More CHARTS AND GRAPHS!

[hells_half_acre]

borgmama1of5 gave me this sweet idea for a bar graph!

Behold CLOTHING BY SEASON OF ORIGIN!!







But what does it mean?!?!

First off, it means that Sam mostly wears his newer clothes, while Dean mostly wears his older clothes. Secondly, it means...umm...okay, I have no idea. I'm sure if we all think about it, we can come up with cool meanings.


I will add them to their respective season entries in If Clothes Could Talk. :)

Let me know if anyone has any other cool ideas for graphs...

Comments

[romanaone-fan.livejournal.com]

It means Jared still fits in his season one clothes, despite having increased in size by 200%. Obviously. :)

[ramblin_rosie]

Well, in some respects, Sam's wardrobe change over the years has a practical basis: he's bulked out (and possibly grown another inch) since S1. But it probably does point to a difference in attitude toward clothes that stems at least from the Stanford years. Notice that the total number of items we see Dean wear through these seasons is fairly constant (29, 25, 27, 27, 29) and that the new numbers are always smallest prior to S6. That suggests that left to his own devices, Dean mainly buys new clothes to replace ones that have worn out or are irreparably damaged/stained. Since he's on a limited budget, that makes perfect sense. Sam's totals are fairly constant, too (39, 37, 38, 42, 43), but given the comparatively few items that carry over for more than one season, my guess is that he's more apt than Dean to replace a piece of clothing just because he's tired of it.

Interesting, though, to note how many of S3's clothes for both guys evidently went into storage for S4 and eventually made reappearances in later seasons! Also interesting to note the sudden jump in new clothes for Dean in S6; one item, I know, is the duster, but Lisa must have insisted on taking him shopping.
(And it means you are awesome for doing these writeups, along with the timeline! It's an amazing resource. :) )

[harrigan.livejournal.com]

LOL! I really enjoy the work you put into this!

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

I am delighted to have inspired you--and boy, you put this up fast!

Conclusion 1: Sam is a clothes-horse :)
Conclusion 2: How on earth is it possible any season one shirt fit Jared in season 5??? (On the other hand, there is the Dean shirt featured in 'Afterschool Special' season 4 that teenage Dean wore that showed up on adult Dean later...I guess the ability to increase size is part of the Winchesters' magical ability to get out blood and repair holes in their clothes.)

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

I love your clothing records. It's fascinating! Don't they say "Clothes make the man?"

What I observed, as the seasons evolved, is that Sam's tastes in clothing became more Dean-like, which makes sense from a practicality POV. Except for that faded, red-patterned inside-out shirt...that remains solely Sam and still a little wierd but I dig it.

And yeah, I've got NO idea how JP fits anything from Season Early these days. Shoulders...mmm...

[4422shini.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe that`s awesome!!

[khek.livejournal.com]

It means that Sam is harder on clothing than Dean?

Or maybe that Dean hates shopping, so he'll wear things as long as possible before giving in and getting something new.

They both must be pretty hard on jeans though!

I'm amazed at how much work you do on these, and how fun they are to interpret!