How I Reset My Wardrobe Without Buying Anything — Transcript

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1. 0:03[music]
2. 0:10>> It's October. [music] Fall is definitely
3. 0:12here, and fall hauls are taking over on
4. 0:14social media right now.
5. 0:16>> [music]
6. 0:16>> And if you also feel like you're
7. 0:17supposed to buy a whole new closet in
8. 0:20order to be [music] allowed to enjoy
9. 0:22fall, but don't want to spend your money
10. 0:24and jump into overconsumption trends,
11. 0:26[music] then don't hide it, good girl, I
12. 0:28got you. I absolutely refuse to buy a
13. 0:32single new item this fall. [music] I
14. 0:34just reset what I already had the German
15. 0:36way for $0.
16. 0:39So, today I'm going to show you how
17. 0:41[music] I fixed, swapped, mended, and
18. 0:45sold a lot of my items
19. 0:47>> [music]
20. 0:47>> and restyled what I already owned. And
21. 0:50at the end, I'm going to show you five
22. 0:52of my fall outfits that didn't require a
23. 0:54single shopping trip. We Germans are not
24. 0:56very well known for being super
25. 0:58fashionable. Let me tell you, we know
26. 1:00how to make [music] things work and get
27. 1:02the most out of what we already own. So,
28. 1:05the rules for this fall for me were no
29. 1:08hauls, no shopping budget, like zero, no
30. 1:12me and Tim at a, and my four easy simple
31. 1:14approaches, which I will show you in
32. 1:15this video, [music]
33. 1:17which helped me to build my fall
34. 1:19wardrobe for $0.
35. 1:23Before I look for [music] replacement, I
36. 1:25want to make sure that the original
37. 1:28actually needs replacement or if I'm
38. 1:30just being too lazy. Because a loose
39. 1:32button on a cardigan doesn't [music]
40. 1:33mean that I need a new cardigan. It
41. 1:36actually only means that [music] I
42. 1:38probably have to sew on a button. So, I
43. 1:41search for maybe three or four little
44. 1:42projects [music] in my wardrobe, pieces
45. 1:45I've been avoiding lately because I knew
46. 1:47something was off or broken. Just a
47. 1:49couple of pieces I can put back into use
48. 1:51by simply cutting some loose threads or
49. 1:54sewing something back [music] on.
50. 1:55Sometimes a loose thread or button is
51. 1:58the only thing why we avoid item. And if
52. 2:01you have this inner feeling of absolute
53. 2:03refusal to take care of this item and to
54. 2:05put like a tiny bit of effort, then you
55. 2:08probably don't love it anyways and then
56. 2:10you can probably declutter it. But for
57. 2:13most items, you will see that it's
58. 2:15absolutely worth it to put a little bit
59. 2:17of work into it. It's actually not super
60. 2:19hard to learn to sew. [music]
61. 2:21Um in Germany, I have a sewing machine,
62. 2:24but here for the US, I just bought this
63. 2:26for a couple of dollars in the thrift
64. 2:28store and it has everything I need to
65. 2:31fix minor [music] things around my
66. 2:33clothing. Or you can just get those glue
67. 2:35patches, which you can iron on your
68. 2:37clothes. I always use these to shorten
69. 2:40uh old uh pants from my kids for [music]
70. 2:43the summer, but you can also just use it
71. 2:45for little repairs or to make a dress a
72. 2:48little bit shorter. There are so many
73. 2:50ways to use those and they are also just
74. 2:53a couple of dollars.
75. 2:54>> [music]
76. 2:54>> Sewing and putting glue patches on our
77. 2:57stuff and everything is something
78. 2:58[music] I absolutely associate with my
79. 3:01grandparents because they never threw
80. 3:03something away.
81. 3:04>> [music]
82. 3:04>> And you don't have to become an expert
83. 3:06in sewing. The point is just to treat
84. 3:09every small reason or every small damage
85. 3:12in your items as a reason to shop.
86. 3:15>> [music]
87. 3:17>> The next point is probably going to be
88. 3:20the one that will make the biggest
89. 3:21difference in your fall closet. My
90. 3:23friend and I just hosted a fall clothing
91. 3:26swap in my home
92. 3:29and it was an absolute success. I mean,
93. 3:31look at all those cool items I got for
94. 3:34free just in exchange for [music] my
95. 3:36clothes that I didn't want to wear
96. 3:38anymore. The idea is simple. Give up
97. 3:41scrolling and shopping for friends and
98. 3:43community. Just put a simple invitation
99. 3:45together with Canva. Ours turned out
100. 3:47super cute and just invite everybody you
101. 3:50know who has approximately the same
102. 3:53size. Everybody had to bring 10
103. 3:55wearable, clean clothes that might be a
104. 3:59treasure for somebody else. Now, if
105. 4:01somebody wants to bring more, they can
106. 4:02bring [music] more. Everything that you
107. 4:05or your friends are ready to let go of.
