Missed The Great American Apparel Diet — and the Six Items or Less challenge too? Then don’t lose this next chance to dress in minimalist fashion. Join Project 333 — and pledge to wear just 33 clothing items in the next 3 months!
The project starts Oct. 1 — and goes until the end of the year. And while this challenge does allow for 27 more items than Six Items or Less, Project 333 includes not just clothing, but also accessories, jewelry, outerwear and shoes in its 33-item count. That said, you do get some exceptions for underwear, loungewear, sleepwear, and workout-wear — so long as you don’t wear those items all day, thereby making them the day’s outfit.
Project 333 was started by Courtney Carver, who blogs at Be More With Less:
For me, the purpose of dressing with less is twofold. First and very simply, I want to live with less, and second, I have used clothing to express my creativity, and tell a story about who I am. Now, I am ready to tell the story myself. If my clothing is simple and more of a canvas, then I can shine instead of my patent leather shoes. (I don’t really wear patent leather shoes).
I’m not particularly motivated to outshine my shoes, but because I was in the middle of moving to a new apartment when I ran across the Project 333 challenge, I immediately wanted to join — the idea being that I’d get rid of everything except the 33 items I’d need for the challenge, thereby simplifying both my life and the move!
Unfortunately, I’d already packed my clothes at that point — and wasn’t about to unpack and repack — so I won’t be joining Project 333. What about you? Are you up to the Project 333 challenge?
Earlier:
>> A Thing a Day: A simple uncluttering challenge for a saner home
>> The Uniform Project: 365 new outfits — created with the same dress
>> Edit your closet with the One-Year Wardrobe Project
Photo by EvelynGiggles
Now this is just what I needed! Lately, there are only a handful of clothes that I like and I’ve already been living in just one pair of shoes for a while now. So I can totally take part in Project 333!
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Comment by April — September 29, 2010 @ 4:14 pm
As a guy, I think I do this one by default.
Although this exception doesn’t quite work for me:
“you do get some exceptions for underwear, … — so long as you don’t wear those items all day”
Since I tend to keep my underwear on except for those times when it would obviously be an impediment.
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Comment by Don Hosek — September 29, 2010 @ 8:16 pm
i’ve been on a clothing diet for almost a year now but nothing this hardcore! i still buy clothes but they’re all used or upcycled and it’s been tough.
Comment by jenny — September 29, 2010 @ 11:59 pm
Shouldn’t be too hard, considering I don’t own more than probably 50 items of clothing total.. How many clothes do most people own??
Comment by Di — September 30, 2010 @ 8:42 am
This is a piece of cake. I have many dress shirts that I wear to work, all of which I’ve had for at least 10 years. The only new items of clothing I’ve bought in the last two years are a couple packages of underwear and two pairs of shorts. I wear and wear and wear my clothes until they’ve got holes in them. And when the soles of my shoes get nasty, I take ‘em to shoe repair.
Comment by Ross Rivas — September 30, 2010 @ 11:41 am
This project sounds totally interesting, and I am a bit of a creature of habit with my clothes too–with some pieces I wear repeatedly every week and others that see the light outside the closet twice a year.
Of course, the moment I saw this post I am also reminded of Erma Bombeck’s hilarious column
Comment by H.C. — September 30, 2010 @ 4:24 pm
This would be akin to living out of a really big suitcase, plus a carry-on bag of undies, nightwear, etc. I think this will be easy, in fact, i think I may already be doing this!
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Comment by Susan — September 30, 2010 @ 5:01 pm
I think that I need to do this! Namely with my shoes… I still haven’t gotten beyond the ‘I already have a pair of pumps that go with 90% of my wardrobe, do I need another pair?’ stage of my shoe collecting. At least I’ve gotten through the ‘I already have a pair of black pumps!’ part! Haha.
Comment by Phoebe — October 1, 2010 @ 7:36 am