hello for every single day of the last six months half a year I have been every day diligently
tracking what I wear in an app the reason is because one I said I would in a previous video
already I'm hitting the plus sign add clothes oh I gotta take a lot of pictures but two I think many
of us have the goal of simplifying our wardrobe making every single item in our wardrobe work
harder for us we want to save money by not buying clothes on a whim and so instead of approaching
this in a more abstract way I'm going to show you what it looks like to have the data the
cold hard facts get you closer to those goals let us begin a quick recap six months ago I posted a
little video essay it was about the harms of the fashion industry in addition to my own personal
frustration on how much brain space clothing was taking up in my life what to wear what to buy I
hate that feeling when the word sale comes at you out of nowhere and you're like panicking trying
to make a rush decision that you hopefully won't regret I went through the process of uploading my
entire wardrobe item by item into an app called a closet this is not sponsored and have since
actually committed to tracking my outfits every single day in this app and now here I am with my
promise to report back to you on the findings now this app has your stats broken down into
utilization and clothes in my previous video on this topic I already shared my clothes data you
get that as soon as you finish uploading your wardrobe so it's kind of nice little reward up
front for doing the work for example back then I learned that 44 of my wardrobe is tops which
I took personally as a reason to check myself before I buy more tops but then also to remind
myself to not be so lazy when I go thrifting because I think when you're lazy you don't want
to try things on and tops are the easiest to get a sense of whether or not they fit today
however we are here for the utilization status to read me into Smithereens now if you would like me
to upload your entire wardrobe to an app and track your outfits for six months so like a whole proper
season if you are like me living in a place that has like four distinct Seasons what do you think
your closet utilization will be do you think you would be under 50 over fifty percent lock in your
answers take a guess I'm sitting at 52 it's just a number but it doesn't feel very efficient to
me it kind of hurts below the 52 it shows me the items that are hidden deep in the closet
as in over the last six months I've not touched them once a few of them actually are things that
I have di wide which also doesn't feel good so um let's try on some of these data proven
least popular DIYs least popular DIYs while I pull those items out I'm going to give a quick thank
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starting with this black Belle flare sleeve turtleneck the hole is a very tight fit
honestly I'm generally quite happy with the way this fits I think maybe just like the flare sleeve
was something trendy but not something that I really resonate with one thing that I did
while sewing this that I really appreciated was I actually still made it a complete sleeve on the
inside a lot of those flare sleeves that you could buy online would totally miss this section and
then it's so neither here nor there like doesn't actually keep you warm but it's way too hot to
wear in any type of Summer scenario I want to keep it but the data says it's not working for me next
is this brown checkerboard style knit turtleneck oh I loved this fabric when I picked it out the
brown checkerboard was just like very trendy it's like ever so slightly sheer it's also complicated
because with this turtleneck I definitely stuck The Landing in terms of finishing the raw edges
I used to not really know how to finish knit edges but I was really happy with the way I did
the sleeves and the bottom why didn't I wear this okay I definitely feel a lot better about this one
than I did with the black flare this turtleneck for sure it can stay although I kind of want to
fix the back of this turtleneck a little bit proof there was still room for growth finishing off the
turtleneck section is this turtleneck dress does this mean that I'm banned from sewing turtlenecks
this one I tried to make it extra long so I could wear it flipped down I also tried to do a little
bit of like a lettuce hem this is the dress that I wore when I shared with you all that I was
expecting a baby got this fun little adjustable gathered side detail okay I think I went for
a looser fit but in reality I would have liked this more if I had committed to the Slimmer fit
and maybe just because at the time I was starting to show with my pregnancy I was feeling a little
unsure how slim fit I wanted things to be I'm gonna sit on those modification potentials and
see if it changes my mind about this because I do love the color a lot this is the only one out of
the least worn that is a thrift flip so this used to be a baggier pistachio green sweater
and I had a video where I slimmed down the sleeves changed the shape of the neckline took
the excess fabric from the bottom and turned it into this fun little crisscross in front
theory about this one which is that because it's crop length requires a little bit of
midriff showing maybe I just wasn't feeling that hot about my midriff over the last
season because I don't have anything against the color it's such a pleasant style Cream this like
