capsuling
well. that was a super interesting endeavor, and i actually enjoyed it much more than i thought i would have!
Note, about 6 months ago i went Konmari on my clothes. All my stuff was still living in Pepper's closet and a dresser in her room from before she was born. I felt like it was time to give her all her own space, and get my stuff into our small bedroom. so i did a mass overhaul then.
this is what i started with:
which i guess isn't terrible.
So i pulled it all out, and tried to organize it, sort of by base. I have found i am drawn to both black and navy as a base, and i'm ok with that. all the stuff i've read says pick one, and I don't want to! so there! clearly i like color. this is me. this is me making a lessist capsule....
that's the donate pile there on the floor, on the left.
so this is a pretty dishonest picture of what i have left. My dresses are on the right, and my shirts, pants, skirts, separates on the left. You can see i have a thing for polka dots and stripes. and i like color. but really, there are only a few colors here! as i said, both black and navy as a base, which i have no intention of changing. Everything i kept fits me. there are 2-3 pieces i love that are 1 size too small. Nothing has stains, holes or any other imperfections of that nature. it was interesting to see how little white i have. is that a subconscious decision, or the result of being the mother of a preschooler??
I learned some really interesting things looking at my clothes this way. i got rid of a few items i do really like because they only fit in to one outfit. konmari would have allowed me to keep these things if i loved them. seeing my clothes all laid out like this, and thinking about how they all can go together really shifted my thinking. I got rid of a few pairs of perfectly fine shoes, because looking at my clothes, i will never wear them. i have kept a few items that will have to earn their right to stay. sadly, these are mostly winter items, so they can stay until it starts to get cold again. but if i wear them, and birds don't sing, straight into the bag they go. most of my clothes i wear year round, so there's really no need for packing away seasonal items.
i'm a little sad that i don't see *too* much difference in the before and after...
all in, i got rid of about 50 items. I say this is dishonest because i have almost all last week's clothes in the laundry. I did bring in most of my tops, tho. I think i mentioned before that i recently discovered LuLaRoe. and if you know them, you've heard of the leggings. I have, i think, 5 pairs of weirdo fun prints i love, and i wear them about 2x a week. I have 4 jersey mini dresses that i wear with them. they don't go with anything else in my wardrobe. they're a sub capsule, in the laundry, and not pictured here since i wasn't going to get rid of them anyhow.
i have also learned i have a problem with socks. too many and i was only able to get rid of like 5 pairs.
There are 3 items in waiting for alterations. I’m trying to work into a second wind now and do them tonight.
overall i got so much out of doing this!! even if i don't have a capsule, i feel like i understand my clothes SO much more now. and i hope that i'll be more purposeful when shopping. I have identified a few items that would fill in nicely, and i can keep my eye out for items like that when i shop. I’ve never thought of my clothes as a wardrobe before, how they all fit together, or don’t. and it was just super eye opening.
Julie, tag, you're it. i want to see photos!!!
Note, about 6 months ago i went Konmari on my clothes. All my stuff was still living in Pepper's closet and a dresser in her room from before she was born. I felt like it was time to give her all her own space, and get my stuff into our small bedroom. so i did a mass overhaul then.
this is what i started with:
which i guess isn't terrible.
So i pulled it all out, and tried to organize it, sort of by base. I have found i am drawn to both black and navy as a base, and i'm ok with that. all the stuff i've read says pick one, and I don't want to! so there! clearly i like color. this is me. this is me making a lessist capsule....
that's the donate pile there on the floor, on the left.
so this is a pretty dishonest picture of what i have left. My dresses are on the right, and my shirts, pants, skirts, separates on the left. You can see i have a thing for polka dots and stripes. and i like color. but really, there are only a few colors here! as i said, both black and navy as a base, which i have no intention of changing. Everything i kept fits me. there are 2-3 pieces i love that are 1 size too small. Nothing has stains, holes or any other imperfections of that nature. it was interesting to see how little white i have. is that a subconscious decision, or the result of being the mother of a preschooler??
I learned some really interesting things looking at my clothes this way. i got rid of a few items i do really like because they only fit in to one outfit. konmari would have allowed me to keep these things if i loved them. seeing my clothes all laid out like this, and thinking about how they all can go together really shifted my thinking. I got rid of a few pairs of perfectly fine shoes, because looking at my clothes, i will never wear them. i have kept a few items that will have to earn their right to stay. sadly, these are mostly winter items, so they can stay until it starts to get cold again. but if i wear them, and birds don't sing, straight into the bag they go. most of my clothes i wear year round, so there's really no need for packing away seasonal items.
i'm a little sad that i don't see *too* much difference in the before and after...
all in, i got rid of about 50 items. I say this is dishonest because i have almost all last week's clothes in the laundry. I did bring in most of my tops, tho. I think i mentioned before that i recently discovered LuLaRoe. and if you know them, you've heard of the leggings. I have, i think, 5 pairs of weirdo fun prints i love, and i wear them about 2x a week. I have 4 jersey mini dresses that i wear with them. they don't go with anything else in my wardrobe. they're a sub capsule, in the laundry, and not pictured here since i wasn't going to get rid of them anyhow.
i have also learned i have a problem with socks. too many and i was only able to get rid of like 5 pairs.
There are 3 items in waiting for alterations. I’m trying to work into a second wind now and do them tonight.
overall i got so much out of doing this!! even if i don't have a capsule, i feel like i understand my clothes SO much more now. and i hope that i'll be more purposeful when shopping. I have identified a few items that would fill in nicely, and i can keep my eye out for items like that when i shop. I’ve never thought of my clothes as a wardrobe before, how they all fit together, or don’t. and it was just super eye opening.
Julie, tag, you're it. i want to see photos!!!