I'm somewhat anxiously committed to no clothes shopping in 2018 too!
I love clothes, I'm very into fashion (I enjoy following runway shows, industry news, and I'm alarmingly good at identifying the brands of shoes/handbags/jackets/et cetera when I'm out and about). I obsessively research what to buy next and spend a lot of time online shopping. But…
I have this perverse desire to not buy clothes just to prove that I can, and prove to myself that having a hobby (which often has strongly consumerist tendencies) doesn't require that I also consume at an excessive, environmentally unfriendly pace.
I'm still very unsure if I can do this, and I'm having all these last-minute thoughts of "but! what about…my desire for a new coat?" (despite owning two already) "but what if I poke a hole in all my socks?" (I'll mend them, just like I did in college) "I have an event I need new clothes for!" (I am adequately equipped for all manner of weddings, holiday parties, funerals…)
I think my unease means that I should do this. Last year I banned myself from buying beauty products (unless I truly ran out—e.g. absolutely no moisturizer in my possession) and books (I relied on the library) and I am so pleased at how well those little bans reset my mindless consumer behavior.
Hopefully, a ban on clothes shopping will do the same thing.