Sort and Sell Your ClothingFirst sort: Throw away any clothes that are soiled or torn beyond repair.
Second sort: Organizer Monica Ricci recommends to sort items one-at-a-time into piles based on the following criteria:
- Love It: You wear it faithfully and like how it looks on you.
- Hate It: You never wear it because it doesn't fit or you bought it because it was a bargain.
- Like It: You wear it fairly often. It's also a key player in a few outfits.
- Undecided: This is the pile for things you want to get rid of but are holding onto because they were gifts or were expensive purchases.
Once the closet is empty, follow these four-steps to determine what stays and what goes.1. Set aside everything in the Love It and Like It piles.
2. Package everything in the Hate It pile for charity or resale.
3. Sort the Undecided pile piece-by-piece and separate the items based on Love it, Like it or Hate it. Decide what each piece currently means to you —not what it meant to you years ago. Be ruthless. Beware of the piece of clothing that cost a ton of money when it was new. The fact that it's in the Undecided pile means you haven't had it on recently or you're iffy on when you're going to wear it next.
4. Call your local consignment store for guidelines on resale and how the profit will be split — 50/50 is ideal. Also ask what happens to your clothes if they don't sell; most consignment stores will donate anything that doesn't sell within a certain period of time to a shelter or nonprofit organization.
