your clothes are not tomatoes

creating a clothing budget + how to stop buying pieces you don't need

Clothes, not tomatoes.

When I’m working with my personal clients, much of the time we’re focused on undoing their pre-conceived notions about style. A sneaky example of this is the idea of “running out” to buy clothing. When considering the items that take up precious real estate in our closets, the approach we take to acquire these items should be deliberate and meticulous. I cannot tell you how often I hear clients describe situations in which they “just needed” a black dress, for example, so they “ran to H&M.”

Let me stop you right there.

We’re not making tacos. Your clothing is not an ingredient that can be quickly acquired at the bodega next door. This isn’t a 30 minute meal; it’s a soufflé. A made-to-order masterpiece that takes the better part of an hour to bake. Which is why I believe in coming up with a list of items you want to purchase - along with a coinciding budget- at the beginning of the year. In anticipation of (gasp) January 1st, here’s how to do that…