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On ending the closet experiment

As the calendar summer draws to a close, it’s time to update my clothing experiment. Back in the spring I started hanging the tops I’d worn “backwards” in my closet since I reach for the same items over and over. The bottom line was: if I wasn’t going to wear a particular top (shorts, crops, […]

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Alas, it's the 90/10

So much for the 80/20 rule I was trying to break myself of. To review: It’s where you wear 20% of your wardrobe 80% of the time. To discourage such, I read where hanging previously worn clothes backwards would show which you’d just worn and thus make you reach for something else. If you’re not […]

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The 80/20 redux

Last August I blogged about the 80/20 rule as it applies to a closet: we wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time. Tis true. A way to combat this compulsion to put the same thing on again and again is to reverse the hangers when clothes are washed and ready to be worn […]

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