{"id":12596,"date":"2015-11-29T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=12596"},"modified":"2015-11-29T09:59:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T14:59:21","slug":"thinning-the-fashion-herd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=12596","title":{"rendered":"Thinning the fashion herd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time to move on from fashion items that just collect dust<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong><\/span>, Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"KellyColumn415Newest815\"<\/a>I have <\/span>a confession to make. Right now, my closet is full of clothes, my shoe rack is overflowing, and my jewelry box is piled high with accessories…but, <\/span>I wear the same key pieces over and over again. It begs the question \u201cwhy keep what I\u2019m not wearing?\u201d And, while it is <\/span>a really <\/i>good question, <\/span>I haven\u2019t been able to come up with <\/span>a worthwhile answer. Bad habit, <\/span>I guess?<\/span><\/p>\n

I suppose that <\/span>I can compare my fashion behavior to my weekly, food shopping excursion to Trader Joe\u2019s. Every time <\/span>I enter that store, <\/span>I have the urge to try <\/span>a bunch of new items. <\/span>I realize that this is not necessarily <\/span>a bad thing, per se. It is fun to experiment and discover new \u201cmust haves.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

However, <\/span>I always seem to go back to my tried \u00adand \u00adtrue list. <\/span>I love knowing that, with my staple bunch of ingredients, <\/span>I can whip up <\/span>a meal that tastes good. The same can be said for my choices when it comes to my wardrobe. There is <\/span>a comfort in relying on the pieces that you\u00a0<\/span>know are good quality, fit well, and are flattering.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Christmas around the corner (what is it, <\/span>a month away at this point?!? Aaaaah!) it makes me reconsider my holiday wishlist. <\/span>I really don\u2019t need <\/span>a bunch of new things (but, don\u2019t tell my husband just yet…I need more time to let this idea marinate before I\u2019m ready to share. He will OBVIOUSLY be 100% behind it.) What <\/span>I should do is to whittle down what <\/span>I already have and then take inventory of the things that may be missing. Otherwise, <\/span>I have <\/span>a tendency to simply add more which ends up creating <\/span>a jumbled, chaotic mess in my closet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whenever <\/span>I attempt to purge, <\/span>I found myself saying things like \u201cmaybe <\/span>I will wear this someday\u201d…except the \u201csomeday\u201d never seems to happen. <\/span>I am determined to make some changes this year. <\/span>I am dedicating <\/span>a weekend to this task and will keep you updated on my progress…without this article to keep me honest, <\/span>I highly doubt that <\/span>I would be successful. Anyone else on board? Do you have <\/span>a pile of stuff that never sees the light of day? What are your essential pieces that you reach for time and time again?<\/span><\/p>\n

Share in the Comment section below!<\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Weekend<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time to move on from fashion items that just collect dust By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I have a confession to make. Right now, my closet is full of clothes, my shoe rack is overflowing, and my jewelry box is piled high with accessories…but, I wear the same key pieces over and over again. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[1219,6664,6665],"class_list":["post-12596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-fashion","tag-go-to-items","tag-thinning-the-herd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12597,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12596\/revisions\/12597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}