What I learned by getting rid of 60% of my clothes 👗
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- Today I'm chatting about what I learned after getting rid of over 60% of my clothes. I used to rely on collecting clothing and constantly shopped to stay "on trend", but realized that most of those trends weren't really for me at all. Nowadays I'm embracing a "less is more" philosophy when it comes to my wardrobe, and I've started to really figure out what my style is and what I no longer need to buy for my closet.
What are some pieces of clothing you no longer buy?
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Interesting how both shopping and decluttering might both be driven by a desire to fix something :O "You are already whole - so is your wardrobe" Love it!
@@Celestials615 you is smart you is kind you is important you is enough... Even if you had nothin... Even when naked :) just for breathing :)
Loved this insight!
@@dragamboazulinqiacupuntura122 beautiful quote.
Once I started decluttering, I realized that many of us weren’t taught HOW to build a wardrobe for long term. I mean I get why, since our wardrobes for the first 12-18 yrs of our lives are disposable since we grow out of what we wear, but the underlying themes of basics and staples (for me) were completely missing. I think that’s why I always bought from a place of scarcity. If I had built a closet filled with high quality basics first, and figured out what my staples were, I don’t feel like I would’ve purchased as much. When you don’t have lots of pieces that actually pair well together, then it certainly does feel like you have gaps, probably because you do. But that would be easily fixed by building a solid foundation of basics and staples first.
Mandy, I think that is sooo true! And I want to add: I wish we would have been taught a lot of useful things like how to read a contract, how to apply for a job, what insurances to get or how to invest. Or just how to plug eyebrows. 😅🙈
I want to write a book: „What you need to know when you grow up“. Then I will include all the useful information you will need as a young adult. 🤩
In my twenties, I surely was in desperate need of such a book … 😅
Absolutely! But even knowing that you need to build a wardrobe on a foundation of staple pieces, it still takes time to learn which staples suit your lifestyle, colors and fits that suit your body shape and coloring, not to mention your own personal aesthetic. It's a journey!
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And May I add that we grow and our taste and style change with us
I am originally from Morocco and we didn’t have much money to indulge in cloths and when I moved to Europe for study ? I still didn’t have money for that, I earned some money and indulged my self in cloths when sales period
I stayed and worked in europe and was hungry for a lot of things.. I bought in thrift stores, sales…I moved to Canada for 7 years and now to France since pandemics…and during this confinement periods I had time to browse and watch videos on declutering…I think that everything come in time, we have to be ready for it and work for it
I am near my fifties,my shape changed , ,my environment, my situation, my intersts, my mind…No body would have convinced me back in my twenties when I was hungry for cloths
Alot of the need for De-Cluttering is that we haven't been taught to Plan Ahead & Chose Wisely about ANYTHING! Seeing something someone else has & think "I should have that, too"! Then it doesn't fit OUR Life Style! Bummer! "I spent all that money on this but I don't Use it, Enjoy It, or Love it! 😟 So Now What??
After decluttering over half of my wardrobe, I did another declutter recently. It amazes me my sense of freedom rather than deprivation.
Yes! It frees you deep down inside! I think it's only Americans for the most part that have such OVER-Abundance!! I don't think ppl are supposed to become so attached to their "THINGS"! We should be getting out & enjoying our Beautiful Surroundings & Learn to live with Gratefulness!!
Awesome to hear. 👏
"Honesty does not have to be mean."
"Guilt does not get to live rent free."
This hit home for me. New subscriber. Thank you.
I find that I purge my closet in response to anxiety. It’s like it gives me a form of control when I feel out of control. Not the best way, I know, but I’m not totally upset with the result.
omg! it is me! there are days I want to get rid of everything - those are days when I'm super stressed and my life slips out of my hands :/
so true so true
I used to anxiety purge, then I realised it was the panic of seeing a cluttered wardrobe full of things I couldn't even remember buying. So now I spend time just looking over my wardrobe everyday when I wake up. I've gotten to know my wardrobe better and reduced impulse buying coz I'm reminded everyday of what I already have.
Current situation
Same. I had a traumatic experience two years ago which has deeply affected how I perceive myself. I go through my wardrobe when I feel as though I can't control my life.
Definitely recommend not decluttering with a number in mind. If minimalism is anything, it is about having more of what you love and less or nothing of what you don't like.
It’s hum and haw in British English.
Hem and haw in American English.
