Almost every wardrobe I open is full. Full, and unwearable. The problem is rarely quantity — it is that nothing has been decided. Pieces bought for a version of a life that never arrived sit beside pieces worn twice a week until they are exhausted.
Begin with the life you actually live
Before we discuss silhouettes or colour, I ask clients to describe an ordinary week. Where do you go, who do you see, what do you sit on, how far do you walk. A wardrobe that ignores this will always feel like a costume.
A personal wardrobe for a personal life. Everything else is storage.
Keep what belongs
Editing is not minimalism for its own sake. It is the practice of keeping the pieces that agree with each other, altering the ones that almost work, and letting go of the rest without ceremony. What remains should combine in more ways than you expect.
