my wallet cost €350 but that was a gift.

    At the same time I will buy something for 50c off a market stall if I like the look of it.


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    #69
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »
    Cavan people = notorious for being careful with money?

    ah right - hadnt heard that meself :)


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    #70
    Ragnar Lothbrok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Ragnar Lothbrok


    On the subject of whether cost = quality:

    Friend of mine worked in the old Sunbeam factory in Cork many years ago. They made woollen jumpers amongst other clothing items. Apparently they had two large machines (looms?) both producing EXACTLY the same jumpers. When finished, the jumpers off "Loom No. 1" had the Sunbeam tag sewed in, the jumpers off "Loom No. 2" had the St. Bernard's (ie Dunnes Stores) tag sewn in. No difference at all, except that the Sunbeam tagged jumpers sold for £40, while the Dunnes Stores jumpers sold for a tenner.

    There's a lot of clothes snobbery about.


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    #71
    osarusan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,545 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    I just remembered that I bought a Hugo Boss suit second hand in Oxfam for about 30 euros, and looked it up later online, and it would have cost about 400 euros new.


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    #72
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,220 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    €500 on an All Saints Winter coat, €650 on a watch.

    €100 on a few shirts.


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    #73
    D0NNELLY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭D0NNELLY


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    lovely stripey effect one as well, think it even came with a tie in the packet for free, got it from Heatons I think - its a bleeding shirt at the end of the day innit :)

    Not sure i follow.. do you think all clothes should be 10 to 15 quid? Are you genuinely surprised there's jeans n shirts out there for 50 quid plus?


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    #74
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    Anyone feel guilty for paying a huge amount on an item of clothing when there are people starving and homeless and in poverty? Just asking like. Or do you just feel guilty for spending a lot after you have bought the expensive item(s) full stop?

    No, not one bit. I have worked since I left school in 1988, I have paid tax on every cent of those earnings. I have never claimed dole/social welfare, ever. Anything I ever bought was with money I earned myself. Why should I feel guilty about it????


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    #75
    TPD
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    A suit at 350ish. Other than that, maybe some 100ish shoes? Tempted to splurge 800-1000 on a bespoke wool winter coat.


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    #76
    Ragnar Lothbrok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Ragnar Lothbrok


    TPD wrote: »
    A suit at 350ish. Other than that, maybe some 100ish shoes? Tempted to splurge 800-1000 on a bespoke wool winter coat.

    For some reason, I just love the word "bespoke" :)


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    #77
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    No, interwoven wool.

    Never rated Tom's duds.


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    #78
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    different strokes for different folks but if I get a little gadget for around €80 I would have more excitement and wow factor out of that than buying a new pair of jeans.

    If I had €650 quid for a shiny new laptop I would find that much more exciting than a watch

    Now that Tom Ford Suit @ €4000 would buy me a lovely (essential) motor car!


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    #79
    Tauriel
    Registered Users Posts: 30,339 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    €360 for a pair of New Rock boots. Loved them so much that I went away and bought another 4 pairs.

    And before anyone takes issue with me spending that much on boots, I will say the same thing that I said to aunts and uncles, I don't drink and I don't smoke, so I deserve to treat myself every now and again.


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    #80
    moc moc a moc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭moc moc a moc


    livedadream wrote: »
    did tom ford come with the suit?

    I bet he came when he got the cheque


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    #81
    Fuzzytrooper
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 896 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fuzzytrooper


    About three fiddy'


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    #82
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    mustang shelly wrote:
    ... I don't drink and I don't smoke, so I deserve to treat myself every now and again.
    Very valid point you can indeed blow a fortune on smoking and drinking without batting an eyelid!


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    #83
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    Jrop wrote: »
    €85 on my wedding dress
    €900 on a designer handbag

    €20,000 on the divorce


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    #84
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,774 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Paid a grand for a made to measure suit for my wedding.

    I don't mind spending a few quid on nice gear. I do find that some of the more expensive stuff lasts well and washes well also.


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    #85
    The flying mouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭The flying mouse


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    thats wasted on me - i dont get it :)

    FYP :D:p

    People from this county are allegedly especially flinty and careful with their money.

    - Where does a Cavan father bring his kids on Christmas Eve?
    To Santa’s grave.

    - Why does a Cavan man get married in a farmyard? So the hens can eat the rice.

    - How was the Grand Canyon formed? A Cavan man dropped a nickel down a rabbit hole.

    - A Cavan man and his wife were at the fair and a pilot was offering a free flight to anyone who would stay quiet while he did loop the loops in the small plane. If they screamed it would cost $50.

    - The Cavan couple climbed on board and the pilot did his worst to complete silence from the back of the plane.

    - Finally he landed and he complimented the Cavan man on the two-way radio for staying quiet.
    “Ah now, I nearly shouted when the wife fell out," the Cavan man replied.


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    #86
    Larry SR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭Larry SR


    Spent a fortune through the years on clothes. First started earning decent money in the Celtic Tiger years so had no problem spending over €200 on a Paul and Shark polo shirt for example.
    More reserved these days but when I do buy 'clobber' I still like to buy well. The only non designer name clothes in my wardrobe are from Marks and Spencer and I rate them highly.


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    #87
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    my wife bought me a Hugo Boss shirt once .... from a Charity Shop - are they dear normally? - its was nice, but nothing to write home about


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    #88
    The Backwards Man
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    Spent £300 on a burgundy Selfridges parka when I was fifteen. Went on a school trip to Southern Holland and us kids spent the night in a gay nightclub (we didn't know at the time) whilst the teachers looking after us fooked off to a casino. Woke up in the hotel the next morning wearing a cheap wine body warmer and a bottle of Malibu in the ass pocket of my jeans.

    My Mammy near killed me for losing that coat.


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    #89
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    ... a bottle of Malibu in the ass pocket of my jeans.....

    glad you finished it with ".. pocket of my jeans" :D


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    #90
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    I tried a shirt on in a shop yeeeears ago.

    One of those shop names ya cant pronounce without 2 or 3 goes.

    It looked well, felt well, fit well and yer one in the shop said I looked great in it......she was well trained!

    She said it was on sale and since I already had it on I thought, fcuk it. Sold.

    She went behind the counter and hit a few buttons and said "€180 please, down from €250".

    Stone faced with no flinching I just handed her my bank card.....all I could hear inside my head was "Ha, she got you good fcukface....fcccccuuuuukkkkk".

    Was a lovely shirt though. Ah good times.


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    #91
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »
    I tried a shirt on in a shop yeeeears ago.

    One of those shop names ya cant pronounce without 2 or 3 goes.

    It looked well, felt well, fit well and yer one in the shop said I looked great in it......she was well trained!

    She said it was on sale and since I already had it on I thought, fcuk it. Sold.

    She went behind the counter and hit a few buttons and said "€180 please, down from €250".

    Stone faced with no flinching I just handed her my bank card.....all I could hear inside my head was "Ha, she got you good fcukface....fcccccuuuuukkkkk".

    Was a lovely shirt though. Ah good times.

    Bargain! :D - should have bought 2 ....


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