Clean slate: Start the year with a clean closet.
Some clothes should go straight to a local charity or Goodwill, but some might be worth boxing up with care and putting into storage for the next generation to enjoy.
Best bets for heirlooms are the classics, said Melanie Charlton Fascitelli, author of “Shop Your Closet.”
A high price tag doesn’t mean an item is an heirloom, said Fascitelli, whose closet organizing business is called Closette. It’s worth keeping if it’s a piece that helped define either the design house or the look of an era.
Facitelli and Constance White, style director for eBay, suggest items worth saving for your teens.
Plaid pieces: Especially a jacket in classic tartan.
College sweat shirts
Eveningwear: Doesn’t date as easily as everyday clothes.
Hello Kitty- and Barbie-branded things: Especially if they’re still boxed.
Leather jacket: A style that keeps up forever and doesn’t have to fit perfectly.
Good jewelry: Especially a Cartier Love bracelet or silver pieces from Tiffany’s.
Old European brands: Chanel and Louis Vuitton never lose their cache, and right now Balenciaga and Lanvin are equally hot.
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