Clothes can be expensive and are not to be wasted. Recycling clothes that don't work for you anymore makes as much sense as recycling the tons of glass, plastic, and other materials we use. Especially after the fashion magazines have lined up all the trends for the season, giving you that itch for something new, even if it is only one little dress. Okay, and maybe just a handbag. And that adorable shoe that simply needs to meet your foot. Your pulse starts racing right there in the store, and there go the savings! Not to fret.
Smart, stylish women everywhere have been decoding the system and feeding the need to purchase an entirely new wardrobe each and every season by hosting fun, inexpensive clothes-swapping parties. They are simple, low prep, outrageously funny, and bond-building in a way you can never predict. Here are the four easy steps to your great first event, and possibly a whole new look from a second-chance wardrobe:
Step One: Invite a few friends with varied fashion tastes and similar figures. They don't all have to be your exact size.
Step Two: Decide on an equal amount of clean bottoms, tops, shoes, accessories, and unopened beauty products to bring along as well as a potluck dish and/or fun cocktail or mocktail.
Step Three: Let the party begin! Crank up the music and ask each guest to walk the group through their collection, as a designer would, sharing the history of each garment -- the first-date dress, the major sale shoe, the job-winning interview blouse.
Step Four: Open the floor to bidding on each item, using your own items as currency to swap for the item of your choice. The owner makes the final decision as to the highest bid based on her personal preference.
At the end of the party, you will undoubtedly have at least one new item. What's left can then go to a charity. Do something proactive, productive, and fun!
Lloyd Boston | lifestyle.msn
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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