If you really take a long hard look at your wardrobe, you may discover that you have an item, or a few items, that you seial buy. For me, it’s blue shirts. And loafers. I can’t really get enough of them and I can justify these repeat purchases to myself because “they’re all very different”. A pea green Gucci loafer performs a very different role to a Navy gold buckled Bottega one. Just as a long utilitarian Wardrobe NYC blue shirt is a thousand miles apart from a Sezanne prarie blouse in blue.
I recently edited a wardrobe for a client we’ll call “Classic English with a Twist”. Her serial purshasing habit is the high street silk top. Cream and black mainly. Round necked, long waisted and blousy. Not fitted. She wears them with jeans, leather pants and often with a knee length skirt to work. Lovely. But does she ever need to buy any more? No. No she does not. We edited out at least 4 of them and she sill has a few left.
A wardrobe edit can be a great way to get some external feedback on what you’re buying and what you might want to stop buying. It can feel comforting to head back to those tried and tested items you love but wouldn’t you rather broaden your wardrobe and instead find something that will compliment what you already have and give you a new opportunity for a new look?
