I know many of you have a system for keeping track of your clothing inventory, how many wears per item, cost per wear, etc.

I’ve always been intrigued by that practice, but overwhelmed at how to get started. I knew I would want to include photos of items and found putting together a spreadsheet that includes images to be more than I was willing to tackle. None of the commercially available closet apps seemed useful for my purpose.

Then I discovered that Margaret of mgetsdressed has put together a terrific database in Airtable and makes it available to anyone who would like to use it. Once items are entered it allows you to assemble them into outfits. It automatically calculates number of times worn, cost per wear, and other useful info. See https://mgetsdressed.com/wardrobe-tracking/

I’ve entered my last few purchases and today I entered my first outfit into the database. I did choose a day when I wore something really simple (dress and sandals). But once I saw how easy it was I added my accessories, too.

I don’t know how long I’ll stay with this, but I can imagine it will provide some useful information.