off-center wraparound situation figured out okay next item a lot of grain going on this
dress was made back when I was reaching my like Ally Wong stand up special levels of pregnancy
oh the bump was bumping there's a tricky thing about making clothes for YouTube that sometimes
I might choose patterns or colors that are louder than what I gravitate towards just
because it looks way better on camera it'll catch the eye in photographs that's something that came
to mind whenever I realized I wasn't really wearing this dress much if you guys remember
how this dress was built this front panel had a crazy shape before it was sewn and it was so that
this ruching achieved this like wraparound effect where like it looks even better the more bump that
is behind it and if you guys can see I was really proud of this like little tulip hemping this feels
a little more party than everyday life and I think that's part of why this doesn't get worn
um also I have this crisscrossing band feature in the back and it is definitely looser now that
there is no more baby in the belly yeah something about this tie-dye it's like Cabana party
drink in hand like look I even did the thumb holes I mean had all the bases covered okay
and the last item on my you did not wear this all season list if you weren't here for the
tutorial where I made this you contextually have no background on what the heck is this
creation as wild as this jacket looks it actually has a lot of elements that I'm
personally really really proud of I think it's my first time doing a fully lined jacket my
first time putting buttons on a fitted jacket and my first time doing this cute little cuff
which looks kind of like bubble tea lovely I'm not gonna do it the other one but stylistically
it looks kind of like I should be riding a horse somewhere I think at the end of
the day this is why I gravitate towards making more everyday items because as
fun as it is to make these more outlandish Styles okay I am going to do up the other
buttons it's just does not get warm much and that hurts I really don't know what
is the fate of this jacket it has so many things that I'm proud of but the reality is
I'm not worried yeah and it's double-breasted it's much
I don't know man [Music] turning things around a little the next section of my utilization stats
goes through the items that I wore the most in the last six months and so with this data I don't even
have to think about it the data speaks for itself everybody in this section is getting upgraded to
capsule wardrobe I'm actually going to make a new Closet in this app and from there add all
of those pieces and this is going to be helpful for a few reasons now inside the app I can easily
look up outfits with my most worn items and so I can explore while sticking to my tried and true
favorites but also from my perspective this is the kind of guidance I need to shop more efficiently
if I'm buying a new item but I can't picture it fitting with at least half of my capsule wardrobe
it's data proven that I'm probably just not going to get around to wearing this iron very much
therefore I'm not going to get a high return on that money that I spent and so it's not the best
use of my money okay so according to this this is how I've been dressing in the last six months
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for that last one I think the pants must be in the laundry or something I couldn't find them
I have some early evidence that this rule is actually really effective because there are
two items I let myself buy during the last six months and both of them made it into my frequent
OOTD list I got this Rita row cardigan it's got a beautiful flower print because I sew on YouTube I
have been letting myself buy knit items because of the baggy fit and the crop length I find it
works with a lot of the pant Silhouettes that I own and I got this really interesting tie
dye turtleneck from Paloma wool after a whole demonstration on how I might be banning myself
from sewing turtlenecks this one had a color scheme that fit in really well with the rest
of my wardrobe but also provided enough Intrigue to feel artsy and fun I guess that's a similar
case with this I've been trying to move into some more fun prints next steps I'm going to be
swapping out my really wintry items and putting them in storage and then bringing in some of my
more summery things anything that did not get worn much this season will get stored separately so I
can pull it out in the ottoman probably do a cute little closet sale or something on my Instagram
you can follow at with Wendy if you want to be in the know on those closet sales to continue
the data experiment I'm going to upload my entire summer wardrobe to a closet my summer wardrobe is
definitely a bit more refined because two two years ago I think I was like 40 weeks due with
Marla and I managed to post some summer things for a closet sale so I already did a bit of a
cleanup so that means that this experiment has definitely been rewarding enough that I
want to continue to do it for one more season if you've been thinking about making any of
these types of improvements to your wardrobe I definitely think a closet is worth checking out
don't forget to open the description to see the link for Birch living thank you so much
Birch living for sponsoring this video I'll see you guys in the next one unless this is the only
type of video you're interested in in which case I'll see you in six months bye foreign
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