One of the UK Elle Magazine's writers hired a professional dresser to assess her wardrobe and ended up with her entire wardrobe being tossed out! I'm cringing with envy! To entirely rewrite yourself with such a bold move!
Her single step represents my year-long plan and part of the reason for my hiatus. During the past couple of months, I've continued to go through my wardrobe and take clothes that don't fit or suit me to the neighborhood charity shop. The difference now is that I don't go out and replace those items with ad hoc purchases of more clothes (usually on sale)! By the end of the year, with no 'bad' clothing purchases, I expect to have a fairly empty closet and a better idea of what clothes I should be wearing. That's when I expect to rewrite myself, and (hopefully) rewrite my relationship with clothes and clothes shopping.
I realize that an added benefit will be to rewrite my relationship with my body. The Elle writer described being surprised at finding her body again (and finding it "hot" and a size smaller than she remembered). Now I'm not expecting miracles at the end of my hiatus, but I expect to be able to dress more appropriately for my body, my looks, my career and my age. Goodbye Banana Republic bomber jacket (received as a gift ages ago when BR was a travel apparel store and not part of the GAP empire) and hello Burberry black midlength form-fitting trench coat!
And while there certainly will be staples left in my wardrobe (like those Prada riding boots that were purchased at my friend's encouragement in lieu of the Edie Sedgewick faux leopard jacket), they will be timeless and lovely items that fit and suit me, even if I have to hire a professional dresser to say so!
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