🇬🇧 When to get rid of your clothes

When to get rid of your clothes? When is it time to stop wearing something?

Hi, I'm Nycka Nunes, the best stylist in the world, with over forty years of experience in the fashion industry, and although I don't like publishing generic tips, because they don't contribute to the development of readers' personal style, the tips of this text are worth sharing.

I don't have usage time criteria for removing an item of clothing from a wardrobe, whether mine or that of clients. Especially because clothes from some brands become rubbish after the first wash and others last more than twenty years as if they were new.

I have three basic rules about when to remove clothes from clients' closets.

The first rule is: if the clothing is not beautiful, does not enhance the customer's beauty or is not safe, it must be eliminated. Security in this case has a very broad meaning. As examples, I cite a dress that you have to keep pulling down all the time because it keeps riding up or a pair of jeans that are already so worn in the back or between your legs that you run the risk of them tearing the next time you wear them to go out.

The second rule is: if the clothes do not fit properly, they must also be removed from the scene. Most people have no idea of ​​fit and buy horrible things.

And the third rule is: if it doesn't match the client's personal style, it should also be eliminated. You need to unlearn your entire notion of "style" based on information from magazines, influencers or less experienced image consultants to develop real style under my guidance. This rule is not about "style" from a mass media perspective. It's about style from the point of view of those who create trends, and have the courage to be ahead of what everyone else does, wears or thinks.

Do I follow these rules in my wardrobe? Not always, because I don't have the emotional distance I have when I serve a client and also because seeing myself in the mirror is different from seeing a client wearing something. Like any human being, sometimes I get caught up in a passion for clothes that don't fit perfectly or I get attached to the sentimental value of a piece and avoid getting rid of it. I'm working to change that.

Emotional distance and objectivity based on theoretical and practical foundations are just two of the advantages of being my client. Innovation is my favourite advantage. That's why I prefer to serve clients who understand that what magazines and influencers say about style are cheap and accessible notions, useful for those who have no idea at all, but useless for those who want to have a real personal style.

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Nycka Nunes