Great idea... I'm in.

So glad so many of you are joining in! Start tracking today, and I’ll start our first discussion thread his coming week!

I’m considering it. And considering how tracking will affect my choices. Like I just bought a maxi dress to turn into a maxi skirt but wore with a sweater to cover my arms. But realized that the print is light/summery, so I can’t wear it much longer, so I am wearing it more than I would have. Now to find one in a darker print or color.

So, I took a photo of what I’m wearing. But because I’m taking a photo I wanted to put on jewelry. So, I spent a few minutes choosing it. I may take it off until I leave the house as I don’t usually wear a necklace at home. The necklace elevated the outfit. Already this process is interesting. Much more aware that I’m not wearing makeup yet because of the photo.
Yes, tracking affects things.

I’m in. It’s a good month since I’ve got both work and personal travel going on so I can test some capsules as well as daily wear.

I look forward to the discussion thread, Jenn. Thank you for starting the challenge.

Sure, Im in. I write my work outfits each week as i plan them out a week ahead, but will include at least jewelry also. Not sure about gym stuff, as most gets worn weekly.

I’m in. I’ve never done tracking before. I think I’ll take a picture each day of my outfit.

I’m still thinking about “tracking.” I’m planning to record my outfits for the month. I think I’ll make a simple chart with bottom, top, shoes, added item (jacket or sweater), accessories if any. I do change clothes most every day from or into workout gear, or from or into staying home clothes/appearing in public clothes. So I can anticipate a couple lines a day.

What will be most interesting to me is to see if there are any pieces that I continue to not wear at all when it gets cooler. Right now I’m sleeveless every day. I’ve only worn short sleeves a couple times since mid-June, and a jacket once... so I haven’t ventured deeper than the front twelve tops on hangers. I kind of forgot what’s actually available further in. Ha!

I am looking forward to the discussion each week.

I'm in. I tracked daily for about 3 years (a simple list of items for the month in Evernote). I stopped last year, because I had that bank of data to draw on: how warmly have I needed to dress in November, what did I wear last Easter or Robbie Burns day, which top and shoes worked with certain pants, and just for general outfit inspiration.

But I will benefit from a trial of doing it again. For one thing, I have newer items in the mix; also I suspect some of my preferences have changed. For another, I can no longer access Evernote on my (Windows) phone. A month (just adding WIW to my calendar) should tell if it's worth tracking longer term in a more formal way.

I'll play! I already track wears, but I've been less diligent about it lately and have been having to rely on my memory for what I've worn the last few days. I will renew my effort to be good about writing down what I wear every day (I normally write it down and then put in an Excel spreadsheet once a month or so).

L’Abeille, what a good idea to put it in your calendar. I’d been planning to keep a running list in Notes, but might switch.

Gigi, seeing as it’s only the second day of the month, you can’t have that much to catch up on

I have been tracking diligently for years now, and it has helped me so much with my wardrobe planning, maintenance, editing and shopping. I have my own challenge for September which is to bring all my summer clothes to 10 wears. That will force me to wear some of my less worn summer items before weather turns, but also to analyze those that did not still reach 10 wears at the end of September.

Anchie, I’ve been doing the exact same thing this month. I only have a couple items left that are under the line. Hoping to wear them again in the next couple of weeks.

Yes! If for no other reason than this sounds like an excuse to make a spreadsheet #nerdalert

This will be fun for me to watch. I’m going on a 10-day road trip, car camping... I think I can guess what I’ll be wearing day after day after day, lol.

Rachylou that's part of why I gave up tracking this summer. Too much camping/backpacking really skews the numbers. I just have to be careful not to add any more "fancy" clothes for summer...

Torontogirl, who DOESN'T love a spreadsheet! I was debating between crossing off every item I wear on my clothing inventory, and noting the daily outfit on my calendar. This is why i need a bulletin board in or near my closet.

Jenn, I’m glad your challenge has momentum and I look forward to the discussion.

FWIW, here’s my opinion and it is just for me. No one else! Like The Cat, I don’t see the point of tracking wears for my style because the results would not be useful or interesting to me. I have a cohesive and fabulous-to-me wardrobe that makes me very happy, appreciative, suits my lifestyle, panders positively to my emotions, and goes the distance. What more could I wish for! I’m a lucky fish

I’m more forgiving of items that aren’t worn for a while because they usually come back into favour later. I don’t beat them up and make sure I wear them. If I love them, I keep them till my feelings change. I LOVE the spontaneous process of selecting my daily outfits, and wouldn’t want them influenced by a tracker.

