Last week I had a virtual closet session with a client, walking her through her closet, when she pulled out a dress. Brand new. Tags still on.
She hadn’t worn it once. When I asked why she had still kept it after all these years, she replied, “I figured I’d wear it at some point.”
I stopped her right there. I told her to grab a Post-it, write four words, and stick it on her mirror.
Some point is now.
Here’s the truth. We are all fooling ourselves a little when it comes to our closets. Research shows the average woman owns 120 pieces of clothing but only wears about 20% of it. That means 80% of what’s hanging in your closet right now is dead weight quietly stealing your confidence every morning.
In my book, The Worthy Wardrobe,I talk about why we hold on. It’s almost always one of two things: attachment to who we used to be, or fear of who we’re becoming. Either way, we stay stuck. And the clothes stay hanging.
Here’s something you can do tonight: Pick one section of your closet. Just one. Your blazers. Your pants. Try each piece on. If you don’t feel amazing in it, it goes in a bag. Keep that bag in your closet and add to it as you work through each category, one day at a time.
When the bag is full, donate it to your local Dress for Success chapter. Someone is waiting for exactly what you’ve been holding onto. You won’t wear what you can’t see. And you can’t see yourself clearly when your closet is full of “some day.”
If you’ve got a closet full of “I’ll wear it at some point” and you’re ready to get some real clarity, my Style Blueprint Session is exactly where to start. We meet virtually for one hour. We uncover your signature style, your colors, your shape guidelines, and build three outfit formulas from what you already own. You walk away with a personal style blueprint and a recap email you can reference immediately.
No more guessing. No more holding on to things that were never really for you.
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Some point is now.
Yours in Style, Shopping & Soul,
Morgan
P.S. That dress with the tags still on? It’s not waiting for the right occasion. It’s waiting for you to decide you’re worth wearing it now.
