When you open your closet, is it so scary you want to shut it and just wear what you wore yesterday?
Is your messy closet blocking you from creatively expressing your best self through clothes?
Here are some tips for making sense of your closet so you can be enjoying the daily pleasure of getting dressed.
Makes no sense: You are staring at a bunch of clothes with sales tags still attached to them.
Makes sense: Gather up the items that you’ve never worn and try them on. Now tell the truth – would you buy them again? If the answer is no and they’re still pretty current, take them to a consignment store and let someone else enjoy them while getting back part of your investment. If you’re still attracted to them, take a few minutes to create some outfits and wear them as soon as possible. You may have just forgotten about the gems you have in there!
Makes no sense: Clothes you won’t wear for another six months are crowding out clothes you should be wearing right now.
Makes sense: Remove the out-of-season clothing. You don’t need to visually edit out the cashmere sweaters and wool trousers if you’re in the season of capris and halter tops. Focus on the season you’re in and store everything else out of sight.
Makes no sense: Your clothes are hanging on wire hangers or mismatched plastic, wood and padded hangers in multiple colors.
Makes sense: Your closet deserves as much order as you can give it. While mismatched dinnerware can be very stylish at a dinner party if done right (especially if you’ve got the talents of an interior designer), the same does not hold true for your closet! Everything looks better when hung on hangers that are the same color and style. Please, no wire hangers! Hang all the hangers in the same direction, and that goes for your clothes too.
Makes no sense: On laundry day, you hang your clean clothes wherever you can find a gap in your closet.
Makes sense: Organize your closet in a way that makes sense to you. You can hang clothes by color from light to dark or hang them by item – pants, blouses, skirts, etc. Then on laundry day, you put your clothes back into the section you’ve created for them. If you open your closet and see order, getting dressed will be a daily pleasure.
Makes no sense: Your closet has several-to-many items that are in the “aspiration” category – anything two sizes smaller than your current frame.
Makes sense: Focus on the now. Remove all the aspiration clothing and either drop them off at a charity or box them out of sight. It’s easier to relax and be yourself when those aspiration clothes are out of your closet.
Makes no sense: You are hanging onto your “fat” clothes long after you’ve reached your goal weight.
Makes sense: Accept your new frame by removing all the ill-fitting clothing. You aren’t wearing those items anyway. If you’re hesitant about embracing the reality of your new size, then at least pull out the over-sized clothing and store them away.
Makes no sense: You’re unhappy when you open up your closet because you know you’re not maximizing what you have. You’re just not sure how to make it all work.
Makes sense: Getting help! Making the act of getting dressed one that you can derive pleasure from on a daily basis is worth investing in . . . pronto! This is my area of expertise and it would be my pleasure to show you how to transform your daily experience of getting dressed. It can be the favorite part of your day. Call me and we’ll get started right away.