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View submission: How minimal is unhealthy minimalism when talking about our closets ?
I keep a black dress for a funeral because I remember no one in my immediate family having anything proper to wear to the wake and funeral when my Dad died in 1977. We had to rush out to get something and we didn't have a lot of money and I wound up with an ugly jumper I hated and had bad memories.
The memory of the helpless feeling of not having anything to wear hangs over me when I try to declutter. I have my funeral dress and two dresses for special occasions that I still haven't worn. I will keep the special occasion dresses one more year then I will donate them. I kept buying sundresses and never wore them. I got rid of those.
Now I look at each item. Do I wear it. If not, what occasion would I wear it for and do I have something else that's appropriate? That helps eliminate many items.
Then you get to multiples. I wear solid T-shirts in the summer. I had too many. First I went through and took out anything faded, pilled, or stretched out at the neck. I cut them up for rags that I can throw away guilt free. Then I narrowed down duplicates. I still have three black and two red T-shirts because I like them and wear them most often. I hang shirts by sleeve length and then color and it lets me know that when I see a black top in the store or online, I already have plenty.
There's nothing here!