Episode 623: 10 Ways to Buy Less Clothing

Feeling overwhelmed with your clothing budget and need some help?

In this episode, Kathi Lipp and her co-host Tonya Kubo provide busy women with practical strategies to curb clothing purchases while still loving your wardrobe. With 10 doable tips, listen how they:

  • Use Pinterest for clothes you already own
  • Create a capsule wardrobe
  • Take advantage of a personal uniform

Whether you’re a mom managing ever-changing clothing needs for kids or a woman who wants to balance style and space, this episode provides the encouragement and tactics you need. Join Kathi and Tonya as they discuss real-life ways to shop smarter and use what you own.

What things can you do to help you save during “No Buy July?” Share them in the comments!

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This episode covers:

  • Inventory and intentionality in purchasing
  • Setting limits on new clothes
  • Implementing one-in-one-out policies
  • Waiting before buying and embracing returns
  • Creating a capsule wardrobe and finding your color scheme
  • Repairing, altering, and dyeing clothes
  • Unsubscribing from marketing temptations
  • Personal uniforms for busy routines
  • ‘Low Buy July’ — how to join the challenge and rethink spending
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Tonya Kubo

Tonya Kubo

Community Strategist, Leader of Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group

Clutter Free Academy

Tonya Kubo is the illustrious and fearless leader of Kathi Lipp’s Clutter Free Academy Facebook group and the Clutter Free for Life membership program. A professional community strategist, she believes everyone deserves to have a place online where they feel like they belong. Raised by a hoarder, Tonya knows firsthand the pain and isolation that comes from living in conditions others don’t understand. She wants better for her family and her cluttery peeps, which is why she is passionate about the compassionate slow-and-steady approach that makes Clutter Free unique. She lives in the heart of California with her husband, Brian, their two spirited daughters, and one very tolerant cat.
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