Do You Think of Style When You Write Your New Year’s Goals?
Tis the time to make goals for the new year coming! Goals for the new year include many areas of our life. The common areas we usually think of are health, money and work, relationships, community service and shedding bad habits. Age doesn’t matter. Life is a constant process of growth and self-improvement.
I never thought about creating style goals until I read Angie Cox’s blog You Look Fab. Inspired by Angie, I made a list of style goals the last two years. You might like to make some style goals of your own, if you don’t already.
These are some of my style goals, past and future:
The first year I tried this, I made some progress in areas that I wanted to improve, like cleaning out and reorganizing my closet. I bought velvet-covered hangers and hung my clothes by color groups within each category of tops, bottoms, cover-ups, etc. Then I bought organizers for my underwear, socks and sweaters. I am very happy with the improvement and the new system is permanent.
The next year, I made a perfect list of what I wanted to accomplish but I didn’t manage to get very far at all. One thing I did was to get some dressy ankle boots: I ordered a pair of leopard-print kitten-heel boots and a pair of black high-heel sock boots. Another thing I did was to buy a couple of pair of quality leggings to wear at the gym.
Then, of course, there were things I did that were not on the list. For example, I got an online color analysis from Pamela Graham of Style Yourself Confident. You can find out more about it in my blog post “Did You Know Colors Can Make You Look Amazing?“
So last year, I had another shot at trying to check off the following goals left over from the year before. I got a few done, but not all of them. Once again, I’m planning to work this coming year on the ones I did not complete last year. Obviously, this is an ongoing list. Lol!
- Make a rule of buying 90% of my clothes to be useful (I know where I’ll wear it and what it goes with) and 10% splurging on what I just LOVE.
- Check out consignment stores in the area and start swapping. Or start using ThredUp or something similar. I have a lot of nice clothes that deserve a good price, so I’m looking forward to finding a place where I can sell them and then buy other things I need.
- Buy t-shirts in colors I need.
- Buy yoga clothes in beautiful colors that I love.
- Add more purple to my wardrobe.
- Purchase more locally-made and green fashion.
- Repair clothes that have tears, rips, missing buttons, etc. I already regularly take clothes that need serious mending and alterations to my very special tailor friend. But I usually avoid sitting down to sew the easy stuff. I did mend a few things this year, but there’s still a pile there.
Do you think about how you would like to update your style every year? Perhaps you’d like to try new colors or trends or make something yourself, like sewing clothes or making jewelry. If this is new to you, you could just make one style resolution for the year and see where it takes you…
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Thanks and Happy New Year!
Angie
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but I like the idea of adding style goals to a bucket list. I do make those. I have already done my closet as you’ve described. I know where almost everything is. One of the things that was driving me crazy was my tights. I just had them in a cloth bag, and they were a mess. I finally rolled them up and put them in a cardboard box. Now, I have them arranged so that I can find the right ones and right colors much more easily. I would love to find a place to sell my clothing that paid me more than pennies on the dollar. I actually gave my docent friends several items that just weren’t me anymore. They loved it because they got new to them clothing, and I loved it because I knew they weren’t going to be bought by someone who was going to sell them on Poshmark (something that happens a lot here).
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I have my tights in clear bags labeled with the type and color. But it seems like a hassle to find the right bag. So I like your idea of putting them in a box; I could put them in color order like my closet is.
Like Amy, I have never thought about creating a style list per say – what a great idea! I do love to thrift, so I can offer you a few ideas in that area.
For easy online consignment, I use ThredUp. Now the payout may not be as much as PoshMark, but you don’t do any work. You simply order the free clean out bag, load it up and send it back. They then do all the work for you. PoshMark you have to consign it yourself – it’s an easier version of eBay. This year I want to try out The Real Real so stay tuned. I have purchased from Real Real and love my finds, but have yet to consign with them. I also consign locally when I can to support local businesses in town. The turn is slower sometimes – but it’s also based on how “good” the stuff is that you bring in. Last, I co-host an annual clothing swap with my friends which is work, but so much fun! We will be doing our 4th swap this spring and I can’t wait! If you want to see how we do it, I wrote a re-cap on the blog, https://asksuzannebell.com/how-to-host-your-own-clothing-swap-second-hand-style/.
I just subscribed to your blog, I love it!
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Suzanne
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Thanks for the great tips, Suzanne! I’ve read your blog, and will go back to it for the clothing swap ideas. My plan was to check out consignment stores in my area and report on the experience. My family has been urging me, though, to just use a local program that picks up your bag of stuff from your porch and then delivers whatever you choose from online.
Wow! I never thought about fashion with my New Year’s Resolutions, but I love the idea! I think I may start with a closet cleaning!