Celebrity Stylist/ TV + Youtube Personality, Kim Appelt Shares Tips for Spring Cleaning in Your Closet!!

Spring Cleaning is often very difficult when you are looking at your closet. It’s a very time-consuming chore because you have to
dig through drawers of clothing as well as your closet. You have to make decisions about what clothing  + accessories work for summer.
You don’t have to ditch clothing or accessories that are winter items.  Dealing with winter items is easier because you can pack them up
and label the box.

Dealing with spring/summer clothing is HARD.   However, there is a person that can help you determine what spring/summer clothing you should keep and what you should ditch.  Spring cleaning has officially begun, but cleaning out your wardrobe can be incredibly overwhelming. 

Celebrity Stylist Kim Appelt  has some very smart and helpful tips about Spring Cleaning your Closet! 

We all have clothing we haven’t worn in years but refuse to get rid of, or the outfit we are hell-bent on fitting into. Many of us are guilty of having more than one closet filled with clothing, but we still feel like we have nothing to wear. The good news is, you’re not alone!

Celebrity Stylist Kim Appelt has done a  video (currently on YOUTUBE.com)  about how you should handle sifting
through your clothing and giving clothing you don’t want to the Giving Closet. In this video, you can see how you should
ascertain if specific items are keepers or others who aren’t.

Once you start that  “cleaning out” process, you might need to get help from a friend or family member. I personally
have done some closet cleaning (both my closet as well as helping my friends sift through their closets). Yes, it can be
a bit time-consuming, but once you start filling up a few boxes you will start finding that the sifting through the clothing
and other items gets easier.

Kim Appelt in a great outfit that I think is really great on her.
The colors are perfect. The outfit shows off Kim’s personal style!

Celebrity fashion stylist, TV personality, & YouTuber, Kim Appelt has 5 tips for spring cleaning your closet to make it
as stress-free as possible.

1. Gather materials ahead of time.
   Make sure you have boxes, bags, sticky notes, tape, a mirror, the proper undergarments to try on clothes, good
   music, and a beverage of choice. You can even ask a friend to come over for support.
   Being prepared will set you up for success.

2. Put it all out there.
   Take everything out of your closet, even the shoes or old dresses you have hiding in the back, and lay it on your bed.
   Do the same with your shelves and drawers.

3. Separate into 4 piles:
   Keep, Mend, Donate, and Trash. Everything in your wardrobe should fall into one of these categories.
   When you’re done, throw away the trash pile, and then you can sort through your donation pile to see what
   should be given to charity, what can be given to a friend, or even what could be sold.

4. Value what you keep.
   Everything that has made it into your keep pile deserves to be treated well. You can put these items
   back in your closet on velvet hangers or neatly fold items before putting them into your drawers. Doing this will
   help you appreciate what you have.

5. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
   If it’s your first time, you might not get rid of as much clothing as you had hoped, but that’s okay! Once you
   start buying new pieces to balance out your wardrobe, you’ll have more confidence in getting rid of the items
   that are no longer working for you.

Kim wants everyone to feel good in their body, so her new book Style for Everybody is a fashion roadmap with
secrets on how to build a capsule wardrobe for all body shapes and personal styles. The better you feel about yourself,
the more of a positive force you can be in the world, and both her brand and her book are focused on transforming people through fashion.

Information on the book:  Style for Everybody: A GUIDE TO CURATING YOUR ESSENTIAL WARDROBE
By Kim Appelt

Style for Everybody is available for preorder on May 11, at which time the cover of her book will be revealed.
The book will be available in  August (8/29). The book will give you lots of tips and ideas on how to manage
your wardrobe!

About Kim Appelt

Kim Appelt is one of Canada’s top fashion stylists. A personal and celebrity stylist with years in the fashion industry has become a
go-to expert in all fashion-related things. Along with dressing hip personal clients, both men and women she also dresses local
television personalities and A-list celebrities for the red carpet.

Kim’s passion to help clients find their own style, ability to see trends, pull together key pieces, and trim closets have led to her
successful personal styling career.

–Kim is a style contributor for many publications, including BC Living and Fresh Magazine.
— Kim is an on-air expert on CityLine.
–She is often asked to contribute to national-style columns and radio shows.
–Her work has been seen on the Red Carpet.
–She was seen with her clients this year on the red carpet at The Daytime Emmy’s.
–She is also a well-respected influencer in the fashion scene.

If you want to learn more about Kim Appelt, visit her on her website: www.stylebykimxo.com

I hope that this article and particularly the video helped give you ideas  about  sifting through your closet
to get rid of items that don’t work for you and those that do.

Thank you to Kim Appelt for her  “tips and tricks” as well as the informative video on Youtube.