What's Really In Your Wardrobe?

Hello there lovelies,

The crazy conglomeration of fabrics you see before you is, in fact, my wardrobe. This post was inspired by Claire, of The View From Here who kindly showed us the mountains of style she has hidden in her wardrobe, and I've used it as somewhat of a learning/awareness exercise. But more on that later!

Contents of my Wardrobe (Eeek!)

Tops

• 27 T-shirts - 14 printed t-shirts (eg. this), 4 plain colours and 5 concert/show tees (eg. this).
• 6 dresses - including one strapless and two maxi-dresses.
• 3 Cardigans - 2 black, one covered in stars.
• 4 hoodies - my favourite is an Emily the Strange one covered in tiny little bones.
• 5 jackets - a denim jacket, a biker jacket, a plaid jacket, a black trench, and a black denim Earl Jean jackets, snagged for $10, with a RRP of $129.99
• 2 corsets - one beautiful pinstripe underbust corset made by Countess Von Belfry.
• 1 halter top, and 1 tube top.
• 6 singlets - three plain colours, three printed.
• 6 tank tops .
• 7 assorted vests, and other similar layering pieces.
• 2 button-ups - including the one I wore to my 21st birthday.
• 5 long-sleeve shirts - including my modification of an Emily The Strange tee.
• 1 mens designer button-up shirt (which I found at a garage sale).
  
  Bottoms
  
• 5 pairs of jeans - including a black pair, and my $19.95 Lee Riders and these.
• 5 pairs of other pants - including these babies.
• 2 pairs of cropped pants
• 10 skirts - including the Wolverine Slasher Skirt, that I made.
• 4 pairs of shorts - two short pairs, one pair of denims and a patchwork pair of mens shorts.

Accessories

• 1 pair of striped armwarmers, made by me.
• 14 hats - 1 bowler hat, 2 trilbys, 2 train driver style caps, 1 Wolverine cap, and the rest knitted berets and beanies.
• 4 belts - my usual studded belt, a patterned hip belt, an Emily The Strange belt, and one that says "Always Scores" with pictures of Space Invaders on it.
• 3 ties.
• 1 pair of suspenders (polka dot).
• 10 scarves - mostly matching the knitted beanies, and this one that I made.
• 12 pairs of shoes - 1 long gladiator sandals, 2 short gladiator-ish sandals, 3 pairs of boots, 2 pairs of heels, 2 pairs of Vans, 1 pair of Red Pepper platform boots ($2 from Thrift Shop) and a pair of skull-printed gumboots.
• 8 bags - including an Emily The Strange bag shaped like the head of a cat.
  

I actually learned alot from this exercise - firstly, that I really had no idea how much clothing I have amassed. The scary thing here being, that this is actually the smallest my wardrobe has been for a very long time. From now on I'm going to be much more careful about what I buy, especially when it comes to those ultra-cheap tables full of t-shirts. There's not really any reason why I need as many t-shirts as I have, let alone more. You're going to be seeing more of an effort to remix from me - as of this week, I am giving myself a $20 weekly budget for clothing purchases. So, if I spend $60 this week, I can't buy any more clothing for three weeks. I may need The Boyfriend to help me with this one, but I think it has to be done. I'm blowing too much money on more clothes that could really be useful for other things.

Secondly, my wardrobe has a very pronounced lack of anything that isn't casual clothing. I'm swimming (or maybe a more fitting word would be drowning) in casual. When I do buy things in the near future, I want to focus on more "dressy" pieces. I want to build myself a look that is a little more mature than I have currently. On this tangent, thirdly I noticed that compared to the "busy" and "statement" pieces, I have very few plain basics. I want to get a few more things like this - plain tops for layering, a LBD, some nice tailored pants.

I'm still struck by how shocked I was to find out how huge my wardrobe is. How about you guys? Do you have a good handle on what's in your wardrobe? Do you think you'd learn anything by cataloging what is in your wardrobe?

Until next time, xo.