I've been ruthlessly consigning clothes for the past year or so. I think I'm now getting close to 60% on clothes and starting in on getting rid of designer handbags and shoes.

I have a visible job, so there are a lot of clips of me online speaking or photographs. I need to keep some amount of rotation to avoid appearing as if I only own one outfit.

Anonymous wrote:Since we are immigrants with different cultural clothing from our country of origin, and since we have a large social circle - we have regular American wardrobe and our own cultural specific quite extensive wardrobe.

We are continually buying clothes for events we attend.

How come you can't re-wear clothes you already own?

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I work from home and live in my gym clothes. I wear real clothes about three times a month.

Anonymous wrote:The 98% poster is my inspiration! I wish I knew you in real life. I grew up around malls and constant shopping. But am trying to be more minimalist now. My closet is not bursting with clothes, but I still wear the same items every day. I’m going to see if I can pare down even further.

This doesn't inspire me at all. Imagine if someone said they ate 98% of the same thing day to day, or even week to week. I'd rather die than have that diet. Some people are into uniform dressing, but not me.

The 98% poster is my inspiration! I wish I knew you in real life. I grew up around malls and constant shopping. But am trying to be more minimalist now. My closet is not bursting with clothes, but I still wear the same items every day. I’m going to see if I can pare down even further.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, you don't have regular clothes, fat clothes and skinny clothes? I have like 3 sizes in my closet, depending on how much I weigh at any given moment.

Uh no. This would depress me.

For some people, small changes in weight really affect fit.

I’m 5’1 so I understand that even 5 lbs makes a huge difference. But having fat, regular, skinny clothes is crazy. Adults should be able to maintain their size to not be veering from skinny to fat year to year.

I wear ~70% of my wardrobe regularly. But I also curate it a lot. I do have shoes that I don’t wear regularly.

Since we are immigrants with different cultural clothing from our country of origin, and since we have a large social circle - we have regular American wardrobe and our own cultural specific quite extensive wardrobe.

We are continually buying clothes for events we attend.

I have two closets and a lot of clothes. At last count, I had about 60 dresses. I wear about 40% of my clothes. The rest are there for reasons unclear. I purge about twice a year.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, you don't have regular clothes, fat clothes and skinny clothes? I have like 3 sizes in my closet, depending on how much I weigh at any given moment.

Uh no. This would depress me.

For some people, small changes in weight really affect fit.

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, you don't have regular clothes, fat clothes and skinny clothes? I have like 3 sizes in my closet, depending on how much I weigh at any given moment.

Uh no. This would depress me.

I can't even imagine a need for 3 sizes. Even in pregnancy I only needed stretchy pants for the last 2 weeks.

Anonymous wrote:Wait, you don't have regular clothes, fat clothes and skinny clothes? I have like 3 sizes in my closet, depending on how much I weigh at any given moment.

Uh no. This would depress me.

I love the Stylebook recommendation. Sometimes, you don’t remember what you have if there’s a lot of clothing. I organize between athletic/workout gear, casual warm and cold weather clothing, work clothing, going out events/black tie type wear. I realize I have more than enough event type wear since that’s more fun to shop. Hence, seeming like I don’t utilize my closet as much. Also, having too much clothing that requires dry cleaning/special care that makes me it less often.