Challenge: Go ONE WHOLE YEAR without buying any new clothes
Confession One: My name is Chloe, and I'm a shopaholic
Confession two: I am a hoarder
Confession three: I waste a lot of money on clothes I never wear
Confession four: Despite having 3 wardrobes worth of clothes, I wear the same old few things every few days.
And so, I've decided to do something about it. This year (2013) I am going to go a whole year without buying any new clothes (I was thinking about calling this "Less Preen in 2013", until I realised this sounded a bit sh*t).
The point in this is to:
- Waste less money on things I don't need and will never wear
- Make the most of what I do have
- Learn what I do and don't like - finally giving me a chance to throw out things I'll never wear (and giving me a chance to realise that I'll never wear them, instead of pretending that one day I will!
- Learn to up-cycle/recycle/repurpose things I do have
- Develop my sense of style and find out what clothes do and don't work for me
- Eventually end up with a much smaller collection of clothes that I do really like, and build upon these next year when I finally can shop again!!
So far it's January 24th and I have not bought any new clothes... and it's already feeling pretty difficult!
This blog will chart my journey on this challenge. I may also blog style-inspiration pics, and maybe a few pics of myself re-working old outfits. I might also try blogging about crafty bits and bobs (e.g. customising and re-purposing old clothes).
On other notes, I might write a bit about the other areas of my life (I'm a final year PhD student - this blog might be a welcome distraction or too much of a distraction - we'll wait and see!)
