Hi,

Pam recently had a post about how little we sport our clothes which was perfect timing as it coincides with a challenge DH gave me recently.

I was talking about the "no repeat November challenge" mentioned in the forum and he decided to give me his own challenge.

Background about me:
1. I've been purging my closet for 3 years now and while I am happy I have shrunk the size from over 300 items to about 150 now, I still have many more clothes than I can sport in a given season.
2. I live in a 4 season climate and some clothing items (shorts I'm looking at you) just cannot be sported year round.
3. I am on team always cold and layers are a necessity for me, but layers do mean more clothes to own.
4. I prefer to sport the same combinations again and again, versus heavily remixing outfit combinations.
5. I'm still trying to curb the shopping beast I unleashed at NAS this summer when I overhauled my fall/winter wardrobe.
6. At NAS this year I did the "one in/one out" rule but I do not want to purge any more items in good condition. I'd like the next time to be items I've truly worn out for once!
7. DH owns a truly minimal closet, wears out everything before purchasing new, and only owns enough for a small rotation before repeating outfits. I'd like a similar idea, but maybe a few more in number of outfits before I repeat (8 outfits sounds a little low to me).
8. I've always tried to wear as many items as possible in a given season, the goal being to sport everything at least twice. But I still have items I wear more or less often than that. If I am wearing some items more often, than maybe I need less clothes.

DH's challenge:
A dosage (or threshold) experiment. Add as few items as possible to see what my threshold level is for number of items and level of repeating items.
1. On Nov 1 we took all items out of my closet and put them into a spare closet we are calling my "boutique."
2. Now I add in items to my current closet as I sport them.

Ground rules:
a. Add in enough clothes to get through the first week, keeping in mind to sport clothing items as often as possible considering our once a week laundry cycle.
b. Continue to add items to build the wardrobe size, without adding in entirely new full outfits.
c. Shop my "boutique" for "new" items.
d. One in/one out items as they wear out.
e. Build new outfits as the season changes with items I already have. Would adding a thermal underlayer let that top stretch into winter? Can I add a blazer for more warmth to a series of tops?
f. Assess how many times I can sport an item before I am bored with it. Have I sported a top 3 times and I'm now already bored with it? Am I comfortable wearing the same blazer 3 times in one week? Do I need 14 individual outfits before I am ready to start the cycle again?

I'll do a check in on the first week this weekend when I can snap photos in better light.

Thanks for reading!