#knowyourwardrobe

However, I have found a lot of people throwing away their jeans just because it no longer serves the purpose. It starts looking faded or if the denim gets torn somewhere, they tend to discard it thinking that it can no longer be worn. While you can fancy faded, painted or embroidered denim to be brought from the market, I would suggest to let your existing denim stay longer so it will shadow the character of your body. So next time before you plan to discard any of your existing denims, find out ways to mend it. Trust me it will give a very new look to your denim. Trust your denim, it’s a best friend which will go with you for much longer time.

Do you always think that clothes can make you look better? The more, the variety, the trendiest you have, the better you can look. However, a great style does include a great accessory. With the right combination of a handbag, perfume, and shoes, it can give any older outfit a newer look. Just peep into your wardrobe to know what accessories you already own. I am sure that there are good number of scarves or bandanas, bags or tie or shoes that you already own, they just need to move out to be paired up with your clothes. If you still feel the urge to shop, and find the clothing these days to be expensive, yet want to spend effectively less money, then invest in accessories. They totally change any look that you have already flaunted. Think about ways to add good accessory which might trigger other sense than visual, just like a good perfume. You dress up to look great visually, however perfume is adding aroma to your persona, which ultimately triggers the sense of smell in most of the people. If you wish to play safe, you can always go for subtle smell. But I feel it adds the notch to your persona. Using what is in your wardrobe and sticking to not buying clothing are great ways to turn sustainable. However, if you still need to invest in some accessories, look in for brands that are making accessories out of waste, or those who are supporting local artisans. That indeed would be a great way to be a conscious buyer while leading a sustainable living.

Coming to the end of our series of ‘know your wardrobe’. Our last post is: What goes inside your wardrobe? Do you follow any kind of shopping rule? Don’t we all love shopping. Yes, indeed, we all do. As the lock down starts easing, we might hit back to the cycle of shopping and hunting for new trends in the market. Our markets are already flooded with green-washed images of all those fast fashion brands. This is how they aim to sell their product. But a lot of our fast fashion is boosted by our impulsive buying behavior. Means the purchases we make are fast – unconscious decisions, unconscious buying leads to unwanted clothes. So, what happens next? If you really made a purchase for an occasion, then maybe it will be worn a couple of times. But then what? We get caught up in the cycle of not repeating the same garment for any other occasion. But I think the problem starts with the very idea of buying something which needs to be worn for a few hours or maybe we get bored by it too soon. Fast fashion is like junk food. As junk food being bad for our inner body health, fast fashion is bad for our outer body and our planet. So how does fast fashion affect our body or our planet? - Tricks us to spend money more often. - The more you own, the more cluttered is your wardrobe and mind, leading you to stress every time you want to go out. - Fast fashion gets discarded, only ends up being filled up in our landfills. - The quality of fast fashion equally as cheap as its cost, hence the disposal rate being much higher. Choose wise, Be conscious!

Know your fabric. Time to pick up each of your garment and learn a little more about its material and fabric care. Each of your garment will have a various label and tags on your clothing. Some are attached to your garment and some are the branding tags. They exist for a reason, they brief you about the material of the product, wash care instructions and the brand story. As much you enjoy the brand story, somewhere the rest of the information gets neglected. So basically, each of your wash care symbol has a different meaning and connotation to it. Know your wash care symbols thoroughly to know about which fabric needs what kind of care. Like silk, would need a dry cleaning mostly, similarly your whites generally need to wash separately. You will learn about materials which are easy care and luxury care. There is another aspect of knowing your fabric other than just taking care of it. When you know your fabric, you also know which kind of fabric is best suited for your body or activity. So, let us say you want something to wear for summer. However, adorning a fabric which is not breathable for your skin would turn out to be a disaster. Hence it becomes necessary to know why what comforts your skin. So, why should you know your fabric? – Care for your clothes and skin in relation to the season or activity you do, both resulting in forming a longer relationship with your clothing and body. Tip - You could easily club this exercise with hanger rule while decluttering your wardrobe, to manage your laundry better. And like I always said it is equally vital to know what goes on your body just like what goes inside your body. Image source - Pinterest

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