June 16th, 2008
Fashion Police Poll: What’s your shopping addiction?
As mentioned in one of our previous polls, I have a lot of jeans. And the thing is, no matter how many pairs of jeans I own, I just keep on buying more. I’m not sure if it’s just because it’s such a rare thing to find jeans that fit me properly, but when I DO find them, I will want to buy them, even if I already have jeans in that same wash and cut at home.
The same could be said of quite a few other items. Vest tops, for instance. I don’t even dare to count how many of these I own, but I will still buy more if I see them. "Well, they’re cheap, and you always need basic vest tops," is the rationale I apply to this, but there’s a little part of my brain that sometimes has to concede that, actually, when you already have white vest tops by the dozen, maybe that purchase isn’t quite as essential as you thought it was.
What about you? What’s your shopping addiction: the one item you keep on buying, even if you don’t need it?
Accessories.
I apply the same rationale; “they’re cheap and you can never have enough of them”. I’m *such* a sucker for marketing ploys. So yah, earrings, necklaces, rings, piercings, belts, ribbons, bows, embellishments… You name ‘em, I’ve got ‘em.
Mine’s skirts.
I rarely ever wear them, and when I do I usually feel a bit uncomfortable since I’m so unused to them. Yet still I can’t avoid buying more…
Shoes. And bags. And stuff. Just shoot me now please!
Why could I only vote for one item? I went for shoes but I too have a LOT of jeans, vest tops, tops in general, dresses, you get the picture!
It was once shoes, but due to extremes of pennilessness I’ve refrained from shelling out £40 a time on a treat and moved to the even more needless pursuit of buying dresses. Every time I buy one I do wear it, but I don’t need any more AT ALL, and sometimes I realise that when I wear jeans I have absolutely no tops at all to wear them with.
The same goes for a couple of pretty skirts. I might as well just venture out in my bra at this rate.
T shirts
I have stupid amounts of them but I still buy more.
I can’t wear them for work so I only actually need them for 2 days of the week yet I must have 5 t shirts for each work top I own.
:/
Dresses, handbags, shoes, sweaters, top… Im just addicted to shopping.
Shoes. I changed my closet over to summer a couple of weekends ago and was appalled at the number of summer shoes/sandals/flipflops I own. I guess I think of summer shoes as more “disposable”, but then end up loving them and hanging on to the bitter end, probably past their useful life. But see, if you have enough, you only wear them a couple of times each summer so they last years and years….
Dresses. I can’t help it, they’re just far too pretty. But then it’s always too cold and windy to wear them.
Carol! We’re shoe sisters! I have the EXACT same philosophy!!
I picked shoes, because I can never seem to resist a cute pair, but afterwards I realized that maybe it’s accessories. However, my probably is not buying jewelry, it’s buying the stuff to make the jewelry with. I have a terrible addiction to beads.
I have lots of shoes, but I also have a closet bursting at the seams full of tee-shirts. I also love buying skirts, but I’m going with the excuse that i lost a bunch of weight recently so nothing I have fits me anymore.
Jeans. I love jeans. Designer jeans without any bling on the back pockets. I can’t even wear jeans to work, its very sad.
Ballet flats. They are perfect for school. I have about fifteen pairs in different colors and patterns and styles. And if I find a cute pair that is reasonably priced I am always sorely tempted to buy them. And I often give into temptation.
TOPS fo sho! You can never have enough shirts/blouses/camis/tanks/tshirts/sweaters. If you’re broke like me you can get away with wearing the same pair of pants/shoes a couple times a week, but never wear the same shirt more than once in a 2 week period.
And what is a vest top??
I have 23 pairs of jeans
10 pairs of trousers
104 t.shirts
32 jumpers
Yes it’s safe to say I’m addicted to shopping.
I don’t have a one item addiction….it’s a colour.
Whenever I see something in that gorgeous shade of teal, I have to buy it. It’s like this urge. The only think I don’t buy in teal is pants.
I’m completely addicted to corsets. Not the cheap tacky lingerie corsets, but real steel boned ones intended for tightlacing. There’s just so many different and gorgeous looks I can’t help but want them all. Not only do I continue to buy them uncontrollably, but I spend a ridiculous amount of time online looking up forums, articles, and stores. My collection now is worth 2-4000$, somehow I’m still not broke. My husband must think I’m insane, but then I can just point out his Wii addiction.