How Many Clothes Is Too Many?

Guidelines from the EU recommend dresses should be worn at least 70 times to offset the carbon emissions involved in their production.

Multiply the number of a type of garment you own by the EU’s recommended minimum number of wears. For example: 23 dresses X 70 recommended wears = 1,610 total wears.

Divide that total by the number of times you wear the item each year: 1,610 ÷ 52 wears per year = 30.96 years!

The true measure of a wardrobe is not how many clothes you have… It’s how much you actually use them!

How many times a garment should be worn to offset the carbon emissions involved in its production, according to the EU’s guidelines:

● Shirts & blouses – 40
● T-Shirts – 45
● Pants, dresses & skirts – 70
● Sweaters & sweatshirts – 85
● Coats & jackets – 100

Source: 1 Million Women