Also, an item that gets a lot of wear one season or at one point, might not the next. So you need to be careful with your analyses. Don’t take the results as the golden guideline.

All that said, I fully appreciate and support the need to track and analyse. I get that it can be fun and make you understand what you ACTUALLY wear in black and white. Onward with the challenge!

Interesting to me that some people plan to use the tracking as a way to change their behavior at the moment. I could see doing that and requiring a perfect rotation if I thought I had, or was near, the perfect wardrobe. However, I’m going to be doing the opposite—trying to go about my normal business without being influenced by that spreadsheet lurking in the corner, recording what I do. That’s how I think I’ll produce data that’s most useful to me. Of course, finding a job will change my daily life in lots of ways, including what I wear.

One of the reason why I am tracking is that I can easily fall into a rut and wear the same few items over and over again. For example I have 4 summer casual dresses, which I truly all like the same, but if I am not mindful, I can wear the same one all the time until it falls apart while neglecting the other 3. Tracking helps me to rotate my clothes better.

It’s interesting about tracking, what it might tell you, for various reasons.

For one, what we think we are doing and what we actually are doing are often not the same. I had a very dyslexic boss, he’d narrate what he was writing and I’d look at his paper and the words would be totally different and trail off into scribble.

Or at the bakery, I’ll sometimes track something like temp for a month. People will accuse people of bad technique, but I have often shown there are times when we spike in bad bread regardless of who is making it, but that there IS a correlation with weather. Or putting more loaves in the oven than designated...

... yes, that sounds crazy. Because it is. But people will fixate on one thing to the exclusion of all else. The mind is an interesting thing.

Thanks to Jenn and all others who have kindly tried to explain to me what they hope to achieve by tracking.

I still don't feel any temptation or need to track wear, and it's good to know that I am not the only one-- I appreciate Angie's well-written comment.

I enjoy playing around with all my clothes and accessories and seldom wear the exact same outfit twice anyway. So in my case, tracking seems pointless, and I know it wouldn't serve to stimulate my creativity.

However, I fully respect your viewpoints, wants and needs. And I look forward to read about your experiences from this challenge.

Late to the game - but I'm in!

I have never tried tracking but it sounds potentially informative. I have done the hanger trick- turning the hanger around when something has been worn. I found that it helped me to get dressed quicker without falling back on the same old outfits— I could easily glance in the closet and see “ah this shirt hasn’t been worn yet this season, I think I’ll try it today...”
I do like to mull over WHY certain things are hard to use or become orphans, even if you bought it thinking it would be so useful. For example, I have a pale-peach sleeveless crop top that never gets worn. Finally figured out why: if it’s hot enough to wear such a skimpy top, it’s hot enough to sweat, and that makes embarrassing dark patches on the light color. Lesson: pastels are not a great choice for summer tops for me.

I can imagine tracking might also help to identify wardrobe holes (“never wore that top because none of my skirts match it”) or functionality problems (“I own 3 pairs of heels but never wear them because I walk to work so I always wear the same pair of flats. Maybe soon I need to buy another pair of flats and forget about the heels.”)

I think I'm going to try this, mostly to see if I can and if I find it interesting or useful. September is a more interesting month because it's technically a transitional month, though still very warm/hot with average highs in the 90s. I've been taking daily WIW photos since March, so I'm not concerned about remember what I wear.

I already track wears, and don't generally do much with the info so this will be really interesting to follow. I'm not going to join in, as I'm still doing my own little wardrobe challenge (which I just posted about). But I am going to read and enjoy and maybe get some ideas about things I can learn or do myself in the future. Thanks for starting the challenge!

I track all the time therefore I am in! I am curious to see what the fabbers that do this for the first time will discover.

I'm in! I've been tracking daily for about 18months. It's so useful to me showing me areas where I overbuy and where I neglect. It's made me realise how little I wear my massive cardigan collection. It's also informing future purchases as I know in advance what sort of things will be worn to death.