ME& my wardrobe audit

Well in order to bring home the true extent of my shopaholic tendencies and reassure myself that I have more than enough clothes in my wardrobe and I really don't need to buy anything new I undertook an audit of all my clothes and here is the results.

I have a total of 57 t-shirts - out of this 17 are by Vivienne Westwood at anything between £40 - £90 each, 4 are by John Galliano at £60 each, 3 by Helmut Lang at £40 each, 4 by Jean Paul Gaultier between £40 and £70 each, 4 by Kris Van Assche at £50 each, 10 by various other designers ranging between £30 - £60 each and 15 from various high street stores.

Out of the 57 t-shirts I bought 7 Vivienne Westwood, 1 John Galliano, 1 Helmut Lang and 2 from high street stores, spending an estimated £480 in 2008 on t-shirts alone - shock horror!

I have a total of 9 long sleeved t-shirts - 3 of which are by Vivienne Westwood at £100 each, 1 from Viktor & Rolf's black label men's collection at £120, 1 Helmut Lang top at £90, 1 Dsquared top at £100, ! by Frankie Merrello at £30 and 2 from high street stores.

Out of this I've only bought three tops one by Vivienne Westwood,one by DSquarded and one from Frankine Merrello at £30 spending a total of £230 in 2008.

I then counted my knitwear, which includes cardigans, jumpers and light weight knitted tops of which I have a combined total of 21 pieces - 7 assorted knitwear pieces by Vivienne Westwood costing between £90 - £150, 2 jumpers by Martin Margiela at £70 each, 3 from All Saints at £60 each, 2 by Kris Van Assche at £70 each, 4 by other designers at an average of £50 each and 3 from high street stores at £25 each.

Out this I've bought 3 pieces of knitwear from Vivienne Westwood, the 2 tops by Martin Margiela and 1 by another designers -spending an estimated total of £380 on knitwear in 2008.

I also have 24 pairs of jeans - 4 by G-star at £60 each, 8 by DSquared at aroudn £70 each, 2 by Levi at £50 each, 2 by John Galliano at £120 each, 7 by other designers at an average of £80 each and 1 pair from Zara at £25.

Out of this I have bought 6 pairs of DSqaured jeans, 1 pair by John Galliano and 2 by other designers in 2008 spending an estimated £700 - I am truly shocked!!

I also own 3 pairs of combat trousers by Maharishi at £150 each - and only bough one of these in 2008.

I also have 7 hoodies and zip tops - 1 vintage green Adidas zip top (£50), 1 furry DSquared zip top (£60), 1 Vivienne Westwood (£70), 1 Viktor & Rolf main line (£80) 1 by Alexander McQueen (£90) and 2 zip tops from high street stores.

Out of this I only bought the vintage Adidas zip top and the Vivenne Westwood hoodie this year spending £120.

I also bough a retro Adidas tracksuit in black and red for £120 and 2 pairs of Vivienne Westwood track pants at £60 each this year - spending a total of £240.

I also have a big collection of 12 coats and jackets - 5 from high street stores at an approximate estimate of £60 each, 2 from All Saints at £80 each, 1 Vivienne Westwood mac at £70, 1 D&G jacket at £80, 1 Viktor & Rolf black label main line 70's style rain mac at £120 and 2 DSquared coats at £150 each.

Out of this I only bought 2 from the high street stores, 1 from All Saints, 1 from Vivienne Westwood and my Viktor & Rolf rain mac this year at an total estimated spend of £310.

Then I have my work wardrobe - I have 39 work shirts, of which 7 are from Vivienne Westwood , 2 by Alexander McQueen.

In 2008 I bought 2 Vivienne Westwood shirts at £70 each, 2 Alexander McQueen shirts at £80 each, 1 DSquared shirt at £70 (David Beckham has the same shirt) and 1 by Kris Van Assche at £60 (this was to wear to my friend Jane's wedding) - anyway I spent £430 on shirts.

As for trousers for work, I have 16 pairs - this includes 10 from high street stores, 1 pair by Comme Des Garcons, 1 by Dior, 1 by Vivienne Westwood and 3 by Helmut Lang.

Last year alone I bough 3 from high street stores at around £30 each, 1 by Comme Des Garcon at £50 and 1 by Helmut Lang for £60 - spending at total of £200

Finally I have 5 suits for work and last year I only bought 1, but it was by Alexander McQueen at a cost of £250.

This may seem a little like a fashion victims gloating but I have to say I am actually shocked at home much I have in my wardrobe and how much of that I bought last year. I have 196 items of clothes - not including underwear or shoes and last year I spent an estimated total of £3,490 on clothes in 2008!

OMG - G was right what I spent last year is roughly how much we are in our overdraft each month due to overspending. I am truly shocked that I can spend such a sum without a second though. I am now even more resolute to stick to my challenge of not spending a penny on clothing this year - I have more than enough items of clothing.