The one-hanger rule
Before buying anything new, find the hanger it will live on. A small rule that quietly fixes most wardrobes.
Most wardrobes are not too small. They are full of things that arrived without a plan. The one-hanger rule is the simplest plan I know.
How it works
Before anything new comes home, you name the hanger it will hang on. Not a vague space on the rail: a specific hanger, freed by something that leaves.
If nothing is ready to leave, the new piece is probably not as necessary as it felt in the shop. If something is, the swap is a decision, not a pile.
What changes after a month
Clients tell me the same thing: fewer impulse buys, a rail they can actually see, and mornings that take five minutes instead of twenty.
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