Images: Maria of Vanillascented's wardrobe, wardrobe from mode d'amour, my wardrobe during the cull (most of its been sold now!), Girly Style Memo, Moodboard, Moodboard, Sabrina from AfterDRK's wardrobe.
Check out the other steps in the Wardrobe Rehab Series here.
If you've been following along with the Wardrobe Rehab project, you will have just finished Steps 1, 2 and 3, and should now not only have a wardrobe with only clothes that fit well, look good and make you feel great, but also have an idea of what your personal style is and a list of your wardrobe essentials. You are well on your way to an amazing wardrobe! An inspiring wardrobe is an important step to being excited to get dressed in the morning, remember Cher from Clueless and her futuristic wardrobe? 'I'm just, like, a normal girl!...'. Although we can't all have that level of sophistication in our wardrobes, putting the time into the organisation of your wardrobe will pay off. Looking for pics on the net of blogger's wardrobes, I was surprised by small, compact and well organised many of them are, perhaps that is the key to looking great all the time? I love the simple look of Maria of Vanillascented's wardrobe (top pic), and she shows us that you don't have to have an over the top, carrie-from-SATC-movie type of wardrobe to look amazing.
How should you organise your wardrobe to allow for easy access and aesthetics? This is a question I have mulled over lots and lots. There are numerous schools of thought on this one - your could colour coordinate all the items to give them a rainbow effect (very pretty and what most bloggers tend to do) or organise them by type (ie all your skirts together etc), or have a kooky monica from friends style organisation going on complete with dewey decimal referencing....
Either way, when you are deciding how to do this you need to keep in mind that the purpose of this project is to make it easy for YOU to get dressed and look great. I love the look of my clothes lined up in a row all colour co-ordinated, but the mixed up styles does make it harder to get dressed in the morning and I tend to forget what I have if everything that is say, black, is all together. If you have a big enough collection of clothes and a wardrobe with different compartments, sort your clothes into different types (pants, shorts/skirts, jackets, tops, shirts) and then organise by colour within their types.
If you have enough room, try to hang as much as possible up. Drawers are great for jeans and underwear but I find I am much more likely to pull something off the rack than out of the bottom drawer. If possible store accessories and shoes at eye level and jewellery on a hanging rack. Hangers? I love wooden hangers and even padded ones for lace and sheer tops. That said, I haven't invested in any luxury hangers because, really, who knows where I'll be living next year?