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3 Things to Avoid During Your Quarantine Closet Edit

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3 Things to Avoid During Your Quarantine Closet Edit

Have you edited your fall winter closet yet? I’m what you might call a “late closet editor.” I just finished my edit, audit, cleanse…whatever you want to call it…last weekend. You see, I adore spring/summer clothes, but I apparently think if I ignore my fall/winter closet, cold weather will come later. Anyway, as I was editing, I got to thinking…this year certainly isn’t normal! Normal editing rules don’t really apply. (You know I like to break rules anyway!) Eventually I distilled my thoughts into what not to do during your quarantine closet edit OR… 3 things to avoid during your [..] read more

I Found a Hole!

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I Found a Hole!

I found a hole as I was editing or auditing my wardrobe, moving my winter clothes out and my spring things into my bedroom closet. But it wasn’t a hole in a piece of clothing. Rather I have a huge hole in my fall/winter shoe wardrobe! When I edit my closet, I take the old season’s clothes (in this case fall/winter) and put them into storage. Then I move the current (spring/summer) clothes into my working closet. I edit the items as they go out of closet A and the items coming into closet A. Essentially, I am analyzing my [..] read more

6 Clothing Items to Purge from Your Closet Immediately

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6 Clothing Items to Purge from Your Closet Immediately

Two buzzworthy topics that are particularly popular right now are simplifying your life and mindfulness. More than just being buzzworthy, both subjects are proven to create a much calmer, and much more focused lifestyle for all of us. Yet, being a wardrobe consultant, I ask “how in the world can you ever achieve mindfulness when getting dressed and a more simple, stress free life (well less stressed anyway,) when your closet is stuffed to the gills with clothes and accessories and shoes that are simply not serving you any longer?” But I know the thought of tackling your closet can [..] read more

5 Steps for Successful Closet Cleaning

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5 Steps for Successful Closet Cleaning

  It’s that time of year again; time to give your closet a good cleaning now that the seasons appear to have officially changed (she says with her fingers and toes crossed.) I have to make an aside before we go on…I think it’s funny that so many women refer to closet editing as closet cleaning. I mean, I do clean my closet as in vacuuming and dusting. But actually moving the clothes around and deciding what should stay or go I typically think of as a closet edit, organizing, swapping my closet out. So today I’m not going to [..] read more