I call myself a tomboy—someone’s who is not interested in fashion. Yet I have piles of clothes on my floor right now as I prepare to pack up for another year at college.
How did this happen? Well, I’ll tell you. I’m an upper-middle class American female college student. My parents regularly buy me clothes. I get clothes for birthdays, Christmas, special events (weddings, graduations, parties), the start of school, and the occasional well-that’s-really-cute-on-you outfit by my mom. I also work in the clothing department at Target—I see pretty clothes all the time. Plus I get a discount. So I buy a lot of clothes for myself from Target. The last factor that contributes to this monster pile is my 5 female cousins, all of whom are older than me. Once they outgrow something, they pass it to me. They do this a lot.
Thus the monster clothes pile is born.
Despite the copious amounts of clothes I have, I find myself rewearing the same outfits over and over. I want to stop that cycle. Right now.
So I’m on a mission—I’m going to wear every single thing in my closet once without any repeats. I’m going to give away outfits that don’t look good or that I don’t like.
Who knows? I might even become a fashionista!
