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AT THE Woman Today weekend, heid recently at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Jacquelyn Renner
(right) of Canadian retailer Nygard International shows Claire Brown haw accessorizing can add

variety fo any wardrobe.

IMAGE IS important. This was the message presented to a
‘roomful of women at a seminar on wardrobe planning held

‘recently at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver.

Shake Up Your Closet was just -
one in a series of workshops held
in conjunction with the hotel’s
annual Woman Today “health,
learning and. lifestyle’ weekend,
now in. its. 10th year, which
‘brought together ‘women from as
far as Seattle, Victoria and the In-
terior.

Jacquelyn Renner, a retail mer-
chandise. specialist with Nygard
International, provided ‘the. class
of roughly 75.women with tips on
“what to buy and how to stretch
your: fashion dollar’? and offered

- the following easy steps to shaking
up your closet: * .
@ Step 1: examine your life.

‘Determine what percentage is
devoted to work, leisure, and
socializing to determine the per-
centage of wardrobe devoted to
these same areas,

_The practicality of your ward-
_robe will be affected by a number
of considerations which include
the degree of formality of your
lifestyle, and- the physical _re-
quirements of your job. :

Ask yourself these questions:

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By Layne Christensen
Fashion Reporter.

Are weekday evenings spent in
business meetings or in the base-
ment refinishing that antique oak
chest picked up at a weekend
garage sale? Does socializing in-
clude. dining in five-star restau-
rants or at home in front of the

TV? Do you take the bus or car.

pool to work (factors that affect
weatherproofing and creasability)?
. Are clothes easily soiled at

work? Or does your job require a-

lot of bending and reaching? If it
does, ‘‘you might not be comfort-
able in a 20-inch miniskirt,’’ ex-
plains Renner.

@ Step 2: evaluate your present
wardrobe.

Try..everything on in front of
the mirror, with pen and paper in
hand, and make notes on what
works and what doesn’t
@ Step 3: separate garments into
six piles:

1) throwaways -- toss out any
worn and ragged clothing but

— alleg
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All sweaters

Selected suiting &
sportswear

Wide selection of
dresses & blouses

recycle findings such as buttons,
zippers, and shoulder pads.

2) giveaways — consider donating
dated or ill-fitting garments in
fair to good condition to a Socal
charity.

3) old favorites — many garments
can be updated by replacing but-
tons or shortening. a hemline.

4) consignment pieces — money
from the sale of impulse buys and
other unwanied clothes in good io
excellent: condition can‘ be put
towards the purchase of an item
that will work with other pieces in
your wardrobe.

5) nostalgia pieces — keep these
but don’t consider them part of
your wardrobe.

6) latest acquisitions — hold onto
these for a while,

@ Step 4! list the rejects and why u
they don’t work.

Use this list as a basis for whar

not to buy in the future.
@ Step 5: look at what's left in
your closet to see the pattern
that’s emerged and to determine
what to grow with in your ward-
robe.

What matters is not the number
of clothes. left hanging in your
closet, insists Renner. Range and
versatility is what’s important.

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