Being Canadian, I guess we get to choose whichever one we prefer. 🤷🏻♀️
"I use my clothes as an expression of my contentment and joy." That's exactly how I feel about my clothes: they reflect me!
Having duplicates is fine, as long as they're worn - it'll just take a little longer to wear them out (which is great for those much loved pieces)!
When it comes to basics I like to have duplicates that are exactly the same. I live in black skinny jeans outside and black mid rise leggings inside. Therefore I bought two of the same kind before the company decides to discontinue my favorite. Same thing with bras: If I tested one and like it, I will buy a duplicate. Many times I thought that I will buy a new item when the "old" one is falling apart, but then it is no longer available and the brand only has a version with a different fit, cut or material that I don't like as much.
I do the same. I feel it saves money and time.
I do too, especially with pants, tees.
Agreed, same here. If I find the right fit and color you best believe I will buy 2 of same item because I know it’ll be sold out and or discontinued 🙄
That’s the story of my life everything I love Has been discontinued…. lipsticks, perfumes, clothing, hair products. unbelievable I felt really targeted for a while. That’s why I buy two of everything if I really love it I have a fear of it becoming discontinued because I know that’s what happens when I like something
I did that with nude bras I found at a big name supermarket/grocery store for £4, because as a black person that's like finding a unicorn at that price. 4 years later can't find those bras in store.
I need to do the same with clothes, but I'm weird in the sense that I like my wardrobe to feel like a museum so I think I want only one so it's "special", I should probably look into which ones it makes sense to duplicate. Re-shopping is very tedious.
Tip: I had been saving 2 pairs of naturally distressed jeans sitting in a drawer for years. I made them into cutoff shorts for gardening😊
You’re video shows how kind and realistic you are, and I love that you encourage us to be kind and realistic to ourselves.
I have learned I was addicted to the thrill of getting a deal. I would have been better off buying a one item that I loved than 10 items that were just okay. Shopping my own closet for over 2 years and declutter slowly! And YES to part 2.
Im the same way
Same way for me! Love a good deal..
Buying one item that really works and paying more for it is more economical in the long run than buying a bunch of "bargains" that "make do."
Something that I am doing is printing pictures from Pinterest with similar items I have in my wardrobe and challenging myself to wear the items I never reach for so I can figure out why. I’ve learned: 1) I don’t like button-ups on me, 2) I don’t like shirts with collars, and 3) I very much reach for oversized tops and fitted bottoms and never looser bottoms and more fitted tops.
YES to a part 2. Also another collaboration with Alyssa Beltempo!
eeee! we might have something cooking for the future
I enjoy these retrospective videos. They remind me that the personal style journey is just that, a journey. There is no "perfect" closet or one-and-done solution. It is an ever-evolving process that should be enjoyed. Your tip about playing dress-up rings true. It is something I have been doing recently in the hopes that I will start to really come into my own personal style. Thanks for taking the time to sit down and chat with us about a topic we all love.
The speed decluttering out of a desire to punish oneself for buying so much...! That really got me. Thanks for being so open and honest. Oh, and permission to store and revisit...so good.
Your last tip where you described feeling dissatisfied and needing to "fix something" really resonated with me.
It’s “Hemming and hawing” 😂. Great video. I’m working on this and can really relate to so much of what you talk about.
The light bulb in my head (life) has finally gone on! I have spent waaayyyy too much on "curating" the perfect wardrobe. The result? Needless DEBT, piles of clothes everywhere (many unworn, with tags) and guilt/regret. I remembered a message in one if your recent videos...I wasn't ready to hear it then...but I AM now. Guilt, shame, debt...I am so ready to learn from you!!!! Thank you in advance for the being the beacon through the fog. I'm starting a first pass decluttering and, more importantly, a no-buy discipline to get myself "right." I'm watching your videos to follow your journey to guide and inspire my own.
There was so much packed in here. Going through so much of the same steps. Content with room for enthusiasm and inspiration is a great place to be.
