Sort your wardrobe into a “Lose It Now” pile
Donate, sell, toss, use as a rag. Whatever.
Just get it out of your closet and into boxes or bags in a separate area of your home so that you KNOW it will not be staying in your closet any longer.
(Don’t be like Rachel Zoe. Just kidding. I love you Rachel.)
You have to start losing that emotional attachment to your items.
And don’t let your mom into the room or else she’ll start picking through the pile and trying to fit into the clothing to show you that it can be worn again.
The Special “Must Get Repaired Immediately” Category
If you have clothing that you MUST keep, but just hasn’t been repaired, or needs to be hemmed or taken in, you should put it into a special category: Must Get Repaired Immediately.
And then, take it to get repaired immediately, all at once, no qualms, no regrets, no questions asked.
Sort that Lose It Now pile into 4 categories
1. SELL: Any item that you would purchase for yourself and things you KNOW other people would buy
So.. anything with a brand name or looks almost new are pretty good bets to sell.
Anything from the 80s, or t-shirts with excessive beer logos or random cutesy pictures are not acceptable for sale.
2. DONATE: Anything that is WEARABLE that didn’t make it in the Sell pile
Please be reasonable.
If people cannot wear it, don’t donate it.
Do not donate anything with holes, rips, tears, stains… I mean, really.
Donating things to Goodwill or to charitable organizations is not carte blanche to be able to get rid of all of your rags.
They aren’t a garbage dump.
3. RE-PURPOSE: Anything that is NOT wearable
If you can tear up that fugly t-shirt to use as a rag, or to wear it while painting the house next week, then by all means keep it.
Everyone should keep ONE set of ugly clothes in my opinion. You never know when they’ll come in handy when you have to do dirty things and don’t want to ruin your nice yellow, hole-free, stain-free t-shirt.
4. TOSS: Anything that is not able to be re-purposed or worn again
This was the last option on my list, the toss pile.
Get rid of the Donate and Toss piles
Toss the Toss pile, and physically box up the donate piles (in properly sealed boxes) and drive them over to your local Goodwill.
And that’s how it’s done.
You will feel an absolute runner’s high from getting it clean and organized, trust me!
And now, you have a wardrobe that is free of things that you don’t wear any longer.
Plus, a pile of clothes that you know need to get repaired. Take them all in to the tailor at once and get ‘er done.
I love Nicky Hilton’s closet. It’s an organized dream come true.
