| It's Monday morning and you're forced to face your | | | | collection. |
| closet again to get ready for the start of another | | | | She thought she was saving money by picking up |
| work week. You have a staff meeting and you were | | | | discount items but she was actually throwing money |
| thinking of wearing your pink sweater and a pair of | | | | away, something none of us wants to be doing |
| tan slacks but you think you might have worn them | | | | during these tough economic times. |
| to the last one. You can't help but think about the | | | | Buying a piece of clothing because it's on sale does |
| well-dressed women in your office who always look | | | | not mean it saves you money. It's all about CPW or |
| so put together at these meetings. There's no way | | | | "cost per wearing." |
| they feel this way when they look in their closet. | | | | What does "cost per wearing" mean? |
| You feel like a mess! You don't know what goes | | | | When you determine how much a piece of clothing |
| together and when you really think about it, you | | | | cost and how many times you wore it during a |
| don't really even like most of the clothes you own. | | | | particular timeframe, you end up with a basic formula |
| Your mind drifts to a world of fantasy where you | | | | of cost per wearing. This doesn't apply to special |
| have a closet full of clothes you feel good and look | | | | occasion items such as a little black dress. It's only |
| great in. A world where you never stand in front of | | | | intended for everyday wardrobe pieces. |
| the mirror feeling frustrated again... | | | | If you have 10 shirts in your closet that you got off |
| Do you ever stop and wonder why you continue to | | | | the discount rack for $15 each, you have $150 worth |
| throw your hard-earned money away on clothing you | | | | of shirts. If you wore each of them once in a year's |
| never wear? I once did a Closet Detox with a | | | | time before deciding you hate them, they each cost |
| woman who had 20 pairs of white pants. White | | | | you $15 per wearing. |
| denim, white cotton, white linen and so on and so | | | | Now if you have one shirt you splurged on for $100 |
| forth and the problem was neither all that white nor | | | | but you've worn it fifty times in a year, it cost you |
| all those pants, but the fact that she only ever wore | | | | only $2 per wearing. |
| one of two pairs. She knew she didn't need another | | | | Essentially, if you bought all those shirts on sale to |
| pair of white pants but she kept buying them | | | | save money, passing up the more expensive items |
| anyway. | | | | that you really, really wanted...you have not saved |
| This client's behavior was consistent with Pareto's 80 | | | | anything. You should have just skipped the discount |
| 20 Rule which states 80% of women only wear | | | | items and invested in a piece you'd wear over and |
| 20% of what's hanging in their closet. I personally | | | | over again. |
| believe that ratio is closer to 90/10 based on some | | | | A Closet Detox will save you money |
| informal polls I've personally conducted among | | | | Just think of the money you'll save if you can finally |
| women, but in any case, unless you can identify the | | | | stop bringing home items that you never wear. In |
| reason why you buy the things you do, you're likely | | | | fact, go to your closet right now and try to identify |
| to continue wasting money on clothing you'll never | | | | your pattern...your style breakthrough. Do you have |
| wear, for the rest of your life. | | | | five tailored suits you don't actually wear? How many |
| Cleaning out your closet is about more than freeing | | | | turtleneck sweaters do you see? Is it a sea of aqua |
| up space. | | | | blue? Do a rough estimate of how much those |
| Obviously, the onset of spring is a common impetus | | | | unworn items in your closet have cost you over the |
| for most of us to clean out our closets but there's | | | | years. If you include shoes and accessories you're |
| more to it than a change in seasons. It's about saving | | | | going to come up with a number in the thousands of |
| money (learning how not to waste money) AND | | | | dollars. |
| discovering your very own personal style | | | | The Closet Detox process will give you more space |
| breakthroughs! Lurking there behind your closet door | | | | as you purge everything that doesn't fit, is out of |
| is one or more style breakthroughs, each worth | | | | date and just doesn't flatter you, but it's about more |
| thousands of dollars. | | | | than that. |
| Seeing all those white pants was a wakeup call for | | | | A Closet Detox will help you... |
| my client. She didn't know why she couldn't pass a | | | | identify patterns in your shopping habits. |
| pair of white pants without buying them even though | | | | reinvest in outfits that you'll wear over and over |
| she always kept going back to the same two pair. | | | | and feel good about. |
| I was able to recognize the pattern for her. White | | | | stop wasting money on clothes that don't work |
| was her favorite wardrobe color and she loved | | | | for you. |
| wearing white pants. Yes she liked white pants, but | | | | feel more confident in the clothes you wear |
| she only liked stark WHITE pants - pristine hospital | | | | because you'll only keep the stuff you really love. |
| white. Other shades looked dingy to her but she | | | | help someone else who is less fortunate by |
| didn't know that until I pointed it out. She just | | | | donating all the gently worn pieces that don't work |
| enjoyed buying white. Talk about a style | | | | for you, but will probably be great on someone else. |
| breakthrough! Not only did she learn what to/not to | | | | The bottom line is that there is a style breakthrough |
| buy, but this was going to add up to huge savings | | | | in your closet adding up to thousands of dollars, just |
| for her! I was then able to teach her my two | | | | like there was for my client who had no idea she |
| favorite shopping mantras: | | | | was buying pants she would never wear until I |
| "I will never..." | | | | pointed out the pattern. |
| "I will always look for..." | | | | If you can't see the pattern, you won't have that |
| While shopping, my client now always tells herself, "I | | | | style breakthrough and you'll continue to waste |
| will never buy off white pants" and "I will always look | | | | money on clothes you never wear. |
| for hospital white pants." My client kept shaking her | | | | Try purging your closet by yourself or work with a |
| head at the money she wasted on all those white | | | | stylish friend who can offer good fashion advice. If |
| pants she never wore. Many of them were impulse | | | | not, we're always here to assist. A Closet Detox |
| buys off the discount rack because like many | | | | could be the single greatest investment you ever |
| women, she just couldn't pass up a bargain. It's no | | | | make in yourself, your image and ultimately, your |
| coincidence, though, that the two pair of pants she | | | | personal success. |
| kept turning to was the more expensive in her | | | | |