Closet Cleanse

Since I've opted into a two week cleanse/clean eating experiment this week, it's fortuitous finding Six Items or less on NYtimes.com. Perhaps a higher power is telling me to expand my thoughtful consumption to my closet. Six Items or Less is a group of people across the world (one from Michigan) who opted into picking only six items of clothes (accessories and shoes don't count) to wear for one month. Motivations for joining ranged from anti- consumption, creativity, and curiosity to interests in wearing a "uniform." I'm part uniform and curiosity; why not cut getting dressed down from 30 minutes to 2. But then in the same breath with no limits on shoes or accessories - the sky is the limit with how you style it. Right?

Reminds me of something I read that Chloe Sevigny said about her Resort collection for Opening Ceremony. "Girls buy the same silhouette over and over. " For Resort, her five dress silhouettes come in five prints each. If I think about what I gravitate towards in my closet, it's more than six pieces, but certainly falls between a core group of 10 or so items I grab because they are comfortable and cool. 

After checking out a few profiles, it's hard to tell exactly how much everyone embraced the project. Everyone was supposed to post regularly; some did, some didn't. The blog format makes it hard to digest participant posts and see what everyone actually picked as their top six pieces which was what I really wanted to see.

I think this is a challenge I'll take for September. Stay tuned.