I didn't learn too much about myself through decluttering my wardrobe, at first. But when I started decluttering my books? Wow. That was revealing. So many of my books were there to impress others. My keep-it-or-lose-it decision was based around a two-tier question: a) will I re-read it? If yes, will I be just as happy with it as an ebook? If yes, get the ebook and declutter the hard copy. If no, why not? b) If I'm not sure if I would re-read a book, am I inclined to keep it because it's meaningful to me / sparks joy just knowing that it's there on my shelf? Or, more often that I was happy to admit, am I keeping this book for bragging rights? What's so crazy about all this, is that my book case is in my bedroom, so very few people ever saw my books. But so many were there to show that I was "well read", had "intelligent" books, they were there to prove that I was "cultured" and "smart" = sophisticated. Which begged the question: just who is it I'm trying to impress? I eventually ended up going through a similar journey with my clothes. Decluttering was far more difficult and cathartic than I'd been prepared for. But what a relief to understand myself better and so gift myself the opportunity to grow. Thank you for talking so opening about your own experience! I don't have anyone IRL walking this path.
I can totally relate! Thanks for saying this!
I've the same issue with books so I totally understand your point, it's my next project!!
@@nml7750 Best of luck! :D
Literature degree here, and boy do I relate! A few years after I graduated I just finally admitted to myself I don’t like Tolstoy and I’m never going to read him again as long as I live, so it’s ok to declutter it, even if I’m a book-person. No one else cares whether I have Tolstoy on my shelf lol
@@jamie7002 LOL, I hear you! It's always the classics, right? One of mine was The Idiot by Dostoevsky. I was pretty impressed with myself for reading that one; I guess I thought everyone else should be too! (No one was because really, who's ever heard of The Idiot!?!) Amazing, isn't it, what we discover about ourselves when we really examine our behaviors! I had no idea my ego was tied to my bookshelf! :P
I literally just did this to my closet and I felt so much better too!
Love it!!
Wow that was an amazing statement: decluttering as punishment. I have done that without naming it , but yes: swiftly and really with no compassion or thought just throwing the crap out.. and then once the dust settles I’d look around and think Oh heck what have I done 🥺
Well, I really appreciate how transparent you are when you talk about the whole process and what you learned. It's really making me think about how I curate my wardrobe. I've tried to gravitate towards a number but I don't think that's going to work for me, because I have so many style moods going on. Thank you!
Me too!!
Thank you for this video. I'm in the process of doing this but at this point in my life I'm not ready to be so extreme. I work from home and "I dress up" everyday and I enjoy it. I love clothes and I enjoy having many options so for now I'm focusing on letting go of the things that don't bring me joy and having enough to keep my closet organized but I am not making myself feel guilty for having not being extreme with my process. You just validated what I've been thinking about these last 2 day. 🙂 Yes please, part 2!
I really liked the point of not aiming for an end game number. Instead just be flexible and open minded about what items come into our lives. We are dynamic as people so we should hold our items to the same standard, just in moderation. Love your advice on this video!
Spot on in so many ways! Thank you it’s a journey.
I’m still on my minimalist journey I started in 2015 when I discovered minimalist lifestyle and I did made the mistake of decluttering in bulk 😅 I’m much better now in what I really like but still make mistakes. You’re vidéos really help me recently with the spring coming and the urge to buy new spring clothes. I was a shopaholic too 😅. I would love to see a part two 🤗❤️
FINALLY found someone who's starting point was the same that mine is now! This gives me tons of hope that one day at a time I can get my spending, hoarding, and debt under control. It's hard to tell people I'm a shopaholic because they just laugh like it's a joke. It can truly take over and ruin your life when left unaddressed. Thank you for sharing these videos.❤️
Thank you! Love this one! About giving ourselves some grace💗
You make a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing what you've learned. I would enjoy a Part 2.
Yes, please - I would love to see part two of this 😃
Yes for part 2. This was excellent. Thank you so very much 💕🙏🙋♀️
I love your balanced approach
You learned a LOT! Thanks for teaching us!
I love hearing about your process and growth.
love the last one so much! the scarcity mindset is realllll and needed this reminder 💛
I love listening to your videos while I clean! So motivatonal!
Yes! We want a part 2. Very helpful video.
Loved this Christina. So glad I found you!
Love these tips. I have a holding tank for stuff I think I should let go of but can’t quite yet. It took 2 years but slowly over time I purged it. I brought a few things back, only to find out why I wasn’t actually wearing them. It’s empty now but I give myself grace to process the letting go slowly and thoughtfully. Layers of the onion, peeling back.
Yes part 2 please .. so glad I found your Channel!
Love your content! You are an inspiration & have empowered me in my intentional spending/minimalism journey!
This is the first video I’ve watched of yours and I absolutely love your personality and advice!
So honest. Love it!
