{"id":39,"date":"2017-07-08T14:07:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T04:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celinelowe.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2017-07-17T22:52:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:52:03","slug":"falling-in-love-with-clothes-i-already-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celinelowe.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/falling-in-love-with-clothes-i-already-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling in Love – with clothes I already own"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hate clothes shopping. When ever I go out to do it I don’t ever know what I’m looking for and I don’t understand fashion. I have a closet full of clothes yet still manage to wear the same outfits again and again and again with minimal variation.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried to solve this problem before, looked at style blogs that tell you how to wear the same thing different ways, I’ve even considered hiring a stylist. I’ve gotten some marginally good advice like creating a Pinterest board of clothes I like \u00a0(Turns out; I like the way the Duchess of Cambridge dresses). Generally, the take home advice from all these sources was – if I want to make my current stuff look different I actually need to BUY MORE STUFF.<\/p>\n

Which I wasn’t going to do… not just because I hate clothes shopping, but also because it seems a rather expensive solution to a really small problem.<\/p>\n

Then, around February this year I was listening to a podcast called\u00a0‘The Functioning Minimalist’<\/a>. Sara (the creator) discussed the idea of curating a wardrobe which was made up entirely of things you love to wear. These clothes would all match each other and can be worn in many variations. She called it a capsule wardrobe.<\/p>\n

The main appeal of this idea for me, was that it suggested that I look at the clothes I already own. It’s first step? Clear the wardrobe and all my drawers of all pieces of clothing and put them on the bed.<\/p>\n

\"Declutter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/center>Step 2 was to put back ONLY the clothes I know I LOVE wearing.<\/p>\n

As well as doing this, I took this time to get organised – I sorted out clothes into ‘definitely keep’, ‘maybe keep’, ‘to sell’ and ‘to donate’. I put away my sleeping clothes and gym clothes in different places and separated my winter\/summer clothes (I’ve never really done that before since I don’t have a lot of clothes the things that get tossed into storage are mostly just coats and knits while summer stuff stays out all year ’round).<\/p>\n

Now, with everything put away, and short list of all the winter appropriate clothes sitting in my wardrobe; I had finally gotten to\u00a0 the fun part – trying on my clothes.<\/p>\n

\"Declutter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/center>I tried them on in different variations and tossed aside ones that \u00a0didn’t seem to flatter or have any versatility. I played around with colours even ones that I thought might not go together – with some surprising results. I mixed and matched and styled myself! This was an amazing breakthrough for me as I have never been able to do that before!<\/p>\n

In the end I was left with my cupboard looking like this…<\/p>\n

\"Declutter\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/center>When I counted, I had 35 pieces of clothing for my winter wardrobe – not including under garments or shoes… (2 coats, 10 scarves, 6 shirts, 2 skirts, 8 pants, 4 sweaters, 1 blazer, 2 pairs of gloves) . It’s not perfect, and yet I’ve never felt happier about my wardrobe than I do now!<\/p>\n

This was such a worthwhile exercise. I learned about my personal style by looking at the clothes I already own AND LIKE. (Japanese scarves make my outfits look a little fancier). I have an idea of what kinds of clothes I need<\/em><\/span> to buy (I’m looking forward to shopping for a casual winter jacket) and <\/em>most importantly, I feel like I have a brand new wardrobe filled with endless permutations of outfits I’d like to wear. The best part? I didn’t spend a single cent to get it!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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