How To Refresh Your Wardrobe Each Season: Spring/Summer Edition

This term is used quite a bit in the fashion world, but I think it's used in the wrong way.  The fashion experts of the Internet will have you believe that a wardrobe refresh means buying new pieces and donating old ones season after season.

But of course, I disagree. Consumerism isn't what refreshing your wardrobe is about.

If we look at the definition of refresh, it means to give new strength or energy to something. To reinvigorate.

I have always had a seasonal ritual of changing my clothing over, but I never actually learned from it. I would deep clean my closet space, pack away items I wasn't going to wear for the next while, bring out the spring items that had been packed away, and then going on a shopping spree.

But since I've worked through my shopping addiction and have been building a more intentional wardrobe... at…