How many dresses do you have?

April

Everyday dresses -- not counting ball gowns or anything you ever wore as a bridesmaid.

I'm trying to get a sense of just how many dresses our "frock girls" have in rotation. I love the ease of dresses but it seems that one would have to own a fair number of them to make them a wardrobe mainstay.

Confession: until I found YLF, I didn't own one. Single. Dress.

15 years ago

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Isabel

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I LOVE dresses and where them often in the summer. I have 8 summer dresses and 2 winter dresses. I have 4 dress up dresses. And I even have 3 bathing suit cover up dresses. I am thinking of getting one more summer dress. ( I have a fair number of skirts too. )

15 years ago

marianna

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I'm not a frock girl. I have zero in rotation, and three orphans in my closet.

15 years ago

chewyspaghetti

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Not counting tunics, I have 14. 4 of which are transitional weather dresses, the others are strictly summer. I am hunting for more, though. I spend 90% of my time in dresses in the summer.
The crazy thing is that all but four of those have been bought in the last couple of months.

15 years ago

cciele

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Uh, apparently I have a lot. I have
- 2 dresses that are short enough to be tunics
- 1 beach cover-up
- 14 "regular" dresses
- 9 dressier ones (a few which are pre-YLF and too long)

Where'd all those come from?

15 years ago

Maya

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Hmm, I don't have nearly as many as I would like.

-One shirt dress
-One LBD
-Dressy LBD that I just bought today
-Mod mini frock that I also bought today
-Yellow Shiny dress
-Patterned jersey Maggy London dress, which I am thinking of tossing

I'm not counting tunics since they are mostly worn the same way as regular shirts.

I also have a B&W checked dress, purple print dress, and a green drapey front knot dress, but they are in my donate pile right now for various reasons.

I saw the most adorable dresses in UO today, which are not currently available online. I'm planning to make a killing there soonish.

Khris and Cathy, I aspire to your frock collections!

15 years ago

Angie

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Not enough.

Not counting ball gowns or cocktail wear, I have 21.

I am thinking of fazing out more of my skirts to make room for more dresses. You know how it goes in my wardrobe - one in one out :0)

15 years ago

Kristine

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Wow, I wish I had more! I have a work gala coming up and they probably don't want to see my black dress again.

I have one black dress and one sundress. I would like to add two more, a shirt dress and a wrap dress.

15 years ago

Kate

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technically 12. however:

- 4 are too short to be worn without leggings
- 3 need to be dressed down to be worn in most settings
- 2 are too casual to be worn outside my house
- 1 cocktail dress
- 1 has 3/4 sleeves so not good for intense heat

The remaining 1 has super thin straps that would require a cover-up in a business casual setting, and I'm not wild about the color.

I wish it was easier to find everyday dresses!

15 years ago

taylor

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I have 27 dresses.

15 years ago

Tanya

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Another huge fan of dresses here! Not counting tunics and fancy cocktail dresses, I have 14 summer ones, 7 winter ones and 10 dance dresses ( dressier than every-day ones, but not as fancy as cocktail ones, usually strappy matter jersey dresses with full skirts).

15 years ago

Beth

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Hm. I love frocks, but until recently I didn't have a single winter dress, just skirts. For some reason, I only had summer dresses. That changed with YLF:)

Winter frocks: 5 (four are new in the last three months!)
Summer frocks: 10

15 years ago

Michelle

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NOT ENOUGH!!! I have two dresses that come out in winter, though only one sees heavy rotation. I have my Maggy London lbd and three summer frocks that serve me well all season long. My spring wish list has at least two more dresses on it, and I'd be the happiest kid ever if I got my hands on a couple of wrap dresses for the cooler months.

15 years ago

Maya

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Wow, 21 or 27 dresses would take up my entire closet. I don't know how you ladies manage...

15 years ago

April

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Hmm -- it seems that as I suspected, if you wear dresses a lot, you need a lot of dresses...

