Shopping Your (My) Closet

Sale PSA: A boiled cashmere pullover from Vince, now 25% off, a pretty metallic cocktail dress from Saloni, now 40% off (also love this longer gown, also 40% off!), and a mesh tote from Boyy, now under $420 (I am oddly drawn to this as is the case with quite a few bags from this brand)

Lately I’ve been thinking I need to shop my closet more. I always SAY I’m going to do this but it’s always different in execution, you know? In reality I just make a sweep of the existing clothes, going: “I should wear this” to various pieces gathering dust in my closet. Upon which I go back to wearing the same stuff as before. Having recently completed a big project I’ve now started on some spring cleaning and as such began to re-organize my closet – I was determined to find some items I’d “forgotten” about and place them back into regular rotation. To force myself to do this, I actually took out each of these items and put them front and center – Aad honestly, I’ve found some goodies I’m really excited about adding back into my regular rotation!

Here, sharing some items I recently re-found after some neglect:

Hermes Caducee Rock shawl: I found this too late and it is warm now. I will probably have to wait til the end of the year but I love this pattern and colorway so much, it’s so cool. And the smaller 100 size (I think which is supposed to be for “men”) but which I love as it easier to shove into a bag. If there’s cold days before spring I’ll be using this for sure!

Goyard Belvedere PM: I haven’t worn this in over a year and I’m not sure why. I guess sometimes I get into a bag “groove” and forget all my old favorites. The ridiculous thing is that I have been looking for a crossbody bag which can hold my phone in an outside pocket and has a zip inner pocket…uhh…I have one right here! Does that ever happen to you?

Manolo Blahnik heels. I bought these I think during one of my pregnancies. For some reason while pregnant I mostly bought fancy gowns and high heels and little evening bags – which is ridiculous since I barely went out BEFORE I had kids? So what gives? These Blahnik heels are a more practical exception. I really love them. So strappy! So easy to wear and comfortable! I love Manolo heels in general. And I love this shade of brown/tan, still easy to pair with black.

Balenciaga leather jacket: I have another leather jacket which I think is from Acne that I’ve been wearing more the last year. But why not this one? A great advantage of this classic Balenciaga (you can find them for less on The Real Real) is that it doesn’t have one of those big belts on the bottom that’s on most biker style leather jackets. Which I like a lot from a style perspective but I never actually buckle them and thus they tend to just flop and the buckle makes clanging sounds when I walk. Does anyone else know what I’m talking about??

Okay – now I challenge each of you. To go into your closets and physically pull out and place front and center some items which haven’t seen action in a while but which you used to love! Really, I think you’ll find some goodies…I hope….thoughts??