Curation + Inspiration

Good writers know that the secret to good writing is good editing. And fashionable dressers know that the secret to good dressing is also good editing.

Fortunately, words and dresses can’t get their feelings hurt, which means you can be just as brutal as you like when editing your closet.

Just as a book editor can delete an entire paragraph or chapter with one push of a button, it’s necessary for you to occasionally delete pieces from your closet and send them on to new homes. And just as a book editor doesn’t accept every manuscript that comes his way, you also need to be extra-disciplined about the pieces you allow into your closet.

To give you an example of how strictly the very best people in the fashion business edit, consider this:

Decades and Decades Two, the extremely successful vintage and designer consignment boutiques founded by Cameron Silver, consider over 65,000 pieces for consignment each year.

Wanna guess how many pieces make the cut and are actually accepted by this master curator?

Only 12,000!!!

That’s less than twenty percent. That’s less than two out of ten pieces.

So ask yourself: How might your wardrobe look in five or ten years if you started editing your purchases this strictly?

Of course, this means that not every great piece you spy will make your final cut, but today’s VPOD would certainly make mine.

This vintage 1960s beaded and fringed wool cape by Valentina is simply spectacular! It’s one of those personality-laden finds that will continue to be thrown on a “Keep” pile through many years of spring closet cleanings.

It’s a colorful one-of-a-kind find for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Kim Vintage.

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