New title: The Wardrobe 400 Project
In my last post ( LJ | DW ) a week ago, I mentioned that I was pondering scaling my wardrobe down by half.
So today, rather than work on books (either writing or layout), I spent a few hours inventorying every single piece of clothing I have. Seriously.
Here's what the breakdown looks like:
Pants (including jeans) 22
Skirts 33
Shorts 4
Capris 5
Overalls 2
Shirts & blouses (button/dress) 52
Polo shirts 9
T-shirts (dress), long sleeved 41
T-shirts (dress), short sleeved 32
Sweaters 32
Suits (pieces) 15
Jackets/blazers 7
Dresses & jumpers (informal) 10
Dresses (special occasion) 11
ACCESSORIES :
Shoes (pairs) 17
Boots (pairs) 7
Sandals (pairs) 8
Scarves (decorative) 31
Belts 7
Hats (regular, non-costume) 6
UNDERWEAR:
Underpants 44
Socks (pairs) 88
Bras (normal wear) 8
Bras (specialty) 4
Bras (sports) 7
Tights/stockings (pairs) 23
Knee- or thigh-high stockings (pairs) 17
Slips/shapewear (pieces) 11
LOUNGE & ACTIVEWEAR:
Pajamas (pieces) 35
Robes 4
Bathing suits (complete) 4
T-shirts (athletic) 31
Camisoles/halters (w/shelf bra) 14
Activewear (pieces) 22
Sweatshirts/fleeces/hoodies 9
COLD WEATHER:
Coats/outerwear 9
Long underwear (bottoms & tops) 9
Hats (winter) 5
Scarves (winter) 11
Gloves & mittens (pairs) 9
Which sounds like a LOT, but when you look at everything together, it doesn't really LOOK like a crazy amount.
(justom: "I don't think you're allowed to tease me anymore about the number of dress shirts I own!" Me: "Yes, but at least now I'm embarking on this purging process!" Him: "Mm... true.")
But having decided to do it this way, I think, honestly, that a 50% reduction is an unreasonable goal. Maybe from where I started last year before moving, I could have done it... but to get down to 358 items? I'm halfway up to there in socks and underwear alone! (I suppose that's part of the point, yes, but still.)
Thus, I am setting the official goal at 400 pieces, which is about 60% of the current total, and naming this the Wardrobe 400 Project.
If I can cut more than that, I will earn myself the right to buy a few awesome (well-constructed and properly-fitting) replacement pieces. ;-)
Note that I also have an entire bin (probably really two bins' worth, at this point, it's so overflowing) of costume pieces which I have not yet inventoried -- I thought I might try including all of those in the count as well, but I think I will have to treat that as a separate effort.
N.B.: Cross-posted from Dreamwidth; click to view or comment on original post.
So today, rather than work on books (either writing or layout), I spent a few hours inventorying every single piece of clothing I have. Seriously.
Here's what the breakdown looks like:
Pants (including jeans) 22
Skirts 33
Shorts 4
Capris 5
Overalls 2
Shirts & blouses (button/dress) 52
Polo shirts 9
T-shirts (dress), long sleeved 41
T-shirts (dress), short sleeved 32
Sweaters 32
Suits (pieces) 15
Jackets/blazers 7
Dresses & jumpers (informal) 10
Dresses (special occasion) 11
ACCESSORIES :
Shoes (pairs) 17
Boots (pairs) 7
Sandals (pairs) 8
Scarves (decorative) 31
Belts 7
Hats (regular, non-costume) 6
UNDERWEAR:
Underpants 44
Socks (pairs) 88
Bras (normal wear) 8
Bras (specialty) 4
Bras (sports) 7
Tights/stockings (pairs) 23
Knee- or thigh-high stockings (pairs) 17
Slips/shapewear (pieces) 11
LOUNGE & ACTIVEWEAR:
Pajamas (pieces) 35
Robes 4
Bathing suits (complete) 4
T-shirts (athletic) 31
Camisoles/halters (w/shelf bra) 14
Activewear (pieces) 22
Sweatshirts/fleeces/hoodies 9
COLD WEATHER:
Coats/outerwear 9
Long underwear (bottoms & tops) 9
Hats (winter) 5
Scarves (winter) 11
Gloves & mittens (pairs) 9
Which sounds like a LOT, but when you look at everything together, it doesn't really LOOK like a crazy amount.
(justom: "I don't think you're allowed to tease me anymore about the number of dress shirts I own!" Me: "Yes, but at least now I'm embarking on this purging process!" Him: "Mm... true.")
But having decided to do it this way, I think, honestly, that a 50% reduction is an unreasonable goal. Maybe from where I started last year before moving, I could have done it... but to get down to 358 items? I'm halfway up to there in socks and underwear alone! (I suppose that's part of the point, yes, but still.)
Thus, I am setting the official goal at 400 pieces, which is about 60% of the current total, and naming this the Wardrobe 400 Project.
If I can cut more than that, I will earn myself the right to buy a few awesome (well-constructed and properly-fitting) replacement pieces. ;-)
Note that I also have an entire bin (probably really two bins' worth, at this point, it's so overflowing) of costume pieces which I have not yet inventoried -- I thought I might try including all of those in the count as well, but I think I will have to treat that as a separate effort.
N.B.: Cross-posted from Dreamwidth; click to view or comment on original post.