56 FETEPRESS.COM.AU / ISSUE NO.26
START BY TAKING EVERYTHING
OUT OF YOUR WARDROBE
All of it, until there’s only empty hangers.
Now make three piles, the ‘yes,’ ‘no,’ and
‘decide later’ pile. The key here is to put
nostalgia aside and make quick intuitive
decisions, leaving anything not worn in
a year firmly in the ‘no’ pile.MAKE A LIST
Now that you have your piles, you want to
quickly analyse what’s there. Draw a line
down the centre of a blank page and write
‘no’ and ‘yes’ at the top of each column.
Check out your ‘no’ pile and note all the
commonalities between the things that
you’ve thrown out. Maybe there’s a lot of
crochet items in that pile? One particular
brand that never worked, or patterns or
colours that you never wear. Personally, I
discovered that only monochrome patterns
were timeless throughout the seasons and
crochet definitely didn’t work for me – so
now I avoid them when I shop. No matter
how cute a crochet dress is, I leave it on
the shelf because I know it’s likely to sit in
my wardrobe gathering dust. As for the ‘yes’
list, write down all the common-threads in
that pile and shop accordingly. I learnt that
I tend to favour black, white and denim the
most. It also showed me what I owned too
much and too little of. For example, I learnt
that I don’t need to buy another button-up
shirt for as long as I live, but there was a
big void of camisoles and going-out tops
in my wardrobe.SLOWLY ROUND OUT YOUR CAPSULE
WARDROBE
Since getting rid of the eighty percent of
the clothes I wasn’t wearing, it’s been not
only easier and less stressful to dress
myself when I’m sleepy-eyed and in need
of coffee in the mornings, but I also dress
better, because there are less items to
confuse my choices. I now see more clearly
what I need to shop for (if I need to shop at
all) and with the money saved from
spending less on clothes, I treat myself to
better quality, luxury pieces that will last
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