You frighten me a little. Okay, more than a little. Then again, considering your universally acknowledged fabulous sense of style, I suppose that takes a level of dedication some of us poor schmucks just can't muster.
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You frighten me a little. Okay, more than a little. Then again, considering your universally acknowledged fabulous sense of style, I suppose that takes a level of dedication some of us poor schmucks just can't muster.
I will agree with the majority and say I don't think hanging clothes by colour is a reasonable indication of sexuality. I have never met anyone who does this, those are pretty hardcore standards, I must say.
As far as sorting methods go, if we're talking Saudi Princes here, then the quantity of clothing may have been such that colour coding may have been the most efficient means of hanging. If you have 50 shirts all identical except for slight colour variation, then you might want to hang by colour groupings to be sure of the precise colours.
Clothes on the floor, I have never left my clothes on the floor, not even if I am ill. It just seems an odd place to leave them. If I am in a mad hurry, I may throw them over a bed or couch, but never the floor.
I do like to put everything away, but hanging everything is not an option due to space issues. My jackets and better outfits are hung, everything else is clinically folded factory-style according to style and use. T-shirts are sorted into piles of polos, crew necks, and v-necks, same goes for long-sleeves and sweaters, sweaters have an additional sorting of wool and cotton. Pants are in piles according to fabric. There are separate sections for leather belts and fabric belts, then we have the scarves, etc, etc.
I sort the whole place out every few weeks to make sure every item is in regular use, if not, it goes to charity. This way, I don't have to rummage through piles of ancient, forgotten, and unwearable clothes every time I simply want to dress-and-go with minimal fuss/delay.
The benefits being, I never have to search for anything, there aren't a great many clothes to begin with, and they are all in short well-spaced piles. I also don't have to iron very often because I fold clothes the minute they are dry with particular care - I despise ironing, and ovoid it wherever possible.
As far as sorting methods go, if we're talking Saudi Princes here, then the quantity of clothing may have been such that colour coding may have been the most efficient means of hanging. If you have 50 shirts all identical except for slight colour variation, then you might want to hang by colour groupings to be sure of the precise colours.
Clothes on the floor, I have never left my clothes on the floor, not even if I am ill. It just seems an odd place to leave them. If I am in a mad hurry, I may throw them over a bed or couch, but never the floor.
I do like to put everything away, but hanging everything is not an option due to space issues. My jackets and better outfits are hung, everything else is clinically folded factory-style according to style and use. T-shirts are sorted into piles of polos, crew necks, and v-necks, same goes for long-sleeves and sweaters, sweaters have an additional sorting of wool and cotton. Pants are in piles according to fabric. There are separate sections for leather belts and fabric belts, then we have the scarves, etc, etc.
I sort the whole place out every few weeks to make sure every item is in regular use, if not, it goes to charity. This way, I don't have to rummage through piles of ancient, forgotten, and unwearable clothes every time I simply want to dress-and-go with minimal fuss/delay.
The benefits being, I never have to search for anything, there aren't a great many clothes to begin with, and they are all in short well-spaced piles. I also don't have to iron very often because I fold clothes the minute they are dry with particular care - I despise ironing, and ovoid it wherever possible.
You SHOULD fear the Fabulously Colourful Side of the Force.
Yeah, same here. Space is absolutely my limiting factor now in terms of buying new jackets, trousers & suits, because they all need to be hung. I have to operate a strict "one-in, one-out" policy on these now, because of the overcrowding. I'm also max'ed out on shoes for the same reason (no more rack and floor space in the wardrobes), and I would hate keeping shoes in boxes.
Next in priority for hanging would be shirts, but I just have too many, so they have to get folded, which is less than ideal. I do separate the stacks by colour (and seasonality) though. T-shirts, socks, underwear, jumpers, etc, etc all get folded too.
I go through phases with my clothes - some things I decide I'm unhappy with one year sometimes become a staple item the next. SO I have a lot of clothes...
I have only a small dresser with 3 drawers, 1 of which is for underwear and socks, one of which is for overflow linens, and one of which is a catch-all of specialty stuff like thermals etc. Everything else goes in the closet, with sweats, jammies, tanks, long sleeves, and t-shirts (3 piles - presentable graphics, only-at-home graphics, and plain) folded on the top shelf. Hanging, in order, are jeans, slacks, shorts, skirts, fancy dresses, casual dresses, long sleeve shirts, short sleeve shirts, light sweaters, heavy sweaters, and hoodies and jackets. The heavy sweaters get color coded. Obviously, I do put irrelevant clothes away in a storage chest as the season and space demands.
