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How do you organise your wardrobe?

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Bossyrossy Sat 17-Jun-23 16:57:30

Currently my wardrobe is divided into summer and winter clothes, but other than that it is a jumble, apart from a few posh frocks (probably never to be worn again) which are stored in hanging clothes bags. Do you organise by colour? Separate clothes into dresses, trousers, shirts, skirts, etc.? Hang tops that go with bottoms together? There are endless permutations, but before I have a go at reorganising everything, I'd like to hear how others have done it.

Bella23 Wed 21-Jun-23 20:56:29

My DDs say I am annal about sorting my clothes. I had to be organised at work. One is getting like me the other is chaotic.
All clothes are hung in their category long to short pale to dark
Bras, pants, and socks in three drawers in a tall boy. Tunics, Long sleeved t's,short-sleeved t's rolled in three drawers. Cardigans light to dark rolled in the under-bed drawer.
Seasonal coats, jackets and hats on the coat stand. Shoes in a seat with baskets in the hall.Hats and gloves and scarves in a chest of drawers in the hall. Handbags in storage boxes on the wardrobe shelf.Night ware in wardrobe drawer.Dirty clothes in the basket
Out-of-season clothes in the spare room wardrobe and drawers sorted the same.
My DD's party piece is telling how when they went to parties when little another mum would say"Here are the colour coordinated ......s.
I do hang on to things I shouldn't and the thirty-day challenge got me to organise the rest of the house.smile

Hetty58 Wed 21-Jun-23 21:42:44

Crikey, organise - er, no. Three wardrobes in the box room have things I rarely wear, along with out of season coats and jackets. A clothes rail and tall chest of drawers in a bedroom is where I keep the stuff I usually wear.

Only thick jumpers are ever put away for the summer (in the ottoman bed, in suitcases). Everything else is just where I last put it. That seems normal enough for me.

Foxygloves Wed 21-Jun-23 23:05:14

I would just like my clothes to stand still and not hide.
I spent weeks looking for a long navy cardi I was particularly fond of, Monsoon circa 2005 , and eventually reluctantly came to the conclusion it must have gone to the charity shop .
So I replaced it.

And of course found it (where it should have been) after I had worn the second one which I could then no longer return.
Black linen trousers have similarly gone walkabout until I bought a “replacement “ pair.
All this decluttering is working out expensive.