What spring cleaning your closet can teach you about life

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Being a fashion professional has a way of changing the way that you think, and this isn’t any less true for Remi Landau. In this blog, she shares what spring cleaning your closet can teach you about your life.

Many people have a certain quality to their closets at home, and they might find that there’s a unique theme that its contents follow in the way they are arranged. Of course, in one door, that’s where one keeps the essential pieces reserved for their daily wardrobe. Perhaps, this door is what opened the most because most are sure to find what they like to wear comfortably without spending too much time deciding their outfit. These are the clothes use for mundane and uneventful moments, shares Remi Landau.

The life lesson, however, comes to attention most especially when doing spring cleaning. This gives one a reason to open a seldom-used door, keeping the more sentimental pieces. This is where you’ll find those articles of clothing that may seem useless to you, but just you can’t let go of anyway.

Consider the neat dress you’ve been keeping for so many years, which is a few sizes smaller than where you’re at. It doesn’t take too much time before you long for those times when you used to have a more flattering frame.

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And yet there’s also that other piece which is a size or two bigger than what you’re wearing today, which you somehow keep because you fear the possibility of going back to where you once were, a possibility that you’d like to prepare for just the same.

Then you realize that you’re in your 50s, and what really matters is that you wear something that allows you to be the happiest version of yourself. So the next time you go spring cleaning, you know that you need to clean out the closet in your mind, too.

Remi Landau received her degree in sociology from Syracuse University. She recently worked for Bergdorf Goodman as an assistant for a personal stylist. For related blogs, visit this page.

Can the fashion industry say goodbye to seasons?

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For decades, change in seasons came with a shift in collections. To save the planet by promoting sustainability, the conversation about the fashion world going "seasonless" has received more attention these days than in previous years. With an established system in the industry, is there still room for seasonless fashion?

The answer is yes. According to fashion industry professional Remi Landau, designers and brands have become more detailed and intentional when designing clothes that can be worn throughout the year. Fast fashion has contributed generously to the decline of the planet and the dismal state of garment workers that the industry is ripe for appropriate adjustments. While brands and designers would still have to manufacture new clothing pieces for seasonless fashion, materials to be used are likely to be made from sustainable materials.

Seasonal fashion can give way to impulse purchases. In this day and age when individuals are getting rid of clutter, purchasing clothes particular to the season would only contribute to the mess. As designers put more thought into their collections, the pieces' longevity and durability can be promised.

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Cutting on purchases but not compromising on quality and integrity should be the move, says Remi Landau. Over the years, the fashion industry has become more successful in blending two seasons to come up with only two collections each year. Bright and pastel colors, usually worn during spring and summer, start to find their way to fall/winter collections, with neutral, earthy tones are sliding their way into spring/summer collections.

Fashion design professional and enthusiast Remi Landau gained significant experience in the industry while working as an assistant to a personal stylist at Bergdorf Goodman. Subscribe to this blog for more fashion updates.