108. 4:07Just make sure that all the people that
109. 4:09come to your clothing swap have
110. 4:10approximately the same size and that you
111. 4:13have a system so that it doesn't end in
112. 4:17chaos because everybody wants to have
113. 4:18the best pieces. So, we had a system
114. 4:20where we spread out everything evenly.
115. 4:23We sorted it by categories like dresses,
116. 4:26pullovers, whatever, and then we took
117. 4:28turns or rounds and in every round
118. 4:30everybody was allowed to pick four
119. 4:32pieces, [music]
120. 4:34try them on, and if you like something,
121. 4:36then you could just put it in your bag,
122. 4:37take it home, and if you didn't like it,
123. 4:39then you just put it back into the pile
124. 4:40and somebody else could try it. So, we
125. 4:42did several rounds and everything that
126. 4:44was left in the end can then be donated
127. 4:48or sold and then the money can be used
128. 4:50for a good purpose. And of course,
129. 4:52nobody bought anything special for the
130. 4:54clothing swap. There was no pressure of
131. 4:56bringing something impressive. You will
132. 4:58be surprised by how other people will
133. 5:00love the items that you were thinking
134. 5:02about as a burden. Your trash is maybe
135. 5:05somebody else's treasure and the other
136. 5:07way around, you can find so many
137. 5:09treasures for your own wardrobe. And you
138. 5:11keep items out of overfilled donation
139. 5:13centers or the landfill at the same
140. 5:15time. And it's so much fun. Everybody
141. 5:18brought a snack. We did some try- ons
142. 5:20and you have a couple of girls around
143. 5:22which you can consult whether this piece
144. 5:24is really made for you or not. In our
145. 5:26swap, we had five boxes in the beginning
146. 5:29and in the end, I only had to bring one
147. 5:32box and one bag to the donation center.
148. 5:35However you do it, it's just a good
149. 5:36thing to [music] keep things out of the
150. 5:38landfill and to extend their life cycle.
151. 5:41It really feels like free shopping and
152. 5:43you're definitely more willing to try
153. 5:45other things or a new style because you
154. 5:47only had to pay for it with your own
155. 5:49unwanted [music] clothing. Honestly, I
156. 5:51think we will do that now once or twice
157. 5:53a year, maybe for the spring season and
158. 5:55the fall season because it was so much
159. 5:57fun and such a success. I just love that
160. 5:59something can feel super fresh for me
161. 6:01without having to be brand new. And a
162. 6:03piece I've stopped reaching for can be
163. 6:05perfect for a friend of mine.
164. 6:10My rule here is simple. Sell first and
165. 6:13then maybe buy something new. One way I
166. 6:16massively reduced our household items
167. 6:19and became more minimalistic was by only
168. 6:22using the money I freed up through
169. 6:24selling stuff we had sitting in our
170. 6:26home. That's basically automatic key.
171. 6:29Well, that's a tongue breaker. So,
172. 6:30that's basically downsizing. So, if you
173. 6:33really really need something new to make
174. 6:34an outfit work or sometimes we're
175. 6:36missing key pieces like a basic long
176. 6:38sleeve or something, then sell stuff
177. 6:41first and then you can buy it from that
178. 6:43money. But of course, we don't want to
179. 6:44create another big project. So, we want
180. 6:47to avoid
181. 6:48>> [music]
182. 6:48>> a lot of stuff sitting in a bag
183. 6:50somewhere in the corner not selling. So,
184. 6:53we are agreeing on A, [music] we are
185. 6:56either selling what's worth more than
186. 6:58$20 or B, we are selling bundles so that
187. 7:02we can get rid of more items at the same
188. 7:04time and still get some value out of
189. 7:06them. The point is to move something
190. 7:08along to give it to [music] somebody
191. 7:10else and not keep storing it because I
192. 7:12wish I get back everything I paid for it
193. 7:15like
194. 7:15>> [music]
195. 7:15>> 2 years ago. The money's gone anyway, so
196. 7:17take it as a lesson and then move on.
197. 7:20And very important, either save up this
198. 7:22money you made from the sales for one or
199. 7:25two [music] super high quality pieces
200. 7:28that have been sitting on your little
201. 7:29wish list forever and that will last a
202. 7:31long time or you go second hand shopping
203. 7:33or the best thing would be [music] like
204. 7:35combine both. Shop for a high quality
205. 7:38items second time. You can find great
206. 7:40quality items on Vinted or Poshmark for
207. 7:44$5 to $10 instead of, I don't know, 70.
208. 7:46[music]
209. 7:47And there is so much clothing around
210. 7:49already. You just have to find it.
211. 7:51[music] But be careful, selling one
212. 7:53sweater doesn't earn you a free pass to
213. 7:55buy another sweater. Think about what
214. 7:57you really need to make an outfit work
215. 7:58and then try to get a high-quality item
216. 8:01secondhand for less money. So, in the
217. 8:03end, buying nothing is still the first
218. 8:05option.
