How do you know ... when it should go?

Your 16 point closet culling check list is here.

A lot of us are doing (or just coming out of) exhaustive closet cleaning sessions. Makes perfect sense to start the year anew, without the ghosts of emotional shopping, previous bodies, and former style DNAs haunting us from the hangers. We want to define who we are in this next era. And make space for that person. (Help me not say “manifest” right now … I’m really close.)

If you’re holding that thing in your hands right now, with the Clash song clashing around in your head (“this indecision’s bugging me …), here is a check list of things to ask yourself while culling:

I culled this beloved Khaite skirt in my last closet cleaning. It gets on, it looks nice, but it’s honestly too uncomfortable at the waist at my current weight. C’est la vie.