On Shopping: What I Wear & How I Wear It
Inspired by the clothing fast going on at Well-Heeled, I’ve been thinking more about what I wear. For the past three weeks, I’ve planned my outfits out ahead of time, writing out a week’s worth of choices on a 3 X 5 card that I place in my closet. I still bought two new sweaters at H & M this week and a fun dress at Target last weekend, but I have been learning a few things.
1. There are a lot of things in my closet that I never want to wear. Why is this? I can’t decide if I should give them more time, in case I find something I want to pair items with at some point, or if I should just get rid of everything I don’t love.
2. There are a lot of things in my closet that I forget about. Generally speaking, I get into a routine of a couple items I *really* like, and I wear and rewear them silly. My v-neck black sweater has worn elbows, but I still wear it weekly. This is at the expense of other things I let waste away.
Planning my outfits helps me add versatility to my outfits.
3. Quality matters. There are things I bought years and years ago that I still wear because I like them and the quality is so good. This is definitely worth it.
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I just went and looked at well-heeled’s blog regarding the clothes fast. (Had to run away quickly– I’m from the planet 180 degrees away from the person who has 32 pairs of jeans in her closet, after all.)
I just did something worthwhile with my t-shirts. I went through them all, dumped the ones that are ratty, then kept out 3 black t-shirts, 3 colorful ones, and 2 that are ratty and paint stained (for working on the house). Then I put the rest into a rubbermade box out in the garage. My theory is, if these are all the t-shirts I have available, I’ll wear them. And when they get worn out, I can go “shop” in the box for a new one.
It’s kind of different for fashion-prone things like skirts and pants and jackets, but I think it’s an idea that can work for anything someone tends to buy too many of.
That’s a really good idea, to plan what you’re going to wear in advance. I’ve been wanting to take pictures with a digital camera of all the outfit combinations that I can make, and then sort them somehow in a folder on my computer. So instead of trying to figure out what to wear each morning, I can go to my computer and pull out a picture. It seems silly, but it just might work!
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