Jezebel reports:
Apparently, the average British woman owns 20 pairs of shoes, eleven of which she barely wears.
The total value of the average lady’s shoe closet? £720, or around $1,189.
That means about $660 worth of shoes are sitting idle.
Women buy an average of eight new pairs each year.
Do I own 11 pairs of shoes that are around $660 worth that I never wear?
Let’s take a look at some of my shoes (not all of them pictured but I will list them out).
Okay now let’s see the prices and what I could get rid of!
The prices are in the ballpark and to be fair, I’m putting them at the original retail price I paid, not what I could sell them for today.
I’m sure if I tried to sell them today, they’d be a third of the price. 😛
Missing from photo:
- KEEP: Brown Winter Ecco Boots — $100
- KEEP: Brown Flat Ecco Boots – $300
- KEEP: Black Suede Steve Madden Heeled Boots – $100
- KEEP: Brown Heeled Boots – $100
- KEEP: Bronze Steve Madden Kitten Heels – $100
- KEEP: Brown Aldo Stitched Pumps – $100
- KEEP: Asolo Hiking Boots – $400
TOTAL SHOE WARDROBE = $1895 (roughly!)
VALUE OF WHAT I’D KEEP = $1695
VALUE OF WHAT I COULD SELL = $200
Hmmm…
I USED TO HAVE MORE…
I’m sure I could pare down even more to sell another $200 worth (retail price) or maybe $400.
Even so, this is all after I got rid of the OTHER shoes I had during my Great Closet Cleanout of 2008. :\
NO MORE SHOES
I don’t really buy shoes any more. They aren’t my “thing”, and neither are purses.
Every time I see a cute pair of shoes I think: Gee I don’t have RED heels with a bow…
Then I slap myself back into reality and say: But where would I wear them? To work. But at work, would I wear red heels? No.
And there ends my desire to buy any shoes or boots.
This is all interesting food for thought, however. I wonder if I should sell my shoes. Again.
Just a girl trying to find a balance between being a Shopaholic and a Saver.
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Wow. I’ve always known I’ve had too many pairs of shoes – haven’t counted in years, but I moved earlier this month and have 4 boxes of just shoes. Yikes. It’s well over 100 pairs and I have one pair alone that I paid $600 for – and I’ve worn them a few times, but definitely not $600 worth. My new apartment has absolutely no shoe storage so I’ve made a goal to get rid of at least half of my shoes by the end of September. It will be hard for sure, but made much easier by the fact that I have no room for them and therefore have to choose between living in cluttered chaos with too many shoes to wear, and getting rid of shoes I paid too much money for but don’t wear anyway. Wish me luck!
Ihave over a hundred pairs of shoes boots and sandals worth over $950.00 I have collected these shoes and some I have never worn I need to sell them.I need HELP.
Oh by the way, do you own sneakers? If not, how do you exercise?
I purged some today too, and I now have a total of 21 pairs of shoes, which I wear all the time, minus 2 pairs or so. I have a friend who only owns 2 pairs: 1 pair of sneakers, 1 pair of classy shoes. I wish things were that simple for women!
I am slowly purging but I am afraid to calculate the total! I was surprised to see your collection add up; I figured from the photo you had a modest amount of shoes.
i am really not into shoes. i guess i never owned more than 10-12 pairs of shoes at a time… i own 10 pairs of shoes (winter boots (1), ankle boots (2), sneakers (1), sandals/flipflops (3), ballerina flats (1), runnings shoes (1), leather boots (1)), when i bought them they were about 460€. Those i don’t really wear were 105€ and can be sold for about 35€.
I want to wear the older ones down, my goal is 4-5 pairs of shoes (winter boots (1), ankle boots (1), maybe ballerina flats (1), sandals (1), runnings shoes (1)). I’d rather go for quality over quantity, wear my shoes to death (and have them repaired) and then replace them with similar (or even the same) shoes.
