What's In Your Closet?

How often do you inventory your closet? I'm not talking about full-on, pull-everything-out-and-evaluate. I'm just wondering if you ponder the contents of your wardrobe fairly often, and/or if you have a sense of what's actually IN there. So many of us would sheepishly admit that we've pulled out items we don't remember buying, or brought home new purchases only to be informed by our cohabitants that we already OWN that very thing. It makes a lady wonder if some regularly scheduled closet recon could be beneficial.

AND THEN there's 20/80 Wardrobe Disorder, a concept introduced to me by reader Sharon, who describes it like this:

That's what I call the tendency that I (and most other people I've talked to about it) have to wear the same 20% of my wardrobe 80% of the time. I have a pretty good system in place for weeding out things I don't wear anymore, so I don't have anything that I don't really like or that doesn't fit and flatter, but I still find myself wearing the same things over and over.

I told Sharon that one way I avoid 20/80 Wardrobe Disorder is a pretty constant cycle of shopping, inventory-ing, and weeding. I find that keeping new items flowing in - even if they're just $0.50 thrifted scarves and belts - helps keep me engaged with my own wardrobe. And it makes me think a lot about what I already have. When I consider buying something, I always ponder what I already own that I could wear with it. That means I do a mental inventory of my closet regularly, and a physical one nearly as often. And since things are pretty crowded, I weed nearly as often as I add. (Nearly.)

Do you feel aware of your wardrobe's contents at all times? Suffer from 20/80 Wardrobe Disorder, and think that regular inventories might cure what ails ya? Do you have a sense of what you need more of, and what you have too much of? Got a plan for dealing with those holes and surplusses?

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