Why do women have so many shoes and clothes?

Recently moved house and I%26#039;m putting stuff away. Girlfriend has 45 pairs of jeans, 11 pairs of leather trousers which she hasn%26#039;t worn for years, must be at least 200 pairs of shoes. Loads of stuff still has store labels on. Not complaining (it%26#039;s her money she uses), just wondered why so much stuff when I can make do with about 6 pairs of jeans.

Why do women have so many shoes and clothes?
You know what is funny, I myself am a female, and I currently own 4 pairs of pants outside of my work attire, and about 40 shirts. I have maybe 10 pairs of shoes, ranging from flip flops to tennis shoes to boots. I think it has to do with the emotional state of one. Maybe she is big on fashion. One thing about women, is they like to be up to date on fashion, and they rarely like to wear the same thing twice when they go out. Does she like to go clubbing? If so, she is probably like my best friend, she ALWAYS wears a new outfit. She never goes out in the same combo twice. Maybe it is an image thing. Noone really knows.
Reply:Because women care about how they look more than men. For a woman, appearance and status is everything. If a woman has only a few shirts/pants/shoes to her name, then she feels that she cannot accurately or wholly express herself to her fullest.





You could say that a woman could express herself with only a few items of clothes - but then her mood is not always the same every day. Along with mood changes comes clothes changes. It%26#039;s different every day. Women always want to look nice (believe me, I know!), and in order to achieve that she needs a lot of clothes.





However, 45 pairs of jeans is alot of clothes. When I say that a woman %26quot;needs%26quot; alot of clothes...I would say more like 15 pairs of jeans maybe. Your girlfriend is going a liiiiitle overboard.
Reply:They%26#039;re filling a whole. Something emotional, mental - I don%26#039;t know. The femaleus corpeus is weird. The 9th world wonder perhaps.
Reply:So ladies can leave a great first impression!!!!
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Reply:Because we a lot of variations to choose. And besides girls are girls. no questions asked.
Reply:I%26#039;m a girl and I dont have that much stuff, its not just women though, there are some GQ guys out there that have clostets loaded with stuff as well.
Reply:Easy! They%26#039;re all completely mad!!!!!
Reply:because we love having many to choose from, it would be boring if we had only one pair of shoes each. etc. etc.
Reply:hmm...she sounds a little extreme...I personally am about to go through my closets and anything I have not worn in a year or more will be finding a new home.
Reply:And the most bizarre variation is when they get tattoos with lifetime slogans colors %26amp; pictures on their skin. But need sooooo much variation in their apparel.
Reply:variety, man!
Reply:So everything can match! I mean you want to have the right shoes for the right outfit....and yea....
Reply:What if is a good reason. Even %26quot;what if my size changes?%26quot;





Also, could be she needs to come down to reality and quit spending so much. How are her credit card balances? Is purchasing clothes an addiction? Garage sale or better yet ebay those extra clothes.





Remember women will always need more clothes than men like on vacations we always have more luggage than you guys. The %26quot;what if . . .%26quot; comes in and %26quot;be prepared%26quot; is a good motto.





Good luck.
Reply:There is no logical explanation. We like clothes %26amp; shoes!!
Reply:you have to have a pair of shoes for every purse, top and bottom combination. that adds up real quickly.
Reply:because we never have anything to wear so we just buy more. That is the truth about me anyway
Reply:I only have one pair of jeans and one pair of shoe and like 5 tshirts tell her to fokof fokof
Reply:many girls fluctuate in weight and buy %26quot;fat%26quot; and %26quot;skinny%26quot; clothes. We%26#039;re more sensitive to trends and don%26#039;t want to wear something outdated.





Your girlfriend actually sounds like she has more of a packrat problem than a shopping problem. Leather pants? She should toss them!!
Reply:I think they have so much crap because it makes them feel special. Women love clothes, and I think they would probably wear a different outfit every 30 minutes. For us, it is different we don%26#039;t care what we wear (unless you are %26quot;metro-sexual%26quot;).
Reply:because we have been lead to believe we need certain things to be legintimate.


Everything must coordinate.


I personally hate women%26#039;s fashion.
Reply:i resent that question. im a women and only have 7 pairs of jeans. and 5 pairs of shoes.
Reply:Tell her it%26#039;s time to clean the closet. She can donate the stuff to Goodwill or Salvation army and get a tax deduction. That much sounds excessive to me too.





Oh, and you shouldn%26#039;t generalize the statement for all women if you mean only your girlfriend.
Reply:Absolute vanity.
Reply:there is this thing about fashion like looking like some thing for each day my teacher said fridays is causual and monday fansy but i for get what she said for the other days so that,s why.
Reply:girls r crazy for all kind of stuff.... u did mention some still has label... but if u chk carefully they would be some very old that she doesnt even use it but still not ready to throw them aways.... most ladies do have that habit of stocking n storing things
Reply:It%26#039;s about having choices. Lots and lots of choices.





On our last 6-day road trip my husband packed 2 pairs of jeans, 4 shirts, 2 pairs of shoes and an extra jacket. I packed 6 pairs of jeans, 4 pairs of leggings, 14 shirts (both long and short sleeved), 3 pair of sneakers and one pair of boots, and 2 coats. I took two purses (for a color choice), a bunch of different jewelry and hair scrunchies, 4 pairs of pajamas w/ robes and slippers, 3 extra bras, 8 pair of underwear, and socks in all colors.
Reply:Not only do we get bored with these things and want new ones- but we need to accessorize..sp?
Reply:not all women do...
Reply:i%26#039;m a girl and i%26#039;ve never understood that



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