How many tops do you own?

Kate

All this talk of less is more and wardrobe de-cluttering has got me thinking about tops. My mom claims that she has never seen anyone with as many t-shirts as me. I have been weeding things out, but I'm still at:

long sleeved - 14
3/4 sleeved - 5
short sleeved - 16
tank top - 13
camisoles - 9
blouses/tunics - 7

= 64 tops!

and that's not including gear/exercise shirts

how many tops do you have?

15 years ago

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Latest reply was from chewyspaghetti

Maya

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I don't feel like going through a formal count now, but I will say I own more tops than any other item of clothing, simply because they are the only item of clothing I do not repeat between washings (cardigans and other layering pieces being exceptions).

15 years ago

marianna

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I agree with Maya! I have a lot of tops... more tops than any other item in my closet. I don't have the patience to count them all, though.

15 years ago

Jenava

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I used to have a top deficit. So, when shopping, I instinctively keep my eye out for flattering tops. But, I just cleaned out my closet and was curious, because I noticed I have a plethora of tops now! The official count:
Wovens:
sleeveless - 6
s/s - 8
l/s - 4
3/4 - 1
Knits:
sleeveless - 5
s/s - 7
l/s - 5
Cardigans: 10(!)
Sweaters: 6 (approx, didn't count very carefully, so this is probably low)
Jackets: 10

Total: 50

And I still feel like I need a new white shirt and a couple colored cardigans...

15 years ago

Angie

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I have few tops actually. I guess I like them to be backdrops for jackets so they don't take centre stage in my outfits. I have more shirts and turtle necks than any other form of top. Sorry. Too busy to count at the moment!

15 years ago

Kate

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Oh Jenava, I didn't even include my cardigans, sweaters, and jackets... those are:

jackets/blazers - 8
cardigans - 8
sweaters - 8
hoodies - 5

= an additional 29

(again, leaving out gear and lounge wear)

15 years ago

Jenava

(website)

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I am shocked at how many jackets I own. I wear a jacket maybe once a month... although, now that I own a denim jacket that stat is getting a little bigger...

15 years ago

Dashrashi

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I bet I have more t-shirts. I just sent a medium-sized box of primarily t-shirts back to my parents' house to join a drawerful that are kept there. In the meantime, I still have an entire dresser drawer in my apartment just for t-shirts. I just went and counted--I have 40 short-sleeved tees in my dresser here alone, and probably another 20-40 at my parents' house. (Part of this is that I am a semi-collector of vintage t-shirts which I mostly get on eBay. So even ones that I don't wear that often are part of the "collection" and therefore have to be saved for the grandchildren I don't have--hence the 20-40 at my parents' house.) Don't even get me started on tanks, wovens, and other knits.

15 years ago

Anonymous

I also own more tops than any other item - I layer nearly every day!
I've got things fairly streamlined so far - in fact, I feel I may need a few more tops to prepare for summer weather:

- sleeveless: 4
- cap/short sleeve: 7
- long sleeve: 4
- sweaters: 1 sleeveless, 1 short sleeve, 3 long sleeve
- jackets/cardigans/blazers: 1 short sleeve, 2 3/4 sleeve, 7 long sleeve

I have about 15 cotton tee shirts from my various jobs at universities. I use these solely for working out or lounging.

15 years ago

RoseandJoan

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I'm not sure of the quantities but I have a bedside drawer of camisoles, a large box of knits and a few wovens in the wardrobe. (I have many knits from when the girls where small and I needed to be able to wash and wear without ironing. Spit ups often meant I wore three or four tops a day. Most of these knits are now orphans) I am cardigan phobic and do not own enough jackets.

Edit: Angie your wardrobe makes perfect sense, your dresses don't require tops.

15 years ago

rheostaticsfan

Active Member

I have many, many tops. I have approximately 400cm of hanging space (not crammed but "full) of tops...not counting my jackets or cardigans, or camis or workout wear. This is more than all the rest of my hanging space combined.

If I had to take a stab at a number I would guess...100? I really need to edit more. I tend to wear neutral pants and a patterned/colored top and then a more neutral jacket/cardi. My tops are the "pop" in my outfit so I like to have lots.

That said, I recently sorted my tops by color and found out I had 5 eggplant tops with different sleeves and necklines. It's probably more than any one person needs in that particular color.

15 years ago

Queen Mum

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can't get a count right now (hubby is sleeping peacefully and wouldn't appreciate me barging in to start counting clothing items
but.. as I recall from my last inventory I have roughly.....

12 ish wearable shortsleeve/sleeveless (excluding tank tops/camis that are worn more as accessories
and somewhere in the range of 10 long sleeve type tops.
a few sweaters
and roughly half dozen cardigans

15 years ago

cciele

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I kind of don't want to know how many tops I have! I definitely have more tops than any other clothing item. So I know it's more than 26 (number of dresses)

15 years ago

Louise

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This may take a while as i'm counting and typing,
2 ss graphic t's
3 banded tops
2 shirts/ blouses
8 ss layering t's
4 camis
9 cardis in a variety of lengths and sleeve lengths
3 waistcoats

Edit
1 chunky jumper
6 l s layering ts

15 years ago

Active Member

Hello

I think I have to many tops!!!!
- 8 tops for summer (cream, blue, stone, black)
- 10 t-shirts more or less (mostly in blue)
- 6 camis, white, crem, black and blue
- 15 shirts (kind of uniform for winter)
- 4 summer shirts
- 5 basic long sleeve t-shirts (black, with, brown, blue)
- 12 cardigans for spring, fall and layering pieces for winter (with shirts at work)
- 1 raincoat in Red (my pride and joy)
- 1 jacket (brown)
- 1 winter blazer (cream)
- 1 coat (gray)
- 6 vests for winter, when a cardigan is too hot (air conditioning)

I like tops because all bottoms are so hard to fit on me.

15 years ago

crwilson

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No wonder I feel like I have nothing to wear - I have FAR less tops than any of you, and some of those tops are only appropriate for one season/work/or some other very specific occasion. I maybe have 10 tops, and that's being generous, that I can wear on any given day, plus jackets and cardigans. I think I need to go shopping!

15 years ago

Lisa

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I've been holding off on commenting on this, but I have to guess since I never seem to get around to doing a proper count. Off the top of my head I have:
Cardigans-20
T-Shirts-30 (and that’s only the short sleeved one’s)
Button down shirts-15
Blouses-15
Long sleeve t-shirts-18
Tank tops-15
Jackets-8
Vests/waistcoats-2
And I have more of each category ordered in recent weeks that are on their way to my house. I should really do a proper closet purge and ruthlessly cut this down. Probably to half what I have now.

15 years ago

chewyspaghetti

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not counting gear/loungewear and layering tops cami's, t-necks, etc
I have:

8 sleeveless knits
3 sleeved knits
3 sleeveless wovens
4 sleeved wovens
4 tunics
that's 22 total

15 years ago

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