Do your best to set aside any thoughts of what’s trending. Instead, focus on mixing and matching. How might that cowl neck look with a pencil skirt<\/a>? Or, could you update those pants by wearing them with a modern silk button-down? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Enlisting the help of a trusty friend (or two!) is an easy way to get a fresh look at your old stuff. Invite your gal pals over and send them into your closet with one goal in mind: put together an outfit<\/a> they’ve never seen you wear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chances are, you’ll like a few of those new outfits. Even better, you’ll start thinking creatively about other new outfit combos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shopping your closet is an activity that takes time and space. If you’re rushed or distracted, you’ll end confirming the idea that you really do have nothing to wear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Clear your calendar for an afternoon before you dive in. You could even pour yourself a glass of wine and have cheese balls on hand. Make an afternoon of it (just don’t spill the wine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can’t shop the closet effectively with a quick scan. You have to get underneath piles of jeans<\/a> and tees, behind the sweaters, and in between the cardigans on hangers. It’s a magical moment when you find an old favorite that you forgot you had. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Go deep into the closet, and you will be rewarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plan on creating a pile of clothes that need a tailor’s touch. If you have dresses that pucker in all the wrong places or sleeves that cover your best rings, a nip and tuck could make all the difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some pieces could even be repurposed by a tailor. Maybe that too-short dress is better served as a top. Or perhaps those pants might live on as capris<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s worth pricing these alterations, as they may be cheaper than buying new. And the end result will be a piece that’s totally unique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Even if you don’t live in a seasonal climate, it helps to cycle clothes in and out of your closet. Yes, it’s a trick of the mind \u2014 when you don’t look at something every day, you don’t have the chance to get bored with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Make a practice of boxing up a few things each season and putting them in storage. The next season<\/a>, when you pull those boxes out of storage, those old clothes will have a newish feel to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you shop your closet? Share your best tips in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Having “nothing to wear” is a common problem amongst style-minded ladies. The affliction might happen suddenly \u2014 like, 75 minutes before you’re leaving for a black-tie party attended by your most glamorous friends. Or, it can be a dull throb that you live with daily. The funny thing is that having nothing to wear is… Read More »How to shop your closet \u2014 6 ways to get a fresh look at old clothes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[303916],"class_list":["post-71813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-trends","tag-what-to-wear"],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":120368,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/closet-shopping-300x150.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Phone a friend<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Go deep<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Call in the tailor <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nKeep the seasonal wear out of sight <\/h3>\n\n\n\n