It’s frustrating when you can no longer fit in the clothes you love. It’s even worse when you spent a lot to buy them. However, there’s nothing you can do about it now. Here we have to accept the fact that everything comes with an expiry date. While some outfits get a fair share of outings, but some are worn once or maybe twice.
The good thing is you can invest in built-in wardrobes and reorganize your remaining clothes and the ones that do not fit. Design the closet based on your needs and the available space in the bedroom. After taking your old clothes out of the closet, here are a few things to do with them.
Go online and sell your clothes
It’s effortless to sell clothes online these days. You can post information on your social media account and tell people how they can buy. There’s no need to even limit the potential buyers to the people you know. All you can also go live and provide more details about the clothes you plan to sell. If it works, you can even go beyond selling old clothes.
You might want to pursue a business. Everything seems good in this, but it is important to take care of hygiene. If you could deliver clothes with the best hygiene standards, nothing can stop you to have a successful online venture.
Create a Dress-Up Box
NO! This is not for you and especially for the kids! Kids can have some real good fun with old clothes. Create a wooden crate and fill it with old clothes like hats, scarves, and even shoes, You will be amazed to see how creative kids can use the clothes. Your not-good clothes could be the best playtime for the kids.
Donate them to charity
If you can’t wear these clothes anymore, someone else will. There are many people deprived of clothing, and they manage to spend most of the time wearing a similar piece of clothing. Find charitable organizations that can give these clothes to people in need. They will benefit from what you donate.
While you feel bad that you can’t wear these clothes anymore, others will take whatever is available. This will also work to better place such underprivileged people and keep them safe from unwanted disease-causing germs.
Host a yard sale
You can take a more traditional route and opt for a yard sale. It’s more challenging to organize one than to go online and sell, especially in this digital age where almost every eCommerce platform sells clothes with a heavy discount and additional offers.
You have to set a date and set up the place. You should also sell more than just one item. Since you can’t wear the clothes anymore, it doesn’t matter what the price is. You can make a small profit from hosting a yard sale. This will help you to get rid of the huge stock of clothing that you don’t need. You can also collect clothes from your friends for the yard sale.
Give the clothes to a person you know
If you feel bad about handing your special clothes to random people, give them to someone you know. Start with family members. You might find someone who will fit in those clothes. You can also ask your friends if they want them. If you have designer clothes, you have more reasons to pass them on to your chosen people.
This is very commonly seen in the family where you can pass on the clothes to your younger siblings. They will be more than happy to get those stylish clothing and adorn. But before you do so, ask them in person whether they are comfortable in using the same clothing.
Challenge yourself to fit in
If you gained weight and couldn’t fit in the clothes anymore, you can go on a diet and exercise. Challenge yourself to work hard to achieve your fitness goals. It might take a while, but you can do it. Keep your clothes to serve as an inspiration. Unless you can wear them again, you can’t give up.
Take a look at the closet every day and motivate yourself to get those clothing fit on the body. This could be challenging initially as you will have to give up so many things. Bodybuilding involves and needs great motivation, and if you have so, you will reach the goal easily. The best thing is that you will end up working on your body in the quest to get the right fit for clothing.
Donate to Dress for Success
In many cases, it is seen that people have changed their careers, like from attorney to yoga instructor. Many people also decide that they no longer need innumerable suits and just find a couple of them to be good. If it is so, you can donate the already used professional attire to foundations like Dress for Success. This way, the clothing will go into the hands of women who cannot even afford business attire for the job interview.
Treat your pet with an adorable outfit
After all, every living being deserves to look good and wear good. The old faded jeans might not look good on you, but it can do miracles for the pet. In case you are not ambitious enough to sew pants for your pet, try for something easy. Pop-out a small size t-shirt for mid to large-sized dogs. You can even cut the fabric to use it for dog bandana.
Compost Cotton
This might sound a little strange, but you can compost it if you have 100% cotton clothing. Along with cotton, wool, silk, cashmere, linen, hemp, and even bamboo clothing can be composted. While composting, you turn these fabrics back into the soil so that it grows fruits, plants, vegetables, and other vegetation. This is also an excellent option for eco-friendly vegetation.
Repurpose your clothes
If there’s no way to use those clothes again, repurpose them. The fabric can still be useful. Be creative in determining how to make the most of it. You might have to buy accessories and other materials to succeed in doing the project.
For example, you can use your t-shirt to make pillows as they soft in nature. All you need is to cut the sleeves, fill in pillow stuffing, and sew both ends. In case you are not familiar with stitching, you can need duct tape to fix both openings. You can also come up with the idea of making quilts. In case the patterns do not match, do not worry, as quilts look even better when they are more diverse.
The Options are Unlimited – Always
Instead of feeling anger that you can’t wear your clothes anymore, look for other ways to use them. Check your closet and find out if more clothes don’t fit anymore. You might need to shop again. There are innumerable options when you find clothing that does not fit your body. All you need is a bit of creativity.
Also, while clearing or de-cluttering the closet, you might find many other crucial documents that need to be taken care of. It’s high time to take care of all your life planning documents and ensure that they are in order.
