Since our moment of frolic is nipped by the vicious weather, why don’t you plug your ears with your iPod and dust your style altar to contemporary perfection.
You will be surprised how your three Doc Martens from the Dark Ages have evicted your au currant romantic booties to the floor. Errors in judgement, post-breakup panic shopping and too much reading of In Style can show you how you have wronged the style department no matter how savvy and in tune you may be.
Here are some tips in cleaning your digs.
1) First, throw away everything you have not worn in the past six months. If throw is too much of a word to attach to clothes then consider donate. You won’t wear them again, save of course for those gorgeous frocks that you have been saving for the ball of your life.
Ditto to items with sentimental value. Store them in a plastic box with acid-free paper and mothballs to ensure immortality.
2) Filofax your closet. First separate day clothes from night clothes. Then separate coats, etc. (including matching sets so you will know what you have and allow for mixing and matching). Then determine what needs to be hung and what can be folded. Lastly, if you are really anal, arrange them according to sleeve and hem length. Then do what they do in Sotto or wherever it is they know what they are doing – hang them half an inch apart from each other and line by color. You will realize that life suddenly become easier. Yes, I do this.
3) If you find that your closet, despite all the weeding, is still as overpopulated as Metro Manila on weekdays, then you can channel your inner lifestyle guru and make chic storage options. For shoes, try nailing some prong steel racks to the inner wall of your cabinet or door facing the inside of your cabinet. The heels will stay put in between the prongs and the puppy won’t be mistaking it as a chew toy anytime soon. Shirts can be stacked on a whimsical laundry basket. Makes it a joy to rummage through.
4) Lingerie should be treated like the Shroud of Turin in your closet. Line your cabinet with some sweet looking paper and toss in some perfume inserts from a magazine or an empty bottle of perfume. It’ll keep your knickers scented and your mood moistened.
5) Do this twice a year. It will take perhaps a lazy afternoon, but its benefits will last you longer than most boyfriends.