I'm doing a closet (and storage bin) purge to prepare for a
Boston area clothing swap. I have this huge pile of clothing that I already know doesn't fit yet i have not removed from my home. It's insane.
haptotrope was saying once that there is this feeling of scarcity when you're fat and fashionable. It's so hard to find good clothing, that when you find
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I am, however, learning that if it looked bad then and still looks bad now, it shouldn't stay with me.
Taking photos of myself has been a gigantic help, too. Grab your camera (or have me come over on Saturday while you try on every single thing you own) and get pix of yourself in outfits. When I see myself on film (digital film!), *that* is the real help to me when deciding should something stay or should something go. In doubt? Have a Kodak moment!
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But at the same time, I'm overflowing. I need to get rid of things. I need help!
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metagnat and I are trading off the "that item passes/fails" on Saturday, but I may yet call upon your clothing culling skills.
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I do want to stress my use of "in my experience" and "often" here. Of course, there'll be exceptions, but, um, not-usually-in-my-experience. :)
I'll happily be your Pass/Fail Second on Sunday. :)
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My problem is purses and shoes. Unlike clothes, I get attached to them, even if they're not perfect. For those, I try to keep a one-year rule for the everyday types. (Special-occasion or vintage shoes just never get chucked.)
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At this point, I have a strict one in one out policy. I buy something, something has to go. Also, I find it helps to sit down and figure out how much of a particular kind of item I need. Like, I want to have at least six dresses, but no more than that, twenty pairs of shoes, not a pair more, etc.
This obviously wouldn't work for everyone and most people aren't under the kind of space restraints I am.
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