219. 8:06>> [music]
220. 8:06>> But if you really want to buy something
221. 8:08new, then make sure that you're not
222. 8:10spending [music] additional money, but
223. 8:12only the money that came already out of
224. 8:14your closet.
225. 8:18Okay, now comes the easiest part, which
226. 8:20makes your closet feel totally different
227. 8:22without adding a single thing. Every one
228. 8:24of us has those things in the closet
229. 8:27where we are like, "This is super cute,
230. 8:29but I don't know how to style this." So,
231. 8:32it sits in the closet and waits for its
232. 8:34day to shine. [music] And most of us
233. 8:36only wear 20% of what we have in the
234. 8:39closet. So, to break out of this habit
235. 8:41of wearing the same clothes every single
236. 8:44day, we are making a small fall mood
237. 8:47board on Pinterest. Just grab your
238. 8:49laptop, open Pinterest, and open a mood
239. 8:52board. Type in the keywords you like,
240. 8:55type [music] in some inspiration, type
241. 8:57in your height or your hair color. I
242. 9:00have a mood board for every season and
243. 9:03usually I'm checking the weather
244. 9:05forecast on Sundays and then I'm
245. 9:07planning my outfit for the next three or
246. 9:09four days. But make sure that the mood
247. 9:11board doesn't get too overwhelming
248. 9:14because we don't need another place
249. 9:15where we collected hundreds of
250. 9:17inspirations and never use them like our
251. 9:19online recipe collections, right? I know
252. 9:21we all got those recipe collections and
253. 9:23we never cook something and we don't
254. 9:25want that to happen with our clothes
255. 9:27mood board. So, keep it simple and while
256. 9:30you're on Pinterest, don't fall for
257. 9:32buying new product. Look at how the
258. 9:35outfit works, if you've got something
259. 9:37similar in the wardrobe, or and that is
260. 9:39my favorite thing, search for outfits
261. 9:41for the things that you love, but you
262. 9:43never wear because you don't know how to
263. 9:45style them. You can just type in, I
264. 9:47don't know, red leather jacket, and then
265. 9:49you [music] can close the app, go to
266. 9:50your closet, and then you can see what
267. 9:52you can do with your own clothes that
268. 9:54look similar.
269. 9:55>> [music]
270. 9:55>> And maybe the inspiration picture has a
271. 9:57brown coat, and mine is beige, and that
272. 9:59is fine. So, we're just borrowing the
273. 10:02ideas and
274. 10:03>> [music]
275. 10:03>> the inspiration to restyle our own
276. 10:05wardrobe instead of recreating what
277. 10:07somebody else has. So, try a different
278. 10:09pair of shoes, I don't know, roll up
279. 10:11your sleeves, try a belt, try a hat, and
280. 10:14don't forget to wear your jewelry and
281. 10:16accessories. Do yourself the favor and
282. 10:18don't search for inspiration on
283. 10:20Instagram because you will get sucked
284. 10:22into the algorithm and will never find
285. 10:24your way out again. Your outfits will be
286. 10:26more versatile, you will start to wear a
287. 10:29higher percentage of your closet, and an
288. 10:31outfit that feels completely new because
289. 10:33you've never worn this combination will
290. 10:35cost you zero dollars. So, that was my
291. 10:37fall closet reset. You can actually do
292. 10:40this for every single season, doesn't
293. 10:42have to be only fall. So, before you go
294. 10:44shopping, especially on Black Friday,
295. 10:46try to mend what you have, swap what you
296. 10:49got, sell before replacing, and get
297. 10:52inspired and restyle. No shopping spree,
298. 10:54just some attention to what was already
299. 10:57there. I think it's important that we
300. 10:58all start to appreciate a little bit
301. 11:00more the resources that we already got,
302. 11:02and me personally, I'd rather start the
303. 11:06season outdoors in the fall forest with
304. 11:08clothes I love, than having a shopping
305. 11:12list of things that I'm [music] supposed
306. 11:14to buy at the mall, and then I spend
307. 11:16most of my time shopping somewhere
308. 11:18inside while there's the most beautiful
309. 11:20season outside. So, what will you start
310. 11:23with? Let me know in the comments below.
311. 11:25I actually read every single comment,
312. 11:27and I try to answer every single
313. 11:29comment. And if you're in need of a
314. 11:31general declutter of your closet and you
315. 11:33feel just overwhelmed by the sheer
316. 11:34amount of what you got, then check out
317. 11:37this video where I explain the German
318. 11:39method, which only takes 1 hour of
319. 11:41active decluttering time. And if you
320. 11:43like this video and you want to see more
321. 11:45about German frugality, how we live a
322. 11:48minimalistic frugal life in the US and
323. 11:51soon again in Germany, [music]
324. 11:53then please follow and subscribe and
325. 11:55then we will see each other in the next
326. 11:56video.
327. 12:04>> [music]