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On wearing what you own, buying less of it, and making it last.
Updated 2 November 2026 7 pieces Follow by feed
Wear it
“Smart casual”, “cocktail”, “black tie optional”: what each one asks for, the one piece that moves you up a step, and what to do when your closet can’t reach it.
Wear it
Said everywhere, measured nowhere. Where the 80/20 wardrobe comes from, what has actually been counted, and how to find your own number.
Ask the stylist
A week away, half the closet in the wash, and a bag to pack by Friday. The stylist's answer, and the working behind it.
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Wear it
“Smart casual”, “cocktail”, “black tie optional”: what each one asks for, the one piece that moves you up a step, and what to do when your closet can’t reach it.
Wear it
Said everywhere, measured nowhere. Where the 80/20 wardrobe comes from, what has actually been counted, and how to find your own number.
Ask the stylist
A week away, half the closet in the wash, and a bag to pack by Friday. The stylist's answer, and the working behind it.
Closets, plural
Not a number from a list: a sum you can do from your own washing basket, and why it usually comes out smaller than the drawers.
Notes from the atelier
What the stylist writes down, what it refuses to, where to read every note, and how to strike one out.
Make it last
Plenty of clothes are washed out before they are worn out. What needs the machine every time, what is better aired or brushed, and how to tell the difference.
Buy less, buy right
A rule small enough to keep in your head, and what it does to a rail full of maybes.
Nothing on this shelf yet.
A recurring columnAsk the stylist
“A week away, leaving Friday, and half my things are in the wash. What do I actually take?”
Asked in Anna’s example closet, made up to show how it works
The stylist asked where, read the forecast for Edinburgh, and packed the week from what was clean: twelve pieces, with the jeans on the list in case they’re dry by Thursday. Nothing bought, and no look built around a piece still in the wash.
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Inside an article
One piece, how often, for how long. It lives inside “Thirty wears”, and works on its own too.
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