How long before you tossed your work clothes?

[gayl]

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Originally Posted by goingtotravel ..... No need for 20+ pairs of high heeled shoes that hurt my feet just looking at them.

Ouch! Hurts just to read this

[papaof2]

Company dress code had progressed to business casual by the time I left, so I have one suit (typically only for funerals) and I pick up jeans ($9) at Goodwill for yard work and other dirty/messy jobs. Around the house, it's mostly sweats in the winter or shorts and T-shirts in the summer.

[YakGrl]

This week is my two years retired anniversary. This week I am donating my 12 formal dresses for work events that I haven't needed in retirement life. I don't expect to attend any formal events in the near future. New space in my closet for gardening, running and kayaking clothes!

[EastWest Gal]

Stopped wearing "work clothes" 20 years before I retired. It was either business casual or hospital scrubs and sneakers or solid black flats. In the clinic it was simple trousers and tops with flats. Nothing to get rid of. My white coats wore out and I stopped wearing them.

[Rambler]

Uniform apparel for me was a suit and tie, until the earthquake in 2011 (I worked in Japan). After the earthquake, when electricity was rationed over the following months (ie, hot and humid with no AC sometimes) we went to a business casual, with a logo’d polo shirt and nice slacks. I still have 6-8 brand new polos that have never been worn. After we came home, I lost a lot of weight and the suits no longer fit, so they got tossed. I no longer own a suit...hope there aren’t any funerals any time soon.

And I found all that weight that I lost, just in case anyone was worried about me losing things...😎

[kingkarmann]

I wore uniforms, I had to turn them over at my exit interview.
I hate having to decide what to wear!

[CowgirlUp]

I dropped off all my work clothes at a thrift store about 5 days after I retired and then moved out of the area a couple of days later. No regrets!!

[W2R]

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Originally Posted by kingkarmann I wore uniforms, I had to turn them over at my exit interview. I hate having to decide what to wear!

I can relate to that! I wear pretty much the same thing every day:

1) Adidas black gym shorts
2) Landsend jewel neck ladies' t-shirt
3) Teva Tirra sandals

These are my "retiree casual" clothes. I have the t-shirt in probably 2 dozen different colors, but that's the only thing that differs. If I wanted to, I could just stick to one color but this way people know that I actually do change my clothes.

[Yoheadden]

Don’t mean to hijack the OP, but this seems like a good tie-in to the Conversation. I can start a new thread if it’s more appropriate.

What has any former military members done with their uniforms? Whether you retired or did your 3/4 years and got out, did you keep them, donate them, sell them, etc ?
I’ve been out for 24 years and can’t bring myself just to dump mine.

[Breedlove]

Gone immediately , transferred to my new uniform Costco shorts and polo shirts SAS shoes.

[HI Bill]

For my company-branded shirts (collared golf shirts, t-shirts, fluorescent yellow safety shirts): During my last week of work, I systematically wore each shirt one last time, washed them, and then cut out the logos...then reduced the shirts to cleaning rags by cutting them into pieces. It was somewhat cathartic. I had wanted to burn them, but my wife insisted we should recycle them.

[Retired Expat]

Fortunately, since retiring I dropped 40 lbs so none of that stuff fits, and I have no reason to get them altered. Gave away almost all my dress shirts as I can’t be bothered with cuff links except for my tux. And that basically gets worn only formal nights when we take a cruise.

Which reminds me that during the pandemic I lost another 10 and everything became work clothes anyway so need to rebuild my wardrobe!

[Nords]

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Originally Posted by Yoheadden What has any former military members done with their uniforms? Whether you retired or did your 3/4 years and got out, did you keep them, donate them, sell them, etc ? I’ve been out for 24 years and can’t bring myself just to dump mine.

Before I went on terminal leave I put 95% of mine in the command's break room with a sign "Going out of business. Free to a good home."

If you're near a military base then they'll have a base thrift store with uniforms, although your stuff might be woefully outdated. Otherwise you could donate them to a civilian thrift store like Goodwill.

I kept one set of long-sleeve coveralls for painting, and I kept some insignia if my family cares, but otherwise I'm over it.

[SpinDoctorTX]

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Originally Posted by Boose Gotta love the dress code detail! Our county forbade us "hot pants," which must have entered the employee handbook sometime in the '60s. One of DH's jobs specifically called out "board shorts" as inappropriate.

Oh man that made me crack up! Some of our shared services employees had started to come in nightclub clothes, leggings & "athliesure". Eventually, the very formal dress code was updated to exclude "immodest blouses or skirts, Capris too short or tight, cargo pants, stilettos, flip flops, tank tops, & for men nothing but a dress shirt/ tie (and pants of course)". It was hilarious since one of the directors (not mine) was a supreme enforcer, yet wore some wildly questionable clothes.

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Originally Posted by jim584672 Saving just a few things mine got dumped 5 years into retirement.

Ruh roh... now you've given me a new goal! I hit 5 years this Halloween & I'm sure there's more w*rk stuff that can go. I really enjoy getting rid of stuff, and I have found some treasures that were "missing" for some time.

[Sanstar]

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Originally Posted by kingkarmann I wore uniforms, I had to turn them over at my exit interview. I hate having to decide what to wear!

I felt the same when working. The solution was to use weather app and calendar every other Sunday afternoon to line up clothes for the next 2 weeks.

That way, I only had to hate deciding what to wear to the office 2-3 x month vs every day.

Now it’s 7 tees and either shorts or sweatpants, depending on season.