Linda Wolfe

Have you ever bought something you were genuinely excited about, only to realize a few weeks—or months—later that you hardly ever wear it? At the time, the purchase seemed like a great idea. Maybe you loved it in the store. Maybe it looked fantastic online. Maybe you could already picture yourself wearing it to work, out to dinner, on the weekend, or on that trip you had coming up. You didn't buy it because you didn't like it. You bought it because you thought you were going to love wearing...

Sometimes your wardrobe doesn't feel terrible. It just feels…stuck. You're wearing the same things over and over. You're tired of the combinations you're making. You have clothes you like, but you're not particularly excited about wearing them. You look into your closet and think, I need something, but you aren't quite sure what that something is. And when your wardrobe feels this way, it's easy to assume you need a lot of new clothes to get it moving again. You may even look at your closet...

I want to make an important distinction about getting dressed: Easy doesn't mean effortless. Getting dressed is something you do every day. Of course it requires some thought. You have to decide what you're in the mood for, what the weather calls for, where you're going, and what you need your clothes to do for you that day. Sometimes you have to make a choice between two things you like. Sometimes you put something on and decide it isn't quite right. Sometimes you change your shoes, add a...