Comments on: Simplify your Closet

By: Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:28:48 +0000

I love this idea. I’m in the market for a new wardrobe, because I had a bad habit of buying cheap clothes because they were cheap….and guess what? They would literally fall apart on me!! Seams would come undone, colors faded, shirts/sweaters would pill, and I looked like a mess. So now I’m slowly building a new wardrobe and only getting really great pieces that I love, and tossing the old ones out as I get new ones. When I get a certain amount, I’ll stop. (At the moment I only have like 6 shirts total, which is too few for me). I disagree with the person above me who said to not accessorize though. I think that accessorizing is the best way to change up an outfit that may seem boring, or that you wore already. If you have a black dress, you can wear it to church, an office party, cocktail event, date, even a funeral…and it can look appropriate for any occasion simply by switching up your accessories. And a few accessories take up a lot less room than clothes, and you’ll never get too fat or skinny for them, and they make you look really polished, like you spent a lot of time on your outfit. Just my opinion.

By: EliSiza

EliSiza — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:17:40 +0000

I started to live simple, and removing clothes from my closet is a good way to start. I have a few tips myself:

1) Do not give yourself the option. Once you give yourself the option to buy more clothes, you will spend more and need more time maintaining a lot of clothes in your closet and keeping things you probably do not even wear.

2) Try to find clothes that are good for more than one season. I never had a seasonal wardrobe and it made my life so much easier rather than having to pack the winter or summer clothes and taking it out again the next season. I invest in well made and good quality cardigans that are perfect for the spring and fall, and the end of summer and winter.

3) Invest in good coats and jackets. Do not buy so many hoodies.

4) Find clothes that require less maintenance, ones that do not need dry cleaning, or just do not dry clean too often, only when you really think your item is dirty.

5) Buy comfortable jeans that fit. People gain and lose weight, and the best way to stay on tract in managing your weight is not giving yourself the option to wear jeans that fit your gained weight. I only wear about 3-4 pairs of my 10 pairs of jeans, and half of the ones I do not wear are too big now. Once you get rid of some jeans or donate them, you will have a smaller amount and can also maintain your weight at the same time.

6) Buy clothes of quality and not quantity. From experience, I realized purchasing clothes and jeans from Gap and Abercrombie are more comfortable, does not fade as fast, and feels good on your skin compared to the smaller company clothing store jeans and shirts. The cotton from quality stores are softer too.

7) Minimize your wardrobe by not accessorizing. This may be difficult, but my experience from accessorizing was just a hassle. I invested in 2-3 pairs of nice earrings that are real gold and goes great with almost every outfit. I tossed the cheap earrings, and my necklaces which sometimes embarrassingly snaps in public and beads or rings fly everywhere. If possible, do not accessorize, but if you want to, have a few things that go great with every outfit. Accessories also tend to be expensive.

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By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:48:28 +0000

I read a good hint once – if you’re worried about needing the clothes again, put everything you intend to give away into a box. If at the end of the year you haven’t pulled it out of the box then it’s safe to give it away.

I’m sure there might be some exceptions like extremely formal wear or seasonal (eg I have cold weathethat you might not use every year

By: FourPillars

FourPillars — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:35:08 +0000

Some great advice – we need to go through our closets…

Mike

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By: Fabulously Broke

Fabulously Broke — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:18:33 +0000

I love this list makes sense to me!

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By: Dan King

Dan King — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:53:46 +0000

I worked in self-storage for too long to be a pack-rat, but I still find myself storing up on things. This is a great reminder, and something that I am actually working on this week while on vacation. I always feel much better after cleaning house and streamlining my life!

Thanks! Great tip!

By: bob

bob — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:53:49 +0000

@Marie
I have not, but it sounds like a good read – I will have to pick it up- thanks