That’s totally my philosophy as well, the only problem is, I have shoes that I’ve been wearing for 10+ years, and now they are about to die on me, and I can’t ever find the same pair, even though it’s my uber favorite pair! (kitten heels >> I can look fabulous and still walk hours in them, not like my other pairs that I kick off as soon as I get home)
I wish I could part with a few pair. Call me crazy but yes I have $600 that I’m not wearing. I have the shopaholic thing downpat unfortunately
at last count I have well over 50 pairs of shoes, not sure how many I haven’t worn…….I plan to go the rest of the year without purchasing any new shoes and donate at least 10 pairs from what I own now.
I actually have quite a bit, at least 30. There are mix between working out shoes, boots, work shoes, going out shoes, flip flops, and wedges. I actually don’t but anymore shoes, unless I need it. Typically, that would be my work shoes.
Interesting, I might just have to calculate how much my shoes are worth, though I’m afraid to find out the answer.
I’m afraid to see how many shoes I have. Though, I do wear most of them at least once a year – including red heels with a bow on them to work 😉
2 pairs of runners, a pair of white sandals, a pair of turquise flats, a pair of (beat up) gold flats, a pair of dark plum dress-y shoes, a pair of black dress shoes, water shoes (x2 – I just bought a second one for our upcoming two week vacation – I prefer to just wear water shoes and my original pair has a few holes), 4 flip flops (worn around the apartment / for going to the laundry room / to go to the pool at the bldg)
Total shoes: 6 regular, 4 flip flops, 2 water shoes
The flip flops are worn regularly at home, as are the gold flats (I need cushioning for dish washing)
1 of the runners is great, the other pair I don’t wear too often because I found I was having arch pain as I wore them for extended periods, and so I bought the second pair soon after. I could probably sell that pair.
The white sandals I wear with dresses, and will be wearing at my wedding – but they are definitely summer shoes.
The turquoise and plum shoes I am still breaking in (they were both bought this year, and still give me blisters on my heels) – they aren’t worn much, but once broken in, I will wear them regularly.
The black shoes are good with dress pants, but the style doesn’t go with dresses, so those are my fall/winter shoes.
I wear all of my shoes (I tend to only replace them when a) I find things at a price I’m comfortable paying, and b) when mine are beaten up because I dislike breaking in new shoes – I hate blisters, and I hate being uncomfortable!).
Total cost (based on approximate amounts paid): $415
I have probably 15-20 pairs of shoes, and I usually wear the same 3-4 each season. I definitely need to clear out the closet ! It would be awesome if I could sell them and make a bit of money on the side from it. I find it’s so annoying to try to have enough shoe storage, they just take up too much room.
If you had posted this 3 weeks ago I’d have a lot more, but I recently gave a bunch to my sister =p I think I wear all my shoes right now except for one pair of flats (originally $120 but now worn out beyond comfort) and a pair of heels (original $80) that are too narrow and sadly did not get as much wear as they should.
I have three pairs of black shoes–sandals, oxfords, and Mary Janes, plus flip-flops for travel to and from the pool at our bldg. They all match everything in my small wardrobe and are all quality. Having more is too complicated for a lazy person.
I own 9 pair of shoes: 2 slides, 2 sneakers, 1 pair of flip flops, 1 pair of ecco sandles, 1 pair of dress shoes, 1 pairs of duck boots, and 1 pair of slippers. I’ve been working on the shoe thing for a while now. The only thing I could really loose are the duck boots, but once or twice a year when we have snow here in Raleigh, they come in handy. Whenever one of the pairs wears out, I replace it with something similar and get rid of the old ones. That way the amount really never changes. It works.
I have 40+ pairs of shoes. I rotate them by seasons…right now there are about six I wear regularly (sandals, flats, wedges, and my running shoes),= and in the winter, there another six-ish pairs that get worn a lot, mostly boots. Right off the top of my head, I can think of at least eight pairs I’ve only worn once or twice, including a pair of Beverly Feldman corset heels that were about $250 and seemed like a good idea at the time. Hmm…time for a shoe sale?
I am most definitely a shoe girl and yes I can say out of the 60 odd pairs that I have I wear 3 on a regular basis. I have been purging my shoes and still have a long way to go 🙂 I reckon ky net shoe worth is close to just over 1grand ….. opps
Hah. I think my entire collection would be barely worth $600. My most expensive pair is my $120 Steve Madden boots.