Will you wear something at least 30 times?

I recently worked with a client who, over the course of just two sessions, got rid of at least 10 trash bags of clothes (45 pairs of shoes were only a sliver of it!). Jobs like that put ME in the mood to tear through my own closet. My version of this purge (see picture) was donating about 15 items. I stare at my closet all the time to see if there’s one more thing that can go and rarely there is. The Mood had descended though and I seized it. For the first time, I pulled out everything that I simply did not wear for whatever reason - that part was pretty black and white. Then, the decisions came. 

Strangely enough, Sunday evening when I was about done, I came across this article in the Guardian that suggested that before buying something, we ask ourselves wether or not we think we’ll wear it at least 30 times. I was pleased that most of my donations were items that were in suboptimal condition because I had worn them way more than 30 times. They may have fit like a million bucks or had been expensive, but I wasn’t wearing them. I too am guilty of buying things I don’t wear, but only three things fell into that category. This was the deepest cut I’ve made in my own closet, but also the most satisfying.

Click to read The Fast Fashion Fix: 20 Ways to Stop Buying New Clothes Forever.