As you may already have read, I'm doing a fashion project called HomeGrown Fashion Project that consists of me drastically narrowing down my wardrobe from over 150 clothing items in my closet alone, plus two overflowing dressers and a large amount of shoes down to a sparse 33 clothing and shoe items for the course of 3 months.

I've had a mixed reaction, both within myself and with the people I've talked to about this project, but in the long run, I'm starting to appreciate the slim choices, and I'm making smarter decisions with the items that I do wear. I'm looking at my wardrobe with the "disposable" aspect taken away. I'm giving my clothing the respect that it deserves. So far, so good.

However, I didn't always feel so good about it! As I mentioned in the first article, I made a snap decision to create this project after being heavily inspired by Project 333, Wardrobe Refashion, and #StashBustArmy on Twitter. As I jumped in head first, I also dealt with a few of my biggest hoarder-like attachment issues: clothing and shoes were accumulating, and I was developing emotional attachments to old, worn out, and often stained clothing. I'm a hairstylist by day, so most of these stains were by way of hair color splatters down the front of my clothing or lines of color from leaning against a shampoo bowl or the like. Having tons of clothing to choose from meant I could be careless with my clothing and still always have something to wear. Not a good practice, and I was growing weary of ruining my favorite pieces but still feeling some need to hold onto them. Yuck. Why would I want to stare at my ruined clothing longingly anyway? I kept saying to myself, "Megan, it's JUST STUFF. LET it GO!"

So now, I've decided I've got to let the skeletons out of my closet! (That pun especially pleases me right now since it's nearing Halloween. *snicker*) I'm going to show you my process. The whole, messy, overwhelming process I went through. Ready?