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A Wardrobe Consulting, Styling and Personal Shopping service catering to women in  the New York City area. We are the fashion solution, to save you time and empower you to feel confident in your style. We specialize in petites.

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From my home to your home

Diane Pollack

First I hope everyone is well and staying at home safely.

I had started a totally different note to you on March 13th and pressed the pause button as things started to ramp up with the virus. I knew there were urgent matters that you needed to be informed on and new ways of figuring out how to work from home if you are lucky enough to have that opportunity.

I have not left my apartment since March 15th and the cabin fever is starting to kick in. For those who know me well, I am a die-hard city girl, but currently envying my suburban friends who are in their backyards and taking walks.

We have all been home-bound now for approximately 2 weeks and adjusting. This also coincides really well with the change of season. Spring is officially here and the weather is currently fluctuating and transitional.

Now as the suggested stay-at-home time has been expanded to April 30th, if we are lucky, it will be early May when we can leave our homes and get back to some semblance of “normal”.

With that, your deep winter clothes are certainly no longer necessary. Keeping true to my passion and my business, my leather pants, and furry vests have already made it up into the closet not to be brought out till next winter.

As a distraction, because you have more time at home, and because you will eventually need to, now is the perfect time to start on your closet. 

I recommend doing it in 2 phases.

1) Right now it is about putting away the dead of winter items that you no longer need and pulling out some items that are spring-like but still accommodate for mid-season weather.  

For me, that includes my pastel moto jacket, some brightly colored cotton sweaters, and jeans in lighter washes.

2) Save your sundresses, white shorts or whatever your dead of summer items might be for a later closet swap.

Image courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net by Aleska D.

Image courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net by Aleska D.

Now for some recommendations to make your closet organizing easier.

  1. I don’t care what Marie Kondo says, throwing your whole closet on your bed is an overwhelming task. Break it down into categories: shoes, accessories, clothes. You can further break the clothes down into sub-categories. Hopefully, once you actually get started, you may find that you complete more categories than you had intended to:)

  2. Purge - don’t put items you haven’t worn and aren’t going to away. Put them in a bag to donate.

  3. Utilize the space in your closet well. Order the thin felted hangers which will truly save you room. Order storage containers to put on your shelves, under your bed or wherever your space allows.

  4. Only relevant wearable items should be front and center in your closet. Move your outwear, special occasion dresses, out of season items to another area.

Still, need help? Contact me, I can work with you virtually.

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