How to Declutter Your Wardrobe Without Losing Your Fashion Edge
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Now that summer is rapidly approaching (about time!), it could be time to go through your wardrobe and perform a little bit of decluttering in order to make space for any new outfits that you might want to wear as soon as the mercury begins to rise. But the main issue with decluttering, in general, is how to know when you’re flippantly chucking things out for the sake of spring cleaning without putting any thought into whether or not you might need them in the future. Or, more specifically, in the case of your wardrobe, if you’re going to throw something out that will dramatically impact your style. Fortunately, as with all things in life, there is a right way to go about the process and a wrong way. In this post, we are going to teach you the former so that you can walk away from this process feeling confident that you’ve put in the effort to clear space and rid yourself of anything you will never wear again while remaining confident that you will still be able to strut your stuff as fashionable as you ever did.
Organize Items Into Groups For Easier Decision-Making
As you might do with any significant decluttering event, it’s a good idea to remain level-headed and not throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater. It’s far too easy to become carried away with the prospect of purchasing an entirely new wardrobe being ever-present. However, if you’re a little too hasty, you can end up getting rid of the very things that most accurately represent who you are, fashion-wise. Therefore, it’s prudent to slow things down and separate each item into different categories, including keep, maybe, and remove. Don’t worry if your pile starts to increase exponentially in comparison with the other options, as you can always utilize self-storage facilities to store any clothing that you’re as of yet unsure about. This self-storage facility in Hendra even makes a note that it can be used when decluttering. Just make sure that any storage solution you choose is easily accessible, can store things like clothing safely, and is secure. The reason to take the step of separating everything based on whether you want to keep it or not can help you to take stock of what you actually own, then come to a decision based on any updated stylistic preferences, and assist you with the next tip.
Embrace The One-Year Rule
If you’re unaware of this rule, it basically stipulates that if you haven’t used anything within the last year, the chances are high that you won’t use it in the future. Although it can be a daily ambiguous rule, the point is to look at what you have and ask yourself if there was a reason you never wore it. If you haven’t used it for a year because you simply forgot you had it, and rediscovering it has made you incredibly happy, then by all means, keep hold of it. But if you know deep in your heart that you chose to ignore it over the past year for whatever reason, then it will probably pay to remove it from your cabinet to make space for the clothes that you are actually more likely to wear.
Assess Your Current Wardrobe Essentials
You’d be surprised at how many variations of a single outfit you can generate when paired with a selection of different essential items. This could be a scarf, jeans that seem to go with everything, or anything that is easy to mix and match with other clothing. These pieces are the very things that you ought to hold on to rather than dispose of, as they can help you to dramatically reduce your current number of items while still ensuring that you have sufficient fashion ammunition for whatever occasion graces your life.
Give Clothes A Second Life By Donating Them (And Maybe Finding New Pieces In The Thrift Store)
While this might not appear to be directly related to the act of decluttering, it’s always nice to know that you are allowing your clothing to live on rather than throwing it into the landfill. It also gives you the opportunity to peruse through the goodwill or thrift shop you’re donating to in the hope of discovering a fashion gem that may be hiding beneath the piles of random things.
Decluttering seems like a simple task, but once you start, you soon discover that it’s far more involved… especially when it comes to something as crucial as how you look. By following these tips, you should make the job slightly more manageable and possibly even find new clothes to fill the space you’ve created.
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