2. Visit the charity and consignment shops for bargains.

3. Wash certain delicates at home and avoid professionally dry cleaning them.

4. Moth-proof your woolens when you store them for the summer months.

5. Do not buy cheap clothes.

6. Plan your shopping. Never buy clothes on impulse, or you could be passing up a bargain somewhere else.

7. Don't buy more clothing than you really need in a season.

8. It is cheaper to wash more and buy less when it comes to clothes for kids.

9. Have clothes for each activity such as work clothes, play clothes and dining out clothes

10. If the clothes are the wrong size or you just do not like them, do not be afraid to return them.

11. Inspect them before you buy them. \do not accept clothing with holes, stains, or that is out of style.

12. always ask for a discount if you notice that clothes are damaged before you buy them.

13. Alter clothes for extended wear instead of getting rid of them.

14. Don't go for the trends

15. Coordinate your wardrobe with interchangeable pieces.

16. Sew your own clothes.

17. Start to iron your own clothes instead of taking them to the cleaners

18. If cutting/hemming a garment, use the scrap material to make coordinating hair ties, scarves, cloth belts.

19. Buy the same brand and color socks so you can match up those that do not have their pair anymore

20. Wash silk blouses and sweaters in cold water. They don't need to be dry cleaned

21. Men's departments cost less than women's so get the basics there.

22. Press men's suits yourself with a damp cloth between the fabric and the iron. Only dry clean two times a year to help preserve the fibers

23. Have shoes resoled

24. Have new lifts put on run down heels.

25. Look at buying shoes that you can have the soles replaced such as cowboy boots.

26. Have tips put on the bottom of shoes to save on the heal from wearing.

27. Buy second hand maternity clothes and children's clothes and shoes

28. Put patches on worn spots in sweaters or pants.

29. If you are missing a few buttons, replace all of them with brand new ones

30. Spray ties with fabric protector spray so you'll rarely have to dry clean them.

31. Take off your good clothes as soon as you are home and hang them up right a way so they will not get wrinkled.

32. Spray shoes and leather pocketbooks with weather protector.

33. Polish shoes before you wear them to help them from getting scratches

34. Having your coat relined by a tailor is cheaper than buying a new one.

35. Shop off season.

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