The Return on Investment (ROI) of Clothing - Topic of the day 7/20/24
The return of investment (ROI) can be a measure to determine how valuable an investment is. How important is ROI to you in deciding what to buy, keep or wear (or sell if inclined)? How do you personally measure this? Are there any items that you use or own despite having a low ROI? To what extent is this useful? (note that this is a fashion discord and you're assuming the risks of taking any posts as personal financial advice
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Doesn't factor in whatsoever, I buy things because I like them and I'm happy to pay what they cost. There is zero thought as to resell value
I just convince myself that "I'll wear this forever like every day" and justify every purchase that sits in my closet to be worn twice a year at home
my life is so much better now that i dont buy with that in mind
The only return on investment I consider is looking cool
If I invest in clothes I expect the return to be me looking cool
this is such a lame way to look at any hobby and tells me you don't actually care about the hobby that much when it's all about the investment
@ the original question
this totd is just taking shots at sneaker heads lol
they deserve it im a former sneakerhead i can say this
amongst other people
ROI on clothes are the 🔥 reacts from the fellas that live in my phone
That’s how you know I didn’t write this one 😎
nuh uh
I’ve started to think that for bigger ticket purchases I should focus on designers that have better resell value, but beyond that if I like it and I wear it at all then it’s “worth it”.
If I don’t wear it it must be yeeted.
looking at clothes from a purely financial perspective (bonus points for invoking cost per wear) is a limiting view especially since you're spending time sorting this out
purely sure, but if you’re trying to slim down your wardrobe cost per wear can be a helpful metric if that’s something you choose to value
of course kyn says that
excel nerd
get a job !!
My roi is that my clothes are my emergency food
pivot table to a better point
i agree to the extent of comparing similar items to each other; i think the primary determinant should still be personal preference
Pivot table these nuts Seth
not funny
aren’t u at the office rn
i have horrible news
it's saturday
LOL
In my defense, I haven’t known what day of the week it was for nearly 2 weeks
this is also a common thing brought up by #menswear
Anyway if clothes look good and make you feel good they’re worth it and they look like shit or make you feel like shit they aren’t
unless they bring you financial ruin but even then
This is not financial advice etc
In all seriousness, the only time I think about it is if I'm taking a chance on something fitting weird and it's non returnable. I might give it a shot if I think I can resell and at least break even
zeo i agreed why delete
hit delete by mistake 😭
but in any case i find this coalesces with people wanting to "level up their style", trying to turn explorations about taste and their lifestyle and quality ("quality") into algorithmic exercises
especially if it's changing for the sake of finding a romantic partner or friends; the cost of potential authenticity is higher than whatever is spent on clothing imo
Buying a bunch of stuff cheaply on eBay has had a great ROI for me, because I've gotten to have fun and experiment and try a lot of different combinations.
I've gotten skeptical of spending serious dough on a piece of clothing. It's not clear the ROI is worth it, for many reasons, which maybe I'll try to outline later today
while i do agree that spending large amounts of clothing is not always needed, sometimes what you want has a certain cost that you can't really avoid
*without trading money saved for something else (time looking or waiting for it to be less expensive, less function in a substitute, etc)
I alr gotta deal with ROI at work why tf would I worry about it in any of my hobbies id sooner die
the only investment i’m making is money into happiness
if i have to pay big bucks to wear something that makes me happy i will
quality of life is it for me, and while that includes happiness and personal fulfillment it also includes boring stuff like staying dry or warm or reasonably comfortable
it's not worth cheaping out on stuff at the expense of your health
i think i want to start spending more money on things, but less often
i'm at the point where i have a decent amount of designer stuff i got for way cheaper than i should have, but are kinda meh
all of my hobbies are expensive
for the sake of my mental health i can't afford to think about it
at least clothing lasts/is something i can use regularly, all the wine i buy ends up going into the cellar never to be touched again
damn that’s crazy u have a cellar??? I have a cask of some shit u never heard of I’d like to sell u it’s just through this hole in the wall of my catacombs
i do need some amontillado
more accurately it's a bunch of boxes in a storage unit with a dehumidifier
I think certain garments definitely feel more worth it but I think feelings in fashion are so subjective that it lacks any objective weight (in roi)
If i really want a piece of clothing idgaf about roi.
But there are also those items that you are not sure about. With those i tend to think about resale value before i decide whether i want to risk it.
looking at clothes from a pure financial perspective turns you into one of those watch guys who obsess about Rolex resale prices, and they are the worst fucking people okay maybe sneaker resellers
idk if Im not sure about it, these days I tend to just not buy it
i've had some discourse in ehf about this but i'm not against doing napkin math to calculate cost per wear because it's simply cool to think about which of my thrifted stuff (or even designer that i've had for a while) has become enough of a closet staple that they're approaching like 10 cents a wear
it's similar to the joy i receive when i clock the most number of steam hours in my whole library on a $5 game
but for what it's worth, thinking about future resale values led to some great purchases but also a bunch of regrettable ones
How much money per day would you pay to look cool?
Is it more than you pay (per day on average) for clothes?
i look cool naked so $0 (this is determined by my partner and doctor)
that said i am not a naturist so i buy cool clothes out of function and to spark joy so i'm at peace with their cost, however it's measured
money per day sounds impossible to think abt
but i mean my average garment is like less than 100 which is honestly decent bc fashion is such a high visibility thing and i feel like i get a lot out of it, including just engaging w/ fashion content or talking abt it
dumb way to think about it cause $0
but at the same time all the money
i spend money on this cause i am fortunate enough to be able to and I enjoy it
simple as
also dumb cuz anything u put on will look fuckin stupid to someone
true
plus i don't enjoy thrifting or hunting for clothes
in general i don't enjoy that process much so if i can buy something i want im gonna most of the time. I sell clothes I don't wear in large part to simply finance buying new clothes lol
and to keep my closet from growing too large
the costs are more visible but i'd wager this is still a less expnsive hobby than some
when i get a full time job it's jover
im going for fit battles
like...warhammer?! come on now
LMAFOO
most of my stuff from fit battle was thrifted or ebay finds
considering you proxy that's already a leg up
feel like i have a lot of pieces that would make a lot of sense but i havent gotten around to
but also victim of spreading myself too thin rn
this tbh
My Return on Investment is that everyone knows I'm wearing fuckin Gucci
like i just got my first sweatshirt from proxying which is mildly unbelievable
i've always been an athleisure girlie even pre reddit
one caveat maybe specific to mfad/online fashion spaces - during fit battle i attempted to not buy new/new to me things solely for the purpose of the contest and while i was largely successful, there were a few random things that i've actively been trying to rewear lately
less for financial reasons and more out of principle, to not be That Person that does a complete 180 for the purpose of validation
it's led to some interesting variations in my personal style so i guess that's been a positive return as well
