Skirt Attack
This is a mountain that has been festering under my bed. This is uncontrollable. This is the attack of the skirts. My name is Susie and I'm a skirt-aholic but I knew this along. I just never quantified that and after a surprisingly laborious amount of time spent counting my beloved skirts.... I have.... and yes this has been verified by the National Adjudicator of Skirts....278 skirts....
My skirt box has ashamedly encroached into my main wardrobe space and it's a bit of self-delusion when trying to fit the number of skirts that I do into this box and even after much squishing and squashing, it is just a fact that I must accept that there are simply too many. Will I edit? Will I cut down? 'Fraid not because I know that this is a temporary state of squishing and squashing as hopefully come May, I'll be out of my poky ickle place and moving to a place where skirt-aholicism will be welcomed and accomodated.
Wow! What a lotta skirts you got:) Looks like it would be fun to go shopping in your skirt box!
Posted by: bronwyn | 01 March 2008 at 12:02
wow! I have about 30, I'm showing this to my boyfriend so he never says I have too many clothes again!
Posted by: Ali | 01 March 2008 at 12:10
Skirts rule!!!
Posted by: Sophia | 01 March 2008 at 12:59
Four words:
OH MY BLOODY GOD
Posted by: decadentdiamond | 01 March 2008 at 13:35
wow.. you can open a skirt store with 378 amount of skirt..i'm amazed!
Posted by: helvetica | 01 March 2008 at 13:47
Well...I'm impressed. Add me to the group who'll be using this as justification to "get just one more skirt".
Posted by: Hebden | 01 March 2008 at 13:48
wow..you can open a skirt store with 378 amount of skirt..i'm amazed!
Posted by: helvetica | 01 March 2008 at 13:50
oops its 278..blurry eyes of mine..but still, pretty much the same,278 is enough to open a skirt store X)
Posted by: helvetica | 01 March 2008 at 13:54
I don't blame you at all....skirts are ALWAYS a good thing in my book! Even if my number is more like 50 and not 278..
Posted by: Drusilla | 01 March 2008 at 14:57
wow...im impressed..and mildly jealous. i'm a skirt person as well but your 278 makes my selection of 5 skirts seem so puny. oh, is it ok that i linked you on my blog (www.smashingdahling.blogspot.com)? please let me know if it isnt. it would be great if you could link me too but dont feel like you have to just because i linked u.
Posted by: lola | 01 March 2008 at 15:04
278 skirts?????? i would seriously cut down. i mean, you DO experiment much, but do you seriously get the chance to wear them all? i'm sure there are many similar ones in your collection! ok i have many too (for my measures) but only...like...15 or so
Posted by: cate | 01 March 2008 at 15:15
I spot a bicycle skirt! And too much skirts is never enough I say..
Posted by: miss woo | 01 March 2008 at 15:52
i don't know what's more impressive, the fact that you have that many skirts or the fact that you could be bothered to count them.
either way i'm jealous.
Posted by: poppy lee | 01 March 2008 at 16:30
I'm speechless!
Posted by: buttonsandstars | 01 March 2008 at 16:32
That is crazy. Actually. I mean, don't get me wrong I wouldn't mind having 278 skirts... But still! I'm more of a dress person myself, having said that I don't believe I have 20 dresses even so there you go...
Posted by: piffig | 01 March 2008 at 16:56
WOW! I'm impressed! I don't have 300 hundred pieces of clothes all together in my wardrobe!!! I’m afraid to ask how many do you have;)
Posted by: SaraSumi | 01 March 2008 at 17:14
Can I come live in your closet?
[Haha that sounded so creepy...]
Posted by: Stephanie | 01 March 2008 at 17:19
Wow, that's quite impressive. I have about ten skirts at the very most.
Posted by: Anika | 01 March 2008 at 17:35
278!! wow!! no wonder you layer skirts, you must have so many you want to wear and not enough time!
Posted by: selina | 01 March 2008 at 18:08
Wow! You could open a shop with that amount! Also what is it about the end of Feb that makes people want to do some Spring Cleaning? I have seriously got to tackle my wardrobe - it is heaving with stuff and the pole is bending in the middle through the sheer weight of all the hangers!
Posted by: natty | 01 March 2008 at 18:12
Not sure how you managed to find the time to count all those skirts! And moving to a bigger place hmm....moving in with the boyf perhaps?! Well either way, good luck shifting all those skirts (and the rest of your closet) to a bigger place!
Posted by: meg | 01 March 2008 at 19:08
thats a lot!!! this totally makes me feel better about my dress addiction! I say enjoy them all!!!!!!!
Posted by: Mies | 01 March 2008 at 19:13
278! That's crazy, your other garments must feel threatened. Haha.
Posted by: Jill | 01 March 2008 at 19:59
Wow! I'm shocked, amazed and a little jealous! I would love to come rummage thru your wardrobe! can I, can I?! ;) It'd be like a little child in a sweet shop!
