Men - How many dress shirts do you own?

[jhonathan]

I think 10 dress shirts are enough. I get my shirts from Custom Stitichers and fell very comfortable in them.

[TexasHusker]

When I was working in corporate America, I had 20 white, button down collar shirts, and I rotated them to the cleaners to be laundered. All were exactly alike.

I settled on the Jos. Bank Travelers shirt, which still looked every good after a long day.

[Ranger3bn]

I work in the banking industry and thus have to wear a suit and tie every day 5 days a week. I was taught while in the military that the way you dress and how you present yourself to the public is very important as to how seriously people taking you.

Could you get by with 5 shirts and five pair of pants? Sure however, the wear and tear you will place on those garments will be a little too excessive. Especially if they're cheaply made garments. If your are serious about your profession and the dress code dictates a shirt and tie and maybe even a suit then you really cannot afford to go cheap. Jos A Bank, Men's Warehouse K&G are companies I stay away from if I do not want to keep buying the same articles of clothing every year. I get my shirts at Brooks Brothers and their non-iron shirts are simply fantastic. They look good and are very well made so they last me a long time. Additionally, they are very low maintenance and do not require you to go to the dry cleaner. They actually recommend you Do NOT have them dry cleaned! I own 25 dress shirts:

5 white ( two are French cuff)
3 light blue ( one is button down)
1 ecru solid
1 pink solid
10 striped
5 checked

As far as trousers:

3 flannel Brown , charcoal, navy
5 wool gabardine in gray, navy, tan, charcoal, and blue.
2 summer weight in tan, and light gray
3 chinos

I own 8 suits

Navy solid and pinstripe
charcoal
grey solid and pinstripe
khaki
True blue
Brown

Notice I do not have a black one? Never use a black suit unless you in the funeral business. Your charcoal suit will fit most occasions unless a tuxedo is call upon. Which I do own.

[~bs]

maybe 20 or so. i rotate them, and dump or donate them when they start getting threadbare or get tears. then buy a bunch more when they're on sale around xmas time.

i honestly dont think most guys have problems with excessive spending on work clothes. that's more of a woman thing. guys will wear the same socks or boxers until there's holes and literally falling apart before dumping it.

[johnjacobs]

Currently, I have seven shirts. One for each of the day of the week.

[Fishindude77]

Probably 15-20ish.
Have most recently been buying LL Bean stuff and really like it.

[41Fin]

Around 10 from various brands.

99% come from the goodwill and I get them tailored after purchasing. Only ones not thrifted were bought years ago or gifted.

[disneysteve]

99% come from the goodwill

I used to buy shirts at Goodwill but in recent years, I've found it harder and harder to find shirts there that are in great shape. Most are pretty worn out. It just wasn't worth my time any more to spend time searching the racks for a shirt in a color I needed, in my size, and in very good condition. Most of the time, I leave empty handed.

[41Fin]

I used to buy shirts at Goodwill but in recent years, I've found it harder and harder to find shirts there that are in great shape. Most are pretty worn out. It just wasn't worth my time any more to spend time searching the racks for a shirt in a color I needed, in my size, and in very good condition. Most of the time, I leave empty handed.

I lucked out having a good thrift store in walking distance from my house. Since losing a fair amount of weight I was able to piece a wardrobe together from all thrift store clothes (and some shoes) sans underwear and accessories like belts.

Even with all the "finds" I also brought home my fair share of junk. Had to cut back on goodwill shopping because small leaks sink ships too.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

DH has 15 2 weeks worth just in case i don't get to laundry