Get In Your Closet!

It's the time of year when we're seeing real transition in the shops - the summer sales (in Europe) are finishing and the Autumn/Winter season 2010 is starting to appear......we're still all in our summer clothes; but it won't be long before we're pulling out boots and thick tights.

Yikes!

So - while you've a mo' why not have a tidy up and sort out of your wardrobe? The chances are you've got too much stuff in it anyway which you don't wear; doesn't suit you or is serious need or love, repair or retirement.

Let me share some top tips:
1. Anything you've not worn for the last 3 years should go - unless it's something which you have an emotional attachment to and couldn't bear to part with (e.g. wedding dress etc.)
2. Your 'When I've Lost Weight' clothes. No woman should open her wardrobe and look at clothes which she can't currently wear. If you TRULY mean to lose the weight then pack them away until you're ready to wear them....otherwise, stop kidding yourself and move on.
3. Items with the tags still attached which remain unworn from...............the mists of time. The chances are that you weren't sure; bought it anyway; aren't reaching for it and.........it doesn't quite work - and you knew that deep down when you pondered in the shop for ages trying to decide!!
4. Create a 'this needs repairing, dry cleaning, new buttons etc. pile' and get it to the dry cleaners.
5. Store your shoes in clear plastic boxes so that you can see what you have.
6. Fold all sweaters - never do hangers for those.
7. Remove any plastic covers from dry cleaners on clothes - not good for them and can increase moisture on your garments.
8. Replace your mothball deterrents regularly. You don't want your clothes ruined.
9. Invest in odour sprays for your shoes and spray them before putting the shoes away. It kills all bugs that create the odour.
10. Hang your most worn garments to the right as you look at your clothes; least often worn to the left and organise in groups of garments (e.g. all skirts/all trousers/all shirts etc.) then colour.

Wardrobes should inspire and excite; not depress and confuse. So get in your closet and create space, order and possibility with your clothes....so that you can go shopping...........guess where...in your wardrobe!