POV: The best way to declutter is to buy something new.

Prepping for my Allison Bornstein session, 1 new piece led me to get rid of 20+

The other day, while consigning some clothes at a local shop, I found this Prada dress from last spring/summer that I’d loved. I hadn’t bought it because it was a black dress. I had too many black dresses. Black was “too hot” — this was pre-

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‘s latest “black keeps you cool!” revelation. Instead I bought a white poplin top from the same collection. Smart, no?

A year later, in this consignment store where I was shopping with a girlfriend, and stumbled on that black dress, it was still expensive! I was (smugly) prepared to “be smart” again. I still had too many black dresses. There was no way this thing — with its massively oversized nightie vibe — would sell in body-con Miami. So I could wait. Consider. And I already had the tank!

Only … I couldn’t stop thinking about it.