How to Solve what to wear....

Ever stood in front of your wardrobe and not known what to wear? Ever felt like you hate everything you own? Ever thought that whatever you put on looks wrong? If so then you are suffering from wardrobe overwhelm and here's how to solve it.

First I will make the following assumptions.

1. You have removed everything from your closet that you do not like. Yes seriously - all those sale bargains, gifts, clothes you bought years ago but are too expensive to throw out.
2. You have removed everything from your closet that does not fit you - if you do ever lose weight you can treat yourself to some new clothes to celebrate.
3. You have removed everything from your wardrobe that is past it's best - ripped, faded, button missing, ragged collar.

Now you will be left with only those clothes that you love and that fit you.

Next organize your clothes. 

1. Remove everything for the summer in winter and vice versa. You won't be wearing that lemon halter neck in January and oh the joy of swapping 70% of your wardrobe in March and again in late September.
If space allows do the following.
Wardrobe for coats
Rail for suits.
Rail for blouses,shirts,
Rail for tops, corsets, basques
Rail for Jackets
Rails for dresses
Fold jeans in wardrobe with shelves
Fold jumpers in wardrobe with shelves
Fold T shirts in wardrobe with shelves

Here is the clever part. Most wardrobe assistants advise you to sort clothes by colour and occasion. This does not work for me - looking at 7 white shirts or 30 black dresses creates indecision and limits your imagination. Once it is separated by type as above I mix it all up together.  Then I sort it by when I wore it. When I have worn something it is hung on the right. This time I am working through my wardrobes and I have got about a third of the way through - the turquoise dress is the starting point in the picture above. Now when I choose what to wear I have only two thirds of my wardrobe to choose from - if I want to rewear something - and mixing things together usually means that a cardi will be worn again with a different dress then I will but first I will go through the clothes on the left. If I really don't want to wear the clothes that are remaining on the left then why am I keeping them? This really helps you focus on what you like and makes you get rid of what you don't.  After all why is it hanging there if you don't love it? Plus it makes deciding what to wear so much easier. You feel that the unworn clothes deserve a turn.You look forward to wearing everything because you love everything.

I do this with all my clothes - including coats - I have 2 that I like but choose not to wear and if I do not wear them this month I am going to ditch them.  It is so liberating... Try it...