So, I tend to hoard clothes – I’ve made a lot of progress recently letting a lot of them go (most of the items are basically new and I donate them).
I’m a perfectionist with anxiety and OCD and I get fixated on things and it’s hard to make decisions.
What I’m currently struggling with is this: Years ago I did color analysis and figured out what colors look best on me (I’m a soft summer in the 12 season system). I thought this would help me cut back on how many clothes I buy, but it didn’t.
In a perfect world, I’d wear my “best” colors daily. But currently, I don’t have a pair of pants in dove/charcoal grey that go well with those blouses. I have a pair of black pants that fit me perfectly. So I wear those to work almost daily, and I love them even though they aren’t in “my” season. But I don’t like to wear, say, one of my mauve shirts with the black pants because it doesn’t look as good as it would with grey pants. When I wear black pants I usually wear a black shirt (going back to my goth roots in high school….) and a cardigan.
The benefit of mostly black clothes is that it’s really easy to do laundry, and it makes getting dressed simple. At this point in my life I’m craving simplicity and ease. My closet has been in a state of chaos for years. I’m thinking about going through the shirts in my “best” colors that I’m not using and just picking a few of my absolute faves (what will fit in a drawer or box) and donating the rest. And if I ever find a pair of perfect grey dress pants I’ll still have blouses to wear with them.
I’m looking for input on whether any of you have dealt with this. Did you let go of things in your “best” colors that you just weren’t using?
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