The autumn equinox - time for a wardrobe overhaul!

Its that time of year again. 12 hour days followed by 12 hour nights, temperatures start to drop, the air changes, the leaves fire up. And every woman I know begins to look at her wardrobe with varying degrees of dissatisfaction. 

How to face the challenge of dressing over the next few months and bare the cold with style? Suddenly that prize coat from a couple of years back looks terribly wrong, and the collection of over 20 sweaters is simply not quite right... so what to do? The obvious answer until 2007 was "GO SHOPPING!" But today, that just doesn't feel right. Whether or not you can actually afford to shop is not the question. Shopping has become an act fraught with moral significance. Especially when it comes to shopping for clothes and accessories. 

Lets face it, most of us in the first world have more clothes than we actually have occasion to wear. Especially women. How many dresses do you have in your closets that you have barely worn more than once at a wedding or party? How many pairs of heels so high you wore them once but shiver at the very thought of wearing them again? I know I have more than my fair share. 

This time around I have decided to avoid temptation altogether; no window shopping what so ever! So far the experiment is working. Its almost the end of September and I have not bought a single "new season" item. But then again so far its been easy, what with all the street works going on in Madrid, window shopping has become a dangerous sport! And speaking of dangerous sport, having a bad knee also makes it much easier to avoid walking into any boutique, because it hurts!

Recycling is the key to this season.