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...pension? Either a suggested dollar amount or a percent of annual income would help.
 
I'm on a paltry amount for disability, so understand the problem. I keep the costs to about $400 a year. That includes shoes, coats, boots, underthings as well as shirts and jeans and 1-2 nice outfits. I am not a standard size, so can't really get good deals on clothing. Once your casual wardrobe is established, it doesn't really take a lot to maintain (around $200). I mostly live in jeans, so that helps. Don't scrimp on decent shoes or a coat. Not worth the savings.
 
Have you tried charity shops? You need to go to the affluiant areas and look in there. I am in the UK and I go round Chelsea and get dnky tops for £4 ($8) retail here around £60 new ( $120). Nothing wrong with them, it is just the super rich can't been seen wearing the same outfit twice.
 
When your on a budget buy from the thrift store.. you can get 4 times the clothes and half of them still has the tags on them cause they were never worn. We have 4 in our town, the alternative is Ebay.
My Mom had way too many clothes for one person, if you do buy a lot of clothes please send the one's you no longer need to a shelter. We must have taken out a ton of clothes.. it took weeks to get through her clothes and shoes before we hit the knick knacks! ( I spend $100 a year if that on clothes)
 
I spend less than 5% of my annual net pay on clothes. I am not into fashion, but I certainly don't dress like a bum. I bargain shop for clothes: Nordstrom Rack, Ross, sale sections at Gap and Banana Republic, etc. I never pay full price for any piece of clothing. For example, I recently purchased a brown suede jacket at Nordstrom Rack for $36. It was regularly priced at $128, then a markdown of 25%, and then a final mark down of something like 40%.

If you're not that excited about fashion like me, I would say anywhere from 5-10% of your annual income. If you like to wear nice clothes and that is important to you, spend more on clothes and cut back in a different area of your budget.

Enjoy your life in retirement: wear sweatpants all the time and be comfortable!!!
 
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