About 2 weeks ago, I decided to downsize my wardrobe again. Why? I realized I still have too many clothes I don’t wear. I started by purposely wearing things toward the back, things I haven’t worn in a while. That led to either realizing I really don’t care to wear it or I really like it and it needs to come to the front.
In the process of making my piles, which is a little sad in itself that I need to make piles of things I don’t want, I decided to make it an even 100 things. Here’s what I got rid of.
And just like the first downsize of 50% of my wardrobe, I struggled with choosing the last 9 things.
My Adidas t-shirt, nicely worn but stretched out and too short. I liked this t-shirt, but I guess I liked looking at it more in my closet than actually wearing it.
This brown knit sweater is one of those items I love, but it just doesn’t look great on me. It’s too short and stretched out by the end of the day. It’s tough to part with something you like.
A Deviantart t-shirt I got for free at SXSW. I love Deviantart and I like the graphic on the t-shirt, yet I don’t wear boxy-style t-shirts and I don’t like the dark green color, yet I took it anyway? It’s brand new.
A long-sleeved Lucky Brand t-shirt. This was hard to part with, as it was one of my favorites and it wasn’t cheap. I’ve had it for years but I just don’t wear it anymore.
Old Navy blue shorts. Again, this was one of my summer favorites a long time ago. I might have worn them to do yard work once over the past few years.
This pink tank top was a duplicate. Since I had two of them, I decided to choose my favorite and keep it. The other one went to the thrift store. I sleep in these most of the time, so downsizing this was not easy.
This long-sleeved purple t-shirt hasn’t been in my wardrobe very long. I like the color and I layered it, but I don’t love the way it fits. Back to the thrift store.
These tie-dye tights were worn one time over the past several years I’ve owned them. I like them, but again, they’re just sitting there? I had 2 pair, blue and pink, and neither one got much use.
I really love the style of this vintage-look long t-shirt, but I didn’t wear it very often. This is the classic example of buying things you like to look at, but they don’t look good on you. This was not only a little tight, but I look awful in gray tones.
So far, I’ve missed nothing. This includes the large downsize and this more recent downsize of my wardrobe. I do realize at some point I might need to get a couple of non-casual clothing pieces, but I’ll still do the one in, one out if I need to add something.