80-20 Living: Hi There

So 80-20 Living. It seemed like a great title and made sense to me until somebody pointed out the math didn't work. That's what happens when I try to be clever, but I'm keeping the title. 80-20 is a play on the often quoted statistic that most people wear twenty percent of their clothing eighty percent of the time. I have seen this statistic used to encourage people, mainly women, to purge their wardrobes and simplify their lives through simplifying their clothing.

Don't get me wrong I like the idea or simplifying and purging extraneous clutter, but I also really like clothes, I have a lot of them, and I try to wear them all. For the past few years a personal goal of mine has been to go as long as possible in between wearing the same outfit. I actually wrote down what I wore every day when I was an undergrad. When I stopped writing down my daily schedule I stopped writing down what I wore. I graduated in 2010. Then a few days ago I wanted to wear a particular top and I couldn't remember if I had worn the skirt it looked best with recently. Not exactly a life altering event. But it lit a spark, and an idea that had been floating around my head for a while crystallized. I could have a blog where I tracked what I wore. A blog, for some reason, seems slightly less egocentric than an Instagram account with nothing but outfit pics. Or it could be that I have yet to be dragged fully into the 21^st century and do not own a smart phone and Instagram pretty much requires a smart phone. I also think a blog has more potential for communication than an alternate format. There is also the fact that I read a lot of great blogs that are primarily about women and what they wear. And none of these women seem egocentric or superficial. They just enjoy clothes, a lot. So here I go with the help of some awesome coworkers who are willing to take daily outfit pics and a great husband as back up, motion photographer.

Thursday April 14