I’m a new subscriber and I’m so glad I just “ stumbled across” this video! I have been looking for answers to some questions I have about my wardrobe and you answered a few of them in this video. Thank you so much!
The Best Video I ever saw on this topic! THANKS Christina
Your voice is so calming. I love your content.
I watched all your videos, and i love it 😻
Finally, a decluttering video that makes sense and resonates with me!!!! Thank you! Part 2 would be great!
Thank you so much for your video, it was really helpful and make me look at declutering in another way. I recognized myself in many things you’ve passed and now I am feeling more peacefull with myself 🥰
Loved everything! Your style is amazing. Keep up the good work! Sending lots of love 💕
I’m just did a declutter yesterday. Your videos really helped. This one was great to watch on the am after. Thank you for sharing
I just watched Part 2 first, so I had to watch Part 1 now. Thanks, Christina! 😊❤
I believe in having a slowly curated wardrobe of the best items you can afford!!!
Thankyou . I buy duplicates of things I like - I have 3 Bardot tops in different colours. Like you I have and wear alot of "work" clothes. I do dress up to go shopping, eat out , go out for the day, on holiday - so alot of my wardrobe is only worn occasionally and I definitely have favourites. I do wrestle with my inner " Golem" , my crazy alter ego that loves to shop, loves fashion, loves to say "f*CK it buy it" , so I try to pause and reflect if I need or have genuine use for an item. But I also have to not constrain myself too much otherwise my Golem can rebel badly to rules- so it's a delicate balance. Watching your videos helps me with that balance. X
awesome video, thank you especially about this "enough" thing!
That's something I've been struggling with a long time. While creating a shopping list, I always had in mind, like OMG, I still need so many stuff to have a complete wardrobe. Thanks again for speaking about this in a different perspective!
YES!! Contentment is wonderful!!!!
Just discovered your channel Christina, a lot of things you said are so true like feeling scared of having "less", thank you for beign so frank and saying what you feel, many of us just realized and connected with it!!!
Really enjoyed this discussion, Christina. I'm really enjoying wearing the item that I'm not sure about for a day and then seeing whether I want to keep it or not ☺
This is gold. Abundance vs richness.
Really enjoyed this video, it shows your growth !
Saving this to my “favorites video” to go back to. Thanks for the video need to watch it again.
Thank you for your videos. I learnt a lot from you and what I like is the philosophy of moderation which always keep me on doing things until they became my habits and helped me stay disciplined.
Awesome video! A part 2 would be great😍Thank you
I always love how real and authentic you are in your videos. Thank you for sharing this info! I am a duplicates person as well as I've found over the years certain pieces can be impossible to find again no matter how hard I try, lol.
My first time doing one of your videos and I really liked it. I struggle with cleaning out my closet and I like your philosophies
Love this video! Thank you. I’ve been learning about my real self vs my fantasy self, and that I can appreciate items but don’t need them as they aren’t part of my lifestyle. Also, I love your try ons
Great points! Love your whole thought processes and what you have settled upon but also that you can still enjoy adding new pieces in the future if you want. And that we are good enough already!!!!
Great video!
This content resonates with me!
Great video and so helpful! I’d like a part 2, please. 🙏🏻😊
This video was very helpful. I def went from clothing extreme to minimalist extreme trying to fix something and control peoples perception of me. It all boiled down to needed to accept myself for who i am and focus on what i actually like and use and not my fantasy self. Love your content!
Yes, Part II!!! :) 🙏
Thank you for this. I love that your lessons have moved you to be kind to yourself and so many wise conclusions that will ever be growing over time. So relate with your perspective on scarcity mentality. It makes you hold on to things or acquire things because of the perception of lack or not having and not being enough. When you the have abundance mindset, you realize there is no lack. And yet one of the best new perspectives I got was from an author who wrote a book “I’m not enough and that’s ok” which I find much more freeing because our needs always change and we will always have some kind of need as we continue to grow over time. Really appreciate this content Christina! Your transparency and vulnerability and willingness to share your story for the benefit of all of us, too!
First time seeing you and I subscribed, even though I already watch a select few minimal/decluttering UA-cam creators. You add a new slant to the underlying issues, in a way that is so wise, and your delivery is calm, yet motivating.
Blessings to you 🙏
Love your creativity! 💗
Yes, please, part two!
Part two, yes, please!
