Style Question Wednesday - Signature Style, Part Trois - or how do you organize your clothes?

Well, I spent three hours this morning going through all of my clothing.

What a tedious exercise!

However, in the end I had a clean closet and only clothing that was in season and which fit and which met the criteria I had set in yesterday's post:

• a love of skinny trousers and jeans, with the very odd wide trouser
• flat shoes or boots 
• Nothing clingy
• clothes with little embellishments - simple, but with some personality
• generally neutral, with the odd pop of colour or pattern

Your comments yesterday were really helpful to me in the purge process.  I ended up with three piles:

• The giveaway to charity pile
• the giveaway to some of my old work mates and friends pile
• the oh-my-god-throw-that-in-the-garbage-right-now pile

Over the years, i have tried various methods to organize my small closet.  None really quite work for me, so would love some advice from you as to what you do!

Here is what is left:

I started with trousers on right.  They are followed by skirts, then dresses, then blouses and jackets mixed in, organized dark to light.  At the far left, which you are unable to see, are my two summer suits and my fancy pants.  Up above, I have organized sweaters and tees by colour.  There is still a lot here, even after pulling a LOT out.

One thing that struck me in the end is that

• there is hardly anything "trendy" left.
• There are only a few skirts:
•  two JC pencil skirts
• 2 JC comfy skirts (white linen drawstring and striped sweatshirt material)
• one max studio flowy skirt is bright coral
• one Gap Body pale grey maxi skirt (which I had forgotten about but which is much nicer than the JC skirt I bought last summer..)
• I have more than enough pants
• I have about 6 blouses, which is fine for summer
• I have plenty of cardigans and tshirts
• I have 4 summerweight jackets/blazers
• I have 5 pairs of shorts, including a gorgeous black dressy pair from Michael Kors which I had forgotten I had and which I HAVE NEVER WORN (hangs head in shame)

All in all, a more than adequate summer wardrobe!

I wish my shoes and scarves could fit into this closet, but Barry doesn't want to seem to leave it!  Ideally, I would like even fewer articles of clothing, but this is a work in progress!  All of the items that made the cut are cotton, silk or summerweight cashmere.  Wait - I lied - there is a lovely Michael Kors dress that is a turquoise poly-cotton blend which I love!  I am not positive that every single thing is as ideally flattering as it could be, but it is getting there!  Nothing boxy left at all!

I have always dreamed of a walk-in closet:

Aerin Lauder's would be nice:

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Oh gosh, even this would be nice if I didn't have to share (does anyone have this few shoes and if yes, can you get me into a 12 step program so I can do that, too?):

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But alas, I do have to share...Barry built the shelves up above the hanging rack.  We have another closet in the very back room that stores winter coats and seasonal overflow things and Barry's suits.

I would love closet organization ideas for this small space!  All ideas gratefully accepted!

I will be honest, I was very sad to let so much go, but it was freeing at the same time.  As well, it was frustrating to see some of the mistakes and the money spent on those mistakes...

I am now looking for a slightly upscale version of J Crew to try that meets some of my needs.  JC is fine for some basics, but even trying on my pencil skirts, I was shocked by the fit differential between three size 6s and three size 8s!  

I am also hopeful that a local retailer will pick up the Nougat London line her in town.  Right now, the only line I see that also fits my taste is Tory Burch, but that is a hard one for me as there is no shop closer than Boston and the shipping/duty is brutal.  Any ideas would be appreciated!  I won't be looking for anything else for summer, but I anticipate doing this again in fall and having even less!

Thanks!  and stay safe out there!