Fast forward to now. You've maybe put tops with tops, bottoms with bottoms, and getting ready in the morning (or evening) is not a bowl of cherries. The clock is ticking; the pile on the bed is growing.
I can't get you a seven-drawer highboy, but maybe this will help.
Pretend you're a flight attendant. You can't be late, you can't carry a bunch of layering clothes. You have to look your best. The buttons can't be off the last clean uniform.
So here we are with our imaginary, tiny flight attendant suitcase that wouldn't even hold my four-section Baggatini that was supposed to be the first love of flight attendants. I have no idea what real flight attendants do, but this is pretend.
So just mark off a territory in your closet for two fast, absolutely last-minute-grab, late-for-work outfits. Complete with shoes, maybe with stockings tucked in, if you wear them. In this weather, I'd wear fur lined jeans if I could find them, but I digress.
Your appropriate undies are hanging right beside the foolproof outfits in wondrous, tough transparent hanger bags.
So just mark off a territory in your closet for two fast, absolutely last-minute-grab, late-for-work outfits. Complete with shoes, maybe with stockings tucked in, if you wear them. In this weather, I'd wear fur lined jeans if I could find them, but I digress.
Your appropriate undies are hanging right beside the foolproof outfits in wondrous, tough transparent hanger bags.
Two outfits, because you're going to send one of them to the cleaners on time, or the shoes to the shoemaker on time, or at least to the kitchen for polish.)
Right now two outfits don't seem enough for the hot, freezing, and rarely medium weather we have here in rotation. But I do have my fail-safe, pre-takeoff two.
For example:
Really good grey washable pants
Grey waist-length tie sweater
White top for under grey sweater
Black leather shoes with black socks
Black Baggatini
Quilt coat or blazer or white washable jacket, depending on weather and formality.
When it's pushing a hundred degrees:
A black cotton dress, petti pants, and in an emergency, sandals.
The backup outfit is the same color scheme. Nothing is too fragile. I won't be on a plane soon, but you never know when you'll meet a rogue three-year-old with a strawberry ice cream cone.
Really good grey washable pants
Grey waist-length tie sweater
White top for under grey sweater
Black leather shoes with black socks
Black Baggatini
Quilt coat or blazer or white washable jacket, depending on weather and formality.
When it's pushing a hundred degrees:
A black cotton dress, petti pants, and in an emergency, sandals.
The backup outfit is the same color scheme. Nothing is too fragile. I won't be on a plane soon, but you never know when you'll meet a rogue three-year-old with a strawberry ice cream cone.
The closet is small and crowded, but if I put the pants next to the shelves, then the sweaters are handy. Shoes on a shelf. And my socks are separated; business socks for business shoes. Even a scarf in one of those hanging transparent bags. When I find out where to get those bags, I'll let you know.
PS When I was in storage design, my clients would never do this. But I can picture what happens in the morning, because they have so many decisions to make, and so much crossing back and forth in the closet.
PS When I was in storage design, my clients would never do this. But I can picture what happens in the morning, because they have so many decisions to make, and so much crossing back and forth in the closet.
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