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Wardrobe refers to collection of garments or costumes possessed by a person (Fig.16.1). This collection of clothing, is usually built up over a long period of time; involving wearable, nearly wearable and non-wearable items. Wearable garments are those worn commonly; nearly wearable garments are those worn occasionally on special family or social events and non-wearable items are ones that are pushed back in the closet and are overlooked for numerous reasons.
A good wardrobe, therefore, consists of collection of garments and accessories that go with each other and have wearable and nearly wearable items. For such a useful wardrobe, planning is required to decide about the garments and accessories before you shop for them.
Rarely people go for planned wardrobe; nearly all of us go on accumulating to and deducting from existing personal collection of garments and costumes with little consideration or planning. A planned wardrobe can help us to identify the clothes available in hand and those required by us immediately or in near future. It enables us to collect the useful clothing items on one hand and helps in disposing the unwanted clothes more effectively at the other hand. It involves vigilant analysis to organize the collection in a harmonized manner to use them to fulfil variety of needs at different occasions.
The wardrobe of individuals is diverse owing to their different psychological and physical status; some prefer layered looks and others avoid them even at times of prevailing fashion. Individuals select specific styles and garments based on their activities, income, location, personality, social roles and desired physical & psychological effects. If one chooses garments based on the analysis of ones face and figure, coloration, personality and activities and the effects one wants to convey, one gets the appearance that suggests subsequent behavior and construct harmony, unity and positive impressions. Thus one must know his physical and psychological self and select clothing to reflect positive features. This careful selection of the garments by an individual for self helps to build planned wardrobe.
Basic guidelines for building a useful wardrobe
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