Take everything off your body that you don’t wear

When rebooting your wardrobe, Tiny House Talk recommends taking everything out of your closet first. Organize everything into three piles: keep, donate, and toss. Keep a physical list of your collections before hanging them back up. You should also make sure the things you keep fit you, not just something you’re holding onto.

Use the clothes hanger trick described by Apartment Therapy site editor Janel Laban; Turn around all your hangers so the hooks point toward you (the wrong way). she said. Whenever you wear something, reattach it with the hook. Any hanger left facing the wrong way in six months will be holding an item you haven’t worn.

2. Build Off Of Basics

On Real Simple, a compilation piece suggests focusing on basics in order to create a balanced wardrobe. For your staples, you should have black pants, versatile tanks, and basic blouses. From there, focus on acquiring some patterned items and statement pieces. This way you can build outfits rather than just owning an array of unconnected items.

The third rule is to only buy things that match what you already own

Buying anything (shirts, pants, shoes, purses, anything!) should be done before buying anything else! Consider what you already have that can be paired with it. Don’t buy stand-alone items. In other words, it’s the way to accumulate a closet full of mismatched clothing you can’t wear.

4. Consider A Capsule Wardrobe

The concept of a capsule wardrobe, according to Today Show Style Columnist Lilliana Vazquez, involves editing your closet to only those pieces that fit you currently and can be worn differently. The expert said that if you follow these guidelines, you can limit your closet to 30 pieces. In this process, you have to be thorough, she said. If you haven’t worn something in the last season or the season before, you have to get rid of it. It may seem restrictive, but you’ll likely soon realize you typically rely on a few essentials, and this will just serve to make sure everything matches.

5. Know which areas to splurge on

Taking a look at a Cosmopolitan article by Charles Manning, he suggests people make mistakes when it comes to splurging. There are Fitted Walk-In Wardrobes at ASOS than you can get for $300. It makes little difference whether the shoes are cheap or expensive in the long run as both will wear out before you are done with them and no one, including you, will be able to tell the difference. Your money should be spent on attention-grabbing trend items that will become the focal point of your outfit anyway, he advised.

6. Avoid Complicated Textures

When cutting costs on clothes, Manning also advised staying away from pieces that have a lot of embellishments, such as beads and textured patterns, because they’re difficult to do on a budget. For something more striking, go for fabric designs printed directly onto the cloth.