The structure of your closet, per Janet, does make a big difference. I don't have a walk-in closet, but two double-doored 6-foot closets side-by-side. The configuration has its pluses and minuses.
The left side closet holds spring/summer clothes and shoes; right side, fall/winter clothes and shoes. The right side closet is much prettier, because, fall/winter clothes. That space is a festival of texture too, plus all my boots, and oxfords. They are grouped by color as well. Color from right to left: Browns, Whites, Grays, Blacks (only a few), a tiny slice of Cranberrry/Plum items, blues, olives. Color is the defining organizational tool: In each color category, clothing is mixed. The larger the category, like olive or brown, the greater the diversity of items. I don't have to worry about patterns, because I only have two patterned items, both in the brown section. One a window pane long jacket, the other a color blocked sweater—one of the few I hang. I only hang dress pants—jeans go in a lowboy in the bedroom at the foot of the bed, which also houses scarves, and my heaviest sweaters. Hanging are tops, light weight jackets, and cardis. My coats are in a separate closet in my office. That's my happy closet space, since I love outerwear. With just two F/W dresses and three midi skirts, I don't have to worry about hems dragging on the floor. That and the fact that my closet is also quite tall, lets me keep another low two-drawer dresser in there for my F/W sweaters, and I have shelving above the rail, as well as shoe storage to the right of the rail.
I have less rail space on the S/S side, and more shelving. It works reasonably okay because I have fewer hang-up clothes for S/S than F/W and more need for shelving for tee shirts and cropped tops, plus all out-of-season purses. My purses are the only items that I switch out with the seasons. In-season purses are displayed on a beautiful shelf I bought 20+ years ago from a Spanish designer. I can grab whichever one I need and go.
Ideally I would love to have more rail space on the S/S side, since hanging items do get squashed together, but that closet also houses towels for my bathroom plus bed linens. It's a problem for another day!
