- Let's be real, I repeat outfits like an American
Kate Middleton.
Oh yes, I'm proud of that.
What's up, socials?
Welcome back to Amy TV.
I wanted to have a little bit of fun today,
something different.
I know a lot of you are like me and going through
your closets right now because it's time to get
your summer wardrobe where it's at, trust me,
I think about this a lot more than probably I should.
Thank goodness winter has finally left the building.
Left the building!
See you later, sweaters.
So I pride myself on having a pretty organized closet,
mostly because I would go totally insane
if I didn't, like legitimately crazy.
But there's something that I actually do
to keep all the good stuff up front and right in front
of me when I get into my closet and I have to pick
something quickly and also not make me feel like
my wardrobe is stale.
That's literally the worst feeling in the world
after you especially have maybe bought a couple
of things is going back into your closet and still
feeling like ugh, kinda sucks in here.
So today I'm gonna share my little life hack
to keep that vibrancy in your wardrobe
and hopefully it'll be helpful for you.
Before we get started, make sure you subscribe
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for the next one.
If we're gonna remember something really important
to kick us off here about your wardrobe,
your clothing, your closet, your shoes,
everything, if you haven't been wearing it,
you ain't gonna wear it.
I know we like to convince ourselves that like oh no,
it's just not been the right occasion,
but I have found that I will find any reason ever
to wear the stuff that I absolutely love.
I've gotten to a point in my life where I'm like
I don't even care what anyone else is wearing,
I feel good about what I picked out
and y'all can fall in line.
(laughs)
Sorry.
So trying to convince yourself that you're gonna wear
something down the road that you haven't been wearing
probably in like three to six months,
just get rid of it.
To give you some context on this, I actually had a bag
of like summer clothes to put in my closet
that I knew I would want, and summer clothes
that I was like oh, if you're feeling it,
put it back in the closet and of course,
I knew I wasn't feeling it.
I was like if I didn't wear it last summer,
I'm not gonna wear it again this summer,
goodbye, it's gotta go.
You have to be able to have that conversation with yourself
because I don't know very many people who can take
the advice everybody gives of like,
have your friend come over and whatever they tell you
to get rid of, just listen to them.
My friends don't have that kind of time.
I got way too much stuff to sort,
you have to be real with yourself.
If you have a lovely friend like that though,
call them in, get some champagne ready, let's do it.
Another thing to keep in mind is that
if you really wanna do yourself a favor
and make sure you see all the good stuff,
you wanna make sure everything has some space,
if you can help it.
I know sizes of closets and things like that
are going to matter, I only have one bar
in my closet that is for full-length things,
so that one's tighter than everything else
because a dress can't go where only a shirt can hang,
it's very annoying, but you do wanna have
as much space as you can as possible between hangers
because we don't need things getting wrinkled or lost
because of the situation.
And actually if you have a smaller closet,
let's be real, we're all circulating the same three outfits,
just pare down.
So in order to kinda keep up with these things
that I know are gonna make my closet better,
I think of two specific questions when I go shopping.
Number one, does this fill a need in my closet?
If it's a black dress, always.
But everything else has to have a rhyme or reason.
(laughs)
I just love a good black dress, I do.
And number two, if this new thing is coming in,
what is going to go out?
And I'll start to entertain the idea of,
if we're going to keep the same ample space
for everything in my closet, I have to be able
to circulate things out to make room for what's coming in.
The second one is 90% of how I've been able
to keep a fresh and fabulous closet all the time
and really feel like I have a great place to go
and pick something cute out to wear
no matter what I'm doing.
So now, for today, I have actually purchased
three new speaking dresses.
If you don't know, I like to give talks about video
and going after the life that you want,
I have a bunch of different conferences
call me and have me give talks on their stage,
and I like to wear a dress when I speak.
I've purchased three new dresses for that purpose
in the last month, and so I need to cycle three dresses out.
I speak about twice a month,
so I still like to have a few in stock
and I will re-wear dresses, absolutely.
But I know if I purchase something and I'm never
gonna wear it or if I purchase something and I've worn it
to death but it's time for it to go away
because I'm not gonna wear it again but I love it,
then I just gotta cycle it out.
These things happen and you have to keep things fresh.
Can't buy three new dresses then expect everything
to fit the same as it did before.
When you talk about cycling things out of your closet,
there are so many options at your disposal
but I don't like to see a really good piece of clothing
not get a new home.
So today I'm gonna be focused simply on the act
of reselling pre-loved clothes from my closet.
Thank you so much to Poshmark, this amazing app
for buying and selling fashion, who is sponsoring
this episode to help me make this happen today.
