revamp my wardrobe

I found two pairs of pants that are brand new hidden under a pile of stuff. All they needed to be wearable was to be hemmed. That’s done and my wardrobe possibilities have expanded. I have an entire garbage bag full of shoes that I purged. I’m going to take them to school to let my student draw them.

I have had clothes spilling out of the closet, out of dresser drawers, piles of them on the floor. It has been totally out of control….and still I find myself standing in front of the closet wondering what I could possibly wear. This morning I finally got started and now have two garbage bags full of clothes to take to Goodwill. That’s a lot but I still think I need to purge a bit more. I want my style to reflect the different aspects of myself. For school (I’m a teacher) I want to have a classic, if not quite severe style. However, at home I am a romantic and want to embrace that. So now I need to go through my clothes and see what I have and what I need and what just needs repairing. I love clothes so this is really not a difficult goal for me. I just have to curb my love of shopping and remember that it should really be more about quality and not quantity.

I am starting to receive compliments about my clothes, but they are all from the same guy who’s taste in fashion is as bad as mine haha.

I am finding my style though.

Seem to be in pretty good shape and am still in habit of buying something every week or so just so I don’t have to go on a crazy spending spree after I get desperate. I think I might need a few more work tops, and then I might need to think abt some non-work clothes. Should prolly declutter a little bit in the pajama/sweats department, too. Hubby would def like that.

I need to start taking clothing serious. I used to think that that would be superficial but when I am wearing clothes I really like I feel more secure and I think there can’t be anything wrong with that right?

On my to do list:

• create my personal lookbook to figure out what I like

This is actually a lot harder than I thought. I’m trying to pick out classic things that I’ll wear a lot, and love but I feel like I keep sticking to boring basic colors.. because I know they’ll all match.

I went to Las Vegas this weekend – I always seem to have good luck shopping there. And I’m glad, because I’m not into gambling so at least this way i can still have a good time. So I got an amazing trench coat for an amazing price, plus a new suit. goodie.

I went shopping today and found a lovely pair of very nice Victorian-style boots. I also finally got my beautiful under-bust corset, yay! Laugh, I had a very Victorian shopping trip. The corset has turned out to be much more feminine than I expected, with delicate lace around the bottom. I haven’t been out of it all day. When the damn camera is working on my phone, I shall post a picture of both my new acquisitions for all you lovely ladies to see.

Four days later I have finally finished cleaning out my wardrobe of clothes. Clothes I don’t need, clothes I no longer wear and clothes that no longer fit. I hauled four garbage bags full off to the Vinnies bin today, other people will get use out of the now.
* Looks into wardrobe * Its empty (Almost)
Now the fun part, filling it again. * Rubs hands together with Manical glee *

I have been thinking of doing this for some time and as they say there is no time like the present! Since I’m Overhauling my life, I might as well go the whole hog and do my wardrobe as well.
At the moment my wardrobe consists of about three outfits I wear, not including my school uniform (Damn private schools and their encumbering uniforms). The rest are just junk.
So, first things first, time for a clean-out. Easier said than done, as I am kind of a horder. Sigh, well time to break that habit and move on with my life. Have a new start, of sorts.