How much do you spend on school clothes?

First off, clean out all of your drawers and wardrobe and closet. Separate the clothes into two piles- those you don't like and can give to charity, and clothes you want to wear next year.

You don't need to buy a new wardrobe for a whole new year! Most likely, you will have 5-10 items that you haven't outgrown yet.

And when you're going into those stores, make sure you're going into the clearance/sale section. You obviously aren't, since leggings, shirts, and a sweater cost you $200 (how does that even happen????). You may think it's cheap or whatever, but it will save you A LOT of money.

And yes, $500 is a lot of money to spend on clothing, no one really cares what you wear in the first place. I spend $100 on clothing for the new school year, because I'm sensible with what I buy, and how I spend money.

500 was about what I spent as of grand total for the year maybe less... try department store like tj-maxx and Ross and Burlington you may never know what you will find there I find stuff from malls like 40% off at those places

I spent whatever I managed to save from my part time job. My parents stopped paying for things that I didn't absolutely NEED when I first got a job at 14.

They loved me and all that, they just wanted to help prepare me for the future when I became an adult and had to start paying for EVERYTHING myself.

just get a $10 shirt and you'll be fine for like 3 years