Thought n.1
The purchasing habits of gents and ladies are different, or should I say were? It used to be women buy all the time, men buy twice a year, women need stimulation and buy on impulse, men assess their wardrobe at the beginning of the season and buy what’s needed to fix the cracks. In the book I documented the way I was brought up and, back in 2016 when I published it, suggested that we women should “borrow from the boys” in that meticulous and matter-of-factly approach.
Is it still relevant? I’d say yes, but there’s room for improvement.
I still believe that having gone through stints of not buying new clothes for months at a time, helped. Yet I was still capable of accumulating so much crap that I had to put a stop to it again. Stuffitis is contagious.
Now for 365 days, with 5 breaks feels good.
Thought n.2
Digging through your wardrobe, you end up pulling out stuff you haven’t worn in ages. If caught by surprise, let’s say an unexpected cold front, you may risk keeping stuff of probably good quality, but that looks dated as if they’d smelled of mothballs. I see it happening in Miami a lot: those 3 days of the year when temperatures go to the mid-60s you see people wearing the most atrocious, unappealing shit.
So when you have too much and only rotate that damn 20%, when you have to pull anything out of that 80%, the risk of finding it ill-fitting are high.
I am doing well at changing my habits and decluttering and parting with things that have been sitting unvisited, ignored, junked up.
PURCHASES
1- I had to buy a puffer coat/jacket for my traveling. So now until March I am done.
NOTE: That 1 dream high priced luxury piece that I give myself every year manifested itself as the best occasion/deal ever that I couldn’t pass it. And to buy it, I sold two key pieces from my wardrobe, so we are good. And btw, that piece is a Fendi Goatskin Large Peekaboo.