15 years ago

Angie

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April, ask us how many pairs of slacks we have.

15 years ago

Maya

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Are slacks any style pants or are they specifically dress trousers? If the former, I have 2. If the latter, none.

15 years ago

Angie

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So lets say pants Maya, all pants that aren't jeans:

I have 2 pairs of trousers (a cigarette pair and micro check pair from Spain). And a pair of trousers that belongs to a suit. I also don't have many skirts and I don't wear trousers unless they are jeans. That's why I have many frocks!

15 years ago

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Funny, I don't have any winter dresses. Everyday dresses = 8. I also have 3 LBD's.

I also have no idea where I would keep 20+ dresses! You ladies are amazing!

15 years ago

Maya

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You and I are pant twins Angie. I only have the CM pants and the BR Martins and have no plans to add more. I am not a pants person at all.

I have lots of skirts and I love them all but I think it's time to cull some of them. Most of them are orphans due to my lack of appropriate tops I'm also probably going to toss my walk shorts, pedal pushers, and other short summer pants as well. That will make room for my expanding frock collection!

15 years ago

puffenstuff

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Not enough dresses (I think it's only about 10) and I only wear trousers to work so I only have 3 of those.

15 years ago

taylor

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1 cigarette 2 slacks....38 skirts I clearly don't like slacks on me.

15 years ago

Anonymous

This is fun! I've got 10 dresses. Of those only 2 are not sheath style, and half are black. Another is such a dark navy that it might as well be black. One is a sweater dress and another two have 3/4 sleeves while the rest are sleeveless. One is a print that is reversible to a different print in different colors so maybe it should be counted as 2 dresses. Doing this exercise has shown that someone needs to keep me from accumulating any more black dresses unless I get rid of 2 or 3.
Pants that aren't jeans: maybe two that fit.

15 years ago

marianna

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I'm not a dress girl nor a slack girl... uh oh! I have one pair of black slacks that I never wear. I'm addicted to denim... My skirt collection is growing slowly though... I have three pencil skirts that I love.

15 years ago

cciele

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This is an interesting thread

I am thankful to have a good-sized walk-in closet. Half of it is my clothes, the other half is DH's (a few of my things spill over onto his side, heehee). I don't have much drawer space though.

I own four pairs of non-jean pants: the Anthro sky check, the Express check, INC ponte, and Diesel cargo-y pants. Marianna -- I have a lot more denim too as far as bottoms go; I totally understand

I basically have no skirts (returned the two I had recently, and I might have a couple in the closet that haven't been worn in 15 years ).

15 years ago

cyan45

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3 sheath
8 matte jersey (5 prints, 4 solid)
1 shirt dress
1 short cotton dress
1 sweater dress
2 ponte knit

= 16

15 years ago

LoP

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I don't keep much in my closet. Things I don't wear get sold or given away. So I have a limited selection (I think!).

Dresses: I have 4 that I wear as tunics, and 6 (3 black) that are wearable without leggings. 1 cocktail dress.

Slack that aren't jeans: 5 black at different dressiness levels and lengths, 3 navy in different patterns, 2 khaki and 1 orange. They are all all season for where I leave so they are in constant rotation.

Skirts other than denim skirts: 2 black (1 summer+1 winter), 1 green (winter), 1 navy polka dot (summer), 1 brown flower pattern(summer), 1 abstract pattern (summer)

I have way too many tops&cardigans&camisoles&accessories to mix and match with the bottoms.

EDIT: I forgot to ask: Do I have too much of one thing? My color grouping are also very clustered around some colors.

15 years ago

RoseandJoan

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Not enough April, I have;
1 jersey dress used for loungewear
1 vintage tea dress
1 Chloe day dress (10 years old)
1 ink blue dress I wear for nights out.
1 black dress used for work

I will hopefully add some more this summer.

I have two pairs of non jeans trousers and about seven skirts.

15 years ago