The Shopping Bag: What to wear when you have nothing to wear

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Kaitlyn B. added texture with a faux fur scarf and statement jewellery.

We've all been there. Sometimes on a daily basis — a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear. Why does it seem like that?

I'm sure you all make savvy fashion choices, and there is a thought process when it comes to buying clothes. Sometimes we obsess over the particular piece that we want to buy, because we love it so much. But now, it falls into the abyss of your closet where it gets overlooked when you have to pick out an outfit. It is because we constantly crave what's new — it excites us.

We grow bored of something we've already seen and worn. With the rate that fashion is growing, it's so easy to find new things to want, buy and love. Unfortunately, we don't have an infinite amount of money where we can wear a different outfit every single day, so we have to sift through our closet.

Here are some tips on what to wear to keep your closet fresh and exciting without breaking the bank.

Trying pieces from your closet and choosing pieces that flatter your figure

Wearing things that flatter your body shape is a great way to reinstate your love for that garment that's hanging in the back of your closet or crumpled up in a ball at the bottom of your drawers. Sometimes seeing it on a hanger doesn't do it justice. It's only when you try it on that you can start to build a look. Think about being in a store and when something is displayed nicely, it looks more appealing and you have a stronger urge to buy it.

Add texture

Adding a faux fur scarf, printed scarf, statement jewellery or mixing different textures can keep your outfit exciting and make it look new again. Even if you buy some accessories for your outfit, it's a more cost-effective way to add value pieces to your wardrobe and creates more opportunities for more outfit options with what you already have.

Get a friend to look through your closet

This is an amazing way to keep your wardrobe fresh. Having a friend go through your closet to suggest outfit options — even getting them to put together three to five outfits for you — helps you see your clothes in a different way. They may have different taste than you, but that's the point. Even if they have the same taste in clothes as you, the way they wear it and what they wear with it may not be the same as you, so it gives you way more ideas. Your friend may come across something you bought with them and you remember how obsessed you were over this particular piece and sweet nostalgia entices you to want to wear it again as soon as possible.

It's normal to be bored of your wardrobe from time to time, especially if you love fashion. It is also important to work with what you have so your hard-earned dollars don't keep ending up in the back of your closet or thrown out every season. The next time you have nothing to wear, you do, you just have to look at your closet in a different way or through another person's eyes.