Soft minimalist aesthetic outfits1/16/2024 ![]() (I think my mom has more Instagram followers than I do.) I’m not trying to write a book about them or get you to follow me on Instagram. I also hope this will be a unique perspective because I’m not a fashion blogger. ![]() Regardless of whether minimizing your wardrobe or other possessions is currently a goal of yours, I hope you take away some wisdom that’s helpful to you. So I’ve written out the ten step process that guided me through getting rid of over two thirds of my wardrobe. Over the last year of decluttering I’ve learned a lot about how - and why - to cut down on the size of my wardrobe, and today I’d like to share some of it with you. ![]() It’s just a comfortable place that happens to work for me right now. Is it the life-changing secret to conquering your closet? Nah. (I hate doing laundry because it requires driving fifteen minutes to a coin-operated laundromat where every nook and corner is full of somebody else’s melted Tide pods and sopping wet dog hair.) Best of all, I can continue to only do laundry only once or twice a month. I have a healthy - but not overwhelming - amount of choice in outfits. I have clothes for any conceivable activity or occasion that might come my way. It’s also not a ridiculous overflow of excess like it was before. It’s perfect, even though it’s not a teeny tiny itty bitty 30-piece year-long capsule wardrobe that requires I do laundry twice a day and go to brunch in my gym clothes. Not only does it have everything I need to use, but I use everything in it. So I decided to Saint-Exupéry my wardrobe.Īnd now, one year later, my 144-piece wardrobe feels just right. There’s a quote from Airman’s Odyssey that I adore:Ī designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Moving - which I do regularly - was a colossal pain. My drawers were stuffed so full they wouldn’t open. The majority of the pieces in my wardrobe went unworn year after year. Regardless of what the exact number was, it was way too much for me. Based on how many items fit in each of my donation bags, I can safely estimate the starting number was at least 500 to 600 items. Granted, I didn’t actually count the number of items in my wardrobe until the most recent April round of decluttering, during which I started with around 300 items. Last May, this January, and this April, I completed three major waves of decluttering that cut my wardrobe down from what I estimate was over 500 items to under 150. I don’t count socks or underwear because I’m not a Puritan.Ī year ago, that number of items was far higher. ![]() It also includes all of my jackets and coats, as well as all my accessories, including hats, gloves, scarves, belts, and bags, all of my jewelry, all of my scrunchies and claw clips, and also two swimsuits. Including gym clothes, loungewear, formal wear, sleepwear, camisoles, messy clothes for painting and gardening, and so on. My name is Sophie and I currently have 144 items in my wardrobe. ![]()
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