So happy to have found you! Currently in the 2nd season of decluttering and that internal conversation of each piece of clothing always involves guilt! No more of it! Always wanting to save it for a special occasion or when I lose weight or it's perfectly usable I shouldn't discard it or else I'll have to replace it $$$. Love your style and the confidence it exudes! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Looking forward to the next vid!
Yes, would love a part 2. For me, I know I have way too many clothes. This is one area that is harder to declutter. I love color and options.
Wow,I just found this video and I'm so happy because it is exactly what I need right now in my lifestyle ,Thanks
Thanks for this video! Very helpful! March really got me! I felt spendy all of the time, out of control! Its always like this after a long cold winter😀! I feel guilty now and will try to enjoy what I already have...Have a great day, Christina!
Omg I love this video!!! Yesss! ♥️
Thank you for sharing your journey ❤ And the genuine vulnerability of your/the process. I carry guilt in pieces because of when I bought them, why I bought them, and/or who bought/gifted them to me. Slowly working on it. I too found that my style has become more clear as I live doing my passions and not being afraid to express myself genuinely though clothing. So again, thank you thank you thank you 🤍
I “discovered” your channel not too long ago and I really like it. Thank you for your input regarding living an intentional life. Some years ago I used to buy clothes because they made me feel good. Then I had financial challenges and I stopped. Later what I wore and it’s quality were no linger important to me; and although I didn’t buy a lot, I notice now, that I didn’t put to much intention to it. Things are different now and I am older and looking for my style and I love it. My wardrobe is intentional now! Finding my style has made a difference in my selections.
Just found you and subscribed. Just what I needed at this moment
Yesss this comes at a great time I'm going to be doing a massive wardrobe declutter ahead of moving after uni
yesssss!
YES for a part 2! Thanks so much for your insightful, helpful content!
This video really refocused me on my needs rather than wants. I’ve noticed that I’ve strayed from the path of building my basics. I have acquired most of them, but still looking for a few. I’m trying to only buy what I need and using a few fashion bloggers/vloggers for ideas. I noticed I saved clothes they featured to my wishlist. But after watching this I deleted a bunch of things bc I don’t need them. ❤️ thanks! And yes to part 2!!!
Yes! This is valuable as so many minimalist seem to go by number rules not simplification per each persons desires. 🙌
Very insightful on your final point about not shopping with a spirit of scarcity.
Seems like you've learned a lot of life's lessons. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
I love this. I’m about to do a spring clean /declutter of my wardrobe and put together a spring/summer capsule. Can’t wait for it to simplify my day to day
Do you find that thrifting can make it hard to stay minimal? I’m so tempted to pick up anything I deem to be a bargain if if I do don’t need it
Great video! All of these points really resonated with me, but my favorite was to not focus on a specific number of items. I love options, but I also don't like feeling overwhelmed with too many choices.
I have decluttered my closet and now I do it only at the beginning of fall/winter and spring/summer. Then I decide If I am REALLY missing something and keep a list.Then what I could add if I have a "coup de coeur" (like a summer dress as I rarely find dresses that I like). I definitely keep clothes for a while before getting rid of them: I don't want to have any regret anymore: this is especially true for classic pieces as sometimes it is just that I have worn them a lot and want a change but think I should have kept them when I look at photos of me and think: "I looked good and it would be perfect this season why did I let it go!!!"
I loved your point number 9. Fluidity is important for sure. And getting out of the number game. Yes. And I loved your point about our wardrobes being complete already and adding in new pieces from a place of creativity rather than scarcity. This is so freeing. Using our things not to communicate our worth and importance but as self expression. Such good points. Thank you!
I’ve tried to find the items that complete my wardrobe and make it perfect and enough. It’s never works and what you said about wardrobes being dynamic was really insightful
Loved the last point!
I discovered your channel yesterday, and you have instantly become my favorite youtuber, ever. You're articulate and warm, and I just love the idea of "minimalist-ish" because that is EXACTLY where I'm at right now. Your comfort in your own skin and intention with your words and actions really comes through. Thank you for the inspiration, and for invalidating the "one size fits all" kind of minimalism that is so pervasive. Cheers!
🥹🥹 thank you for being here!
I really needed to hear this. I’ve been trying to figure out how many pieces I actually need and in which combinations to have the perfect wardrobe. I love and live in jeans, so the thought of getting rid of any of them to get to a certain number was causing anxiety. Now I understand that ‘enough’ is different for everyone.
Christina you have nailed the lighting in this video!!!
Omg thank youuuu! I’m always trying with it - this is so helpful to hear!