To the thought of clothes? Way too much time. Now that I am involved in this community, way, way too much time. Add this to the fact that I almost never discuss clothes with people and you can see some of the tension.

One thing I would like to change about myself with regard to clothes is to enjoy what I have more than spend time thinking about the next acquisition.

It is quite easy to acquire more pairs of shoes (funds permitting) once you see good stuff again. I have not got a vast collection like some, but there are many years life in what I  have so far. The trouble is a pair of deck shoes will do for a ten minute trip to the shops unless you make a conscious decision to wear better shoes. I would also prefer not to drive in good shoes as I reckon it would bugger them up in the long run.

Shirts, jackets & coats are likewise easy to acquire. Then you end up hearing about brands of socks !

Suits are more difficult because they take time and - apart from work and weddings - you are not likely to get that much wear from one. Interesting to see the Savile Row stories but essentially irrelevant for me.

I have not bought  any books about clothes. There is enough on the net anyway. You do pick up bits and pieces - working cuff buttons I knew about before, canvassing was new to me.

I am not sure what book they appear in, but those  1930s drawings that people post of the two chaps wearing fancy clothes at various social events  are definitely some sort of gay thing IMO.

Savile Row suits are serious wonga not impulse buys. I'd be happy with, say, a decent break on a pair of trousers. An alterations tailor could keep me happy much of the time.

I tend to spend an inordinate amount of time waffling over what shirt and tie to wear. Some mornings I spend as much as 15 minutes choosing just the tie, with several false starts along the way. However, I no longer spend nearly as much time thinking about clothes now that I've assembled a decent wardrobe.

A visit to the tailor can easily become an all-day affair, as I inspect fabric books and obsess about minute details before finalizing the order. Considering that my tailor also operates the hair salon, where beautiful women pamper me to within an inch of my life, a great deal of my life orbits around the tailor's establishment.

I think way too much about clothes in general, as evidenced by the amount of time I spend on these fora.

Usually, I have planned out for several days in advance what I shall be wearing, at least during the work week.

I am a little uneasy about how well retirement will jibe with my passion for clothing.