I mostly wear skirts or dresses but my skirt count is still somewhere under 10! I do a big clean out about once a year to keep my clothes fitting in my tiny storage space and I give away anything I haven't worn in the past year unless I really really love it or it has sentimental value. Still I'm pretty sure I haven't had 278 skirts in my whole life! You might have a place in the Guinness Book of Records girl!
Posted by: missmilki | 01 March 2008 at 20:11
Ha ha Susie. That's obscene! Your wardrobe must be worth thousands.
Posted by: Elli | 01 March 2008 at 20:43
wow! and I felt bad for finding 100 odd dresses squashed in all my nooks and crannies... I like how they're all rolled up for easy i.d'ing! Still, do you ever need to empty out the whole lot to find that...one...elusive item, buried in the bottomest corner?
Posted by: headmistress | 01 March 2008 at 20:54
wow! How are you able to put together such amazing outfits? I'd get so distracted trying to work out what goes with what.
Posted by: maya | 01 March 2008 at 23:39
*sings* did you ever know that you're my hero ...
Posted by: Natalie | 02 March 2008 at 00:16
ONLINE GARAGE SALE
Posted by: Priscilla Watson | 02 March 2008 at 00:19
They look like scarfs, a mountain of scarfs.
Posted by: blosson | 02 March 2008 at 00:42
Love it love it love it!=D
Posted by: Mej | 02 March 2008 at 01:22
Haha, thats a bit of a shock! I think I own about 15...and a lot of them haven't left the wardrobe in a long time!
Posted by: Winnie | 02 March 2008 at 02:40
I think I am incredibly jealous. Is that a bicycle print I spy...?
Posted by: The Clothes Horse | 02 March 2008 at 02:57
that is a LOT of skirts! it's swoon-able
Posted by: Fashion Tidbits | 02 March 2008 at 03:01
WOW! Look at all those styles, fabrics, patterns, colours... that is so amazing :) what a great collection
Posted by: Rachel | 02 March 2008 at 03:39
This is truly a feat.
Posted by: Teresa | 02 March 2008 at 03:47
oh my. i had to rub my eyes and make sure i read that number correctly. but hey, if you have the money and the space!
Posted by: oh lady e | 02 March 2008 at 04:20
Bubble you are most amusing...now for the shoe count - impress me!
Posted by: Imelda Matt | 02 March 2008 at 06:06
Wow, quite a lot of lovely skirts! No wonder you can do such great and imaginative layering.
Posted by: enc | 02 March 2008 at 06:44
EBAY!!
or you could try wearing them all at the same time?
Posted by: Rosie | 02 March 2008 at 09:08
Oh dear... I don't know whether it's a good thing or not that I'm making people feel better about their own wardrobe overflow.....! I must say though that frequent shopping trips to Hong Kong, charity shop expeditions and vintage bulk buys has resulted in a majority of the skirts and that if we're talking about skirts I've spent serious money on, it's only about 20...
I'm a compulsive hoarder and can't throw away anything but when I move into my new place, I fully intend to put up washing lines in one room just to display some of my skirts.... actually a lot of my new place will 'for the sake of fashion' and the boyf agrees so it should be fun to see and blog about...
Posted by: susie_bubble | 02 March 2008 at 09:47
It's always nice to have choice in life
And you definately have that!
Posted by: coco | 02 March 2008 at 09:57
Could I advise you that the best possible way to overcome this problem would be to edit down your collection and donate the castaways to me? Please? Perhaps you should tackle the rest of your wardrobe in this way...?
Posted by: maude | 02 March 2008 at 11:38
Susie - have posted piece today about clearing out wardrobe. But for you the most improtant bit is about storage - please press all your skirts and store as recommended - if not I'll come round and do it!
Posted by: Make Do & Mend | 02 March 2008 at 13:42
omg, Suzie ... I actually envy you.
I don't have ENOUGH.
Now I know that's definitely true!
Although ... that is quite a high number!
Posted by: grace | 02 March 2008 at 18:15
Nobody needs that many skirts.... give some to me!!! ;)
Posted by: Erika | 02 March 2008 at 19:52
:D I'm going to count mine tonight. But I doubt I'll even hit 40. Shoes and dresses next!
Posted by: kim | 03 March 2008 at 12:37
We all must have our addictions.
At least now I feel in good company with my number of shoes. The husband started counting one day but eventually gave up.
Luv
Poochie
Posted by: Poochie | 03 March 2008 at 21:53
WOW! you would be so disgusted with my "impressive" skirt collection...a whopping total of 5 skirts- and not really skirts...dresses...thats the closest I have to owning anything non-pants
Posted by: Fashion's darling | 04 March 2008 at 06:29
wow.. but if you ever go homeless....you can build a skirt-house-mansion ;)....I`m jelous!!!
Posted by: patricia | 07 March 2008 at 14:34