Once, a friend joked, if you die, what would you come back to haunt us in? and I said, "ooh a flowy nightgown to be all scary and ethereal."
And my friend said, "No, no you have to pick something you wear when you passed on."
oh. "Tank top and yoga pants," says I.
Always. My uniform!
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“When I look in some people’s
overstuffed closets, I can’t help but want to say, ‘Your closet is supposed to
be a river, not the Dead Sea,’ ” says Janna Beatty, an image consultant and
co-author with Sharon White of Quintessential
Style: Cultivate and Communicate Your Signature Look (www.Qstylethebook.com).
By that she means clothes
should flow through a closet the way water passes through a stream – there for
a time, then gone. Clothes shouldn’t be held in captivity forever.
“Both women and men add
tons of clothing, shoes and accessories to their closets, but they never seem
to get rid of anything,” Beatty says.
Beatty and White say that
an overly extensive wardrobe actually can hinder your lifestyle. Just to get
dressed in the morning you may have to rummage past apparel that should have
been tossed years ago.
They offer a few tips for
making that closet a more inviting and organized place:
- Use it
or lose it. Nothing should be in your closet that
you can’t wear right now, Beatty says. That means anything that doesn’t fit, is
in need of repair or is out of season shouldn’t be taking up space. If you have
extra closet space, move the out-of-season clothing there. If you plan to lose
weight, do the same with clothes that don’t fit. Mostly, though, donate
or toss the excess. “Be brutal in deciding what to keep and what to get rid
of,” Beatty says.
- Organize your collection. Once the clutter is gone, it’s time to organize what remains, White says. Dressier clothes should hang toward the back of the closet unless you wear them often. Types of garments – skirts, pants, tops – should be grouped together and organized from casual to dressy.
- Customize your closet. Builders mostly build generic closets, using standard measures for clothing racks and shelves. People then just use whatever space is there, whether it works for them or not. Beatty and White suggest that instead of working with that generic layout, you should make your closet work with your wardrobe. That could mean bringing in more storage for shoes, or deciding whether you need more or less hanging space than what’s available.
Once you’re done
organizing, you aren’t really done, Beatty and White say.
“You can’t expect to stay
organized if you don’t regularly tidy up,” Beatty says. “Make sure you hang
clothes back up after you wear them, or put them in the hamper if they need to
be washed. Put clean laundry away promptly. If you aren’t careful, your closet
will be a quagmire again.”
About Janna Beatty
Janna Beatty, owner of one
of Texas’ premier makeover studios, is co-author of the bookQuintessential
Style: Cultivate and Communicate Your Signature Look(www.Qstylethebook.com).
She has studied in New York and Paris with some of the most respected advisers
in the fashion and beauty industry. A successful business owner for more than
30 years, Beatty speaks to corporations, professional organizations, and
women’s groups. She also has been a guest on radio, podcasts, and television.
About Sharon White
Sharon White is an
award-winning author who lives and writes in Central Texas. She has written for New York Daily News, Huffington Post, Fashion Bible and
other online and print magazines. She publishes a popular lifestyle blog
(qstylethebook.com) based on her book,Quintessential Style.
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