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Article - The Fashionable Closet or NotThe new year, a new you as it goes. It is the time for being inundated with diets, low fat foods, recipes and exercise ideas wherever we turn. So if you need all that, go ahead and jump on the bandwagon and get motivated. Those who already enjoy eating healthy and exercising on a regular basis, refocus and get back on track after the craziness of the holidays. This is also a great time to take a look at your wardrobe. Open that closet door and take a good look at what is in there. Are there enough classic pieces, too many fads or trends that have fizzled? Don’t wait till spring cleaning to figure it all out. Remember this is the New Year and a new you. It is a good idea to do some research first. It will help later on making decisions on what to keep, donate, ditch or buy. Fashion magazines are a great place to start. On a tight budget and don’t want to buy a ton of magazines? Visit your local library and check out the periodical section. Some even have a magazine swap area and get some for free. Another place to look at is to peruse the internet. Search for spring fashion trends. After doing your research and figuring out what you like and don’t like, head to the malls. Go to the higher end stores first that would be the most fashion forward; Nordstrom or Saks for example. Spring styles are being stocked already. Find what looks you like and even try on some styles. See what works for you. Not only style but colors also. Know what colors work for you and which don’t. Look also at the accessories. Then compare what you saw in magazines and the internet to what is actually available in the store. Now you have a good starting point. First off, start with looking at what fads you have. Look at outdated colors and styles as well. If they make it past one year, fads only last 1-3 years. These are not worth holding onto unless there is some major sentimental value with it. Maybe you are nostalgic and like to save a few for the sake of history. I have an old pair of red leopard skinny jeans (once called straight legs) in my storage. I bought them while in Europe on an exchange program during the height of the punk rock era there. Just can’t part with them. Start a pile to donate and add the fads to it. Next take a look at the fashion trends. Trend unlike a fad will last 3-5 years. These are great pieces to have and will stretch the dollar. Skinny jeans I say is more of a fad. They are still the hot item to have. The problem is, not everyone can wear them. You need to be in good shape to carry the look well. And frankly speaking, they are not as comfortable. My daughters wear them because they are so “in” but complain because they hate wearing jeans. I predict them to be a fad. Boot cut jeans fit the overall population well and still look fashionable. They are more the trend. Look over what you have to see if they still fall within the trends. If they are too worn out, those accidental bleach spots or just shrunk way too much, time to get rid of them. No act of God is going to fix it. Don’t donate these either, they really need the “G” file. Get rid of the clothes that are too small. If you stick to your diet and lose weight, do you really want to reward yourself with something old? Going to the store and shopping in a size or two smaller is a much bigger reward and great feeling!
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