I'm gonna show you the whole process
and some of the dresses that I'll actually
be featuring, in addition to some other things
that I'll have in my Poshmark closet
that will be available for purchase.
If you would like to see the things I'll be listing
or just give this app a try, make sure you download
the Poshmark app totally for free with the link
in the description.
You can find my closet, my online closet,
not my literal closet, my online closet by searching
for @schmittastic, that's my username,
pretty much everywhere.
P.S., if you do follow me on Poshmark
and you came over from this video, leave me a comment
on one of my listings with the codeword flower vibes
so that I know you came from here.
Alright, so I'm gonna pop over to my mirror
over by my closet so you can see the dresses
that I'll be listing including this first one
that I already have on.
Okay, here is dress number one,
you kind of saw the top half of it already.
It even has the tag on it still.
This is a Maggie London dress, I believe I bought this
from Nordstrom, and you know what?
I just never really got around to wearing it,
I don't know why, and even putting it on
I feel so beautiful in it.
But it just doesn't feel like the right fit anymore
and I just love it, what you'll notice
that I look for most of the time when I get
speaking dresses, I usually always wear heels
and so these are just kind of a typical height heel
and I always like for the bottom of the dress
to be below the knee, I just feel like that's appropriate
on every stage.
You really don't have to worry about any variables there.
And I usually don't have my arms out
but I liked the cut of this dress for that
so yeah, not too shabby, but absolutely stunning
and I just know that I'm not gonna wear it,
even though I love it, I know I don't feel like
I'm gonna wear it and so those are sort of the calls
you have to make and say okay,
if I haven't worn it yet and I've spoken a lot,
it's gotta go.
So I definitely want this one to go to a good home
because it is so, so pretty
and it has the tags on it, I never wore it.
I mean I've worn it like in my closet a million times
but that's pretty much it.
So check that one out.
Alright, this next one is look, wouldn't you guess
I had at least one black dress here?
(laughs)
This is a Calvin Klein dress, love these white stripes.
I did wear this one I think one time.
I think I only spoke in this one time.
I probably threw a suit jacket over it
but again, I do really like the cut of this
so you definitely don't have to wear it,
I didn't zip it all the way but with a jacket
on top I think it's still very tasteful.
You know, I'm always just looking for a balance.
Again, this one's a little bit above the knee
which worries me a little bit,
so I try to cover up at least top or bottom
in terms of as much skin as possible
just to balance it out and stay professional.
But this dress, love the belt and it's Calvin Klein
so it's just so classic.
You really can't go wrong with it,
so I did wear this once, at least,
I wish I could remember where, I don't remember where
and I always remember where I wear my dresses,
but yeah, really good condition.
And this cute little thing, I must've bought
while I was drunk because it's way too short
to wear onstage.
I did get to wear it for a different occasion.
I think I was just thinking oh, the sleeves are so long
and I love the bell sleeves, so cute,
and this was like a really reasonably priced dress.
Like the material is not that bad
considering I think it was pretty darn cheap.
I remember when I wore it out I actually wore
like an over the knee boot because that's how I felt
most comfortable in it and it was also winter
so it just made sense.
But it's a pretty simple dress and it's just,
it's just way too short for speaking
so I think I had the best of intentions with this
but I was not keeping my head where it needed to be
with the whole length being the right thing.
I would never wear this onstage.
Like something else would have to be going on
but even a tall boot I don't think could save this dress
because you wave your hands around and things
go flying, so yeah, but this is just so cute,
I love the back of it too.
It's just got like a little opening.
The back of it is really cute, but yeah.
Not gonna be a speaking dress.
Okay, I just wanna show you I listed the dresses,
and a few other things, some shoes, some other dresses
in my Poshmark store.
So you can actually shop the dresses
that I just showed you.
Let's go with this first one real quick and I just
tried to show the best I could, the detail
of the dress and of course all the information
about it is in the listing so you can go
check that out at the Poshmark app, the link
is in the description and that is my username.
So come hang out with me and leave that comment
so I know you came over.
That's my hack for a fresh and fabulous wardrobe
always and also to make myself feel a little bit better
when I'm shopping and I want to spend
a little bit of money.
(laughs)
I would love to know what you do to freshen up
your wardrobe because I need all the tips.
I need 'em all, leave them in the comments below.
And if you do join Poshmark, let me know
in the comments also what your username is
so that I can find you, because I will be searching.
I will be searching.
The link to download the Poshmark app, again, for free
is in description below.
That's all for today socials.
Thank you so much for tuning in, I appreciate it
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and remember to continue to go after the life
that you want.
Cheers.