Operation: Wardrobe
Got an email from GK, who's going to be back down in July (with Thing One and Thing Two this time, but you can't have everything). She's proposed that we work on my wardrobe, saying, "I was wondering if you wanted to concentrate on your clothes. Get them all out on the bed, then go through them all and fine tune what you have. Sort into keep, mend, donate, etc. You could see what color families you have, what obvious omissions you have in your wardrobe, then look for those specifically and just say no to what you don't need."
I sent an enthusiastic reply. It's something I've wanted to do for quite a while, because good grief, how can I have 2+ closets full of stuff and still feel like I have nothing to wear?! I've got the closet in my bedroom, the closet in the middle room AND all the stuff out in the garage/laundry room and it's thoroughly unmanageable. I need to spend a day with someone who can give me a dispassionate opinion---that shirt is too short, those pants are too tight, when did you last wear this dress?---and hopefully winnow it down to a closet and a half.
When I started working at the Call Center, in close proximity to Goodwill, I grabbed a bunch of stuff just because it kinda fit and was a bargain...however, my continued exposure to Fashion has made me realize that most of my finds do nothing for me. I wear 20% of my clothes 80% of the time, and the rest is make-do. "Kinda fits" does NOT cut it. I want to be able to look in my closet, find something that makes me look fabulous, and GO.
An awful lot of what I have is just plain boring. Yes, I believe in dressing up solids with accessories like printed jackets, great jewelery or an awesome hat, but most of the clothes I have doesn't live up to the glamourous self-image I enshrine in my ego. Jeans, black pants and tiered skirts do NOT make the statement I want to make. GK's offer is timely; reducing my wardrobe by about half will make room for things that flatter me, and, with a goal toward The Big Picture, make room for someone else in my life.
Yes, I AM an optimist, why do you ask?
I sent an enthusiastic reply. It's something I've wanted to do for quite a while, because good grief, how can I have 2+ closets full of stuff and still feel like I have nothing to wear?! I've got the closet in my bedroom, the closet in the middle room AND all the stuff out in the garage/laundry room and it's thoroughly unmanageable. I need to spend a day with someone who can give me a dispassionate opinion---that shirt is too short, those pants are too tight, when did you last wear this dress?---and hopefully winnow it down to a closet and a half.
When I started working at the Call Center, in close proximity to Goodwill, I grabbed a bunch of stuff just because it kinda fit and was a bargain...however, my continued exposure to Fashion has made me realize that most of my finds do nothing for me. I wear 20% of my clothes 80% of the time, and the rest is make-do. "Kinda fits" does NOT cut it. I want to be able to look in my closet, find something that makes me look fabulous, and GO.
An awful lot of what I have is just plain boring. Yes, I believe in dressing up solids with accessories like printed jackets, great jewelery or an awesome hat, but most of the clothes I have doesn't live up to the glamourous self-image I enshrine in my ego. Jeans, black pants and tiered skirts do NOT make the statement I want to make. GK's offer is timely; reducing my wardrobe by about half will make room for things that flatter me, and, with a goal toward The Big Picture, make room for someone else in my life.
Yes, I AM an optimist, why do you ask?