This Simple Method Makes Organizing Your Closet Feel Less Overwhelming
It will help you create outfits faster, too!
The mere thought of cleaning out your closet can be very overwhelming, and more so when you actually get started on it. We already have already discussed several techniques you can try, but if you want a straight-forward style — something like the bullet-journaling of wardrobe organizing — then you may want to try out fashion stylist's Allison Bornstein's "Closet Editing System". Here's how it's done:
How to Organize Your Closet - The Closet Editing System
1. Separate your belongings to two categories: The "regulars" and the "nevers"
The "regulars" are the items you always wear, and the "nevers" are the clothes and accessories you rarely or have not yet tried.
2. Classify the "nevers" into three piles
Go over your "never" pile and group them under these categories: No - I don’t like this. I don’t want to wear this; not now - I don’t want to wear it now, and I don’t want to get rid of it now; and how - I love this, but I don’t know how to wear it. You may keep the "not now" stuff in a suitcase or a separate storage area. Things that may fall under this list are cold-weather clothing like knits, coats, and boots. Evening gowns can be under this classification, too.
3. Mix your "regulars" with the items from the "how" pile
Bring the pieces you don’t know how to wear back from the dead by styling them with your favorites. Take photos of these looks (a simple flatlay or a mirror selfie will do) so you'll remember how to put the pieces together the next time you'll dress up.
4. Put back the items that made the cut
Look at the items left in your closet and filter in the "regulars" and revived pieces from the "never" pile. If you spot that you own multiple styles or colors of the same thing (say, a camisole), Allison explains that this okay as long as you wear them all. As for the "no" and the unworkable "how" items, you gotta say goodbye to them!
Watch the whole process here:
This story originally appeared on Cosmo.ph.
* Minor edits have been made by the Realliving.com.ph editors.
