First of all, I want to thank everyone here for the fascinating, helpful, and fun posts, photos and comments. I have learned so much and am finding out how much I still have to learn every single time I check in. It has been really eye-opening (although also overwhelming). I am optimistic about making positive changes in my shopping habits as well as my outfits. So THANK YOU!
Today I did a very basic count of my closet and was interested in the numbers. First of all, what jumps out is the shockingly round numbers that happened by total chance. WEIRD. Secondly, I am kind of horrified at the number of items considering the vast number I have purged over the last 1-2 years. I'm talking garbage bag after garbage bag (I'd guess about 12 bags), so these numbers are still kind of surprisingly high.
I have two sides to my closet, warm and cold (well, I share with DH, but he only gets one out of three racks, haha). I am in the Deep South so I do need a lot of hot weather items often get layered for the colder part of the year so summer heavy is ok in my book. I would love any comments or feedback on the distribution or totals:
Summer:
100 items total
16 tanks for layering (rarely worn standalone)
1 cropped jean jacket
1 classic jean jacket
1 white cropped jean jacket
1 chambray shirt
1 cropped denim vest
1 regular denim vest
1 cargo vest
1 denim button up tank
19 dresses
2 skorts
5 short jean skirts
3 maxi dresses
15 summer blouses (mostly patterned)
3 tunic length tops
11 short sleeve tee shirts
6 short skirts (all casual)
2 button up shirts for layering
1 cropped legging
2 maxi skirts
1 loose cotton pants (belly dancing!)
4 cocktail dresses
1 short sleeve cardigan sweater
1 dressy jacket
Winter
75 items total
5 casual hoodies
12 cardigans
7 sweaters
4 Long Sleeve button up shirts
3 blazers
3 warm jackets (outerwear)
1 sweater dress
1 pea coat
1 peplum top
4 blouses
1 little black dress
1 long sleeve tunic
2 long sleeve tees
3 dresses
1 corduroy skirts
2 shirt dresses
1 moto jacket
Shoes
35 pairs of shoes
Frye boots (dark red)
Emus
Uggs (black eyelet)
Target Kamischel boots
Warm fur boots
Brown booties
Cream booties
7 pairs of flats: 2 black, black & gold, gold, red, brown, snakeskin
brown clogs
3 pairs athletic shoes
2 pairs of fake-Toms (grey, yellow)
2 Converse (purple, coral)
2 sandals (silver, gunmetal)
3 wedge sandals (blue, brown, black)
1 black polka dot wellies
2 Croc Mary Janes (brown, black)
4 pairs flip flops
Bottoms
30 bottoms
24 pairs of jeans, leggings, colored jeans, athletic pants
6 pairs of shorts
This doesn't count my dresser which houses my undies, bras, pjs, bathing suits and graphic tees that I mostly wear around the house.
I have tons of jewelry, belts, and scarves that I'd like to count at some point. And I would love to photo my items and put them into one of my apps of which I have a couple. Since the vast majority of my clothes were thrifted I can't just zap photos over from websites, which would be a lot easier. And my camera situation is not great.
I am contemplating what purging still needs to happen. There are lots of items that I feel like are just good enough until I find a better one. But part of that is that I really do love to shop. I am wondering how many clothes I would still have if I got rid of everything I don't love. That's sobering.
