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Kristin: Six (Clothing) Items Or Less -- for a Month?

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Last week I read about 2 exercises, dubbed “shopping diets” that are currently taking place. In the first, called Six Items or Less – a global experiment examining the power of what we don’t wear, participants pledge to wear 6 items of clothing or less for one month (not including swimwear, underwear, outer jackets or coats, workout wear, shoes or accessories). The sister challenge, called The Great American Apparel Diet, is more strict. Participants pledge to forgo buying apparel for one year. That includes regular clothing items plus outerwear, athletic-wear and Halloween costumes. Underwear, shoes or accessories are exempt.

The founders of both challenges have been vague about the purpose. Most people assume that it has to do with consumerism. For me, that’s what struck a chord. Do we really need more than a handful of items to wear? Concern for the environment (especially with the increase of cheap clothing worldwide), the cost, and the time wasted by shopping and in choosing what to wear every day were all motivations, too.

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