I have only a small dresser with 3 drawers, 1 of which is for underwear and socks, one of which is for overflow linens, and one of which is a catch-all of specialty stuff like thermals etc. Everything else goes in the closet, with sweats, jammies, tanks, long sleeves, and t-shirts (3 piles - presentable graphics, only-at-home graphics, and plain) folded on the top shelf. Hanging, in order, are jeans, slacks, shorts, skirts, fancy dresses, casual dresses, long sleeve shirts, short sleeve shirts, light sweaters, heavy sweaters, and hoodies and jackets. The heavy sweaters get color coded. Obviously, I do put irrelevant clothes away in a storage chest as the season and space demands.
4) He is irredeemably, unapologetically Bohemian.
5) He is a charter member of the Oscar Madison Fan Club.
Exactly.
Is he Gay?As a side note, my husband is one of the biggest slobs I have every known, especially where his clothes are concerned. I love him dearly, but it's why we do our laundry separately.
Holdfast has spoken. Thread over.
Is he Gay?As a side note, my husband is one of the biggest slobs I have every known, especially where his clothes are concerned. I love him dearly, but it's why we do our laundry separately.
I sort our hanging clothes by color when I'm feeling down about something and on a cleaning spree. I'm generally much more of a slob than my husband though. He picks up after himself, is better about dishes than I am, and keeps the bathroom immaculate. It's so awesome.
I'm not ocd but I do have a lot of clothes. I'm no HOLDFAST - a lot of my stuff comes from goodwill. People who bother to take their clothes to Goodwill for the tax receipt usually take nice stuff that is relatively new. I don't bother with trendy - I hope to wear most of my clothes for at least five years I do hang my work blouses by color and my sweater chest goes from dark to light - natural fibers only. All my slacks are black - so evidence of our black cat isn't so noticeble - except my khaki slacks which I only wear for casual fridays.
My Achilles heel is handbags - I have dozens and some fairly expensive - nothing in the Hermes range - more like DB and Coach. Those are arranged in my closet by season and then color.
My Achilles heel is handbags - I have dozens and some fairly expensive - nothing in the Hermes range - more like DB and Coach. Those are arranged in my closet by season and then color.
I do it because I got tired of having all my clothes slammed together and not being able to find a blue shirt to go with a brown pant.
So my blue shirts are all together, sub grouped by royal blue, navy, teal and turquoise. Course, teal and turquoise go next to the green so I have a rainbow theme going. I can always find my shirts now.
When I was working, it made getting ready in the morning SO much easier. But now that I telecommute it's just nice to know how many black skirts I have and where they are so I don't wind up buying another one that I don't need.
Going by the criteria mentioned in the article, anyone looking in my closet or my drawers would be convinced that I was straight.
I have no real organization scheme, save for the fact that I have a sock drawer and an underwear drawer. The other six drawers are used for t-shirts, though I have so many that I also have piles of folded t-shirts on top of both dressers, and I haven't gotten around to emptying out one of my laundry baskets (I have three) from when I did laundry about a month ago. (Yes, I really have that many t-shirts. Some people buy shoes, some people buy purses... I buy t-shirts. Especially if they have bad puns or Cthulhu jokes on them.)
I do try to hang my collared shirts in the closet, though I'm about six hangers short of being able to hang all of them, so on the rare occasion that I don't have any dirty laundry (it happens about once a year, when I have an OCD day and do ten loads of laundry - again, lots of t-shirts), I have to double some up. My hockey jerseys (I probably have six or seven) are hanging in the closet as well. Sweaters are folded and on a shelf in the closet.
Pants mostly get hung over one of the knobs on the footboard of my bed. Right now I think there's one pair of black dress pants, one pair of jeans, and two pairs of khaki cargo pants there. My two pairs of leather pants are folded on top of the dresser, as are my green corduroy pants (which I don't think I've worn in about eight years).
Suits get hung in the closet, though they tend to get shoved to the farthest back corner because I only wear them once or twice a year at most. (People were teasing me about wearing suits at the 2009 Worldcon, where I was the Events Director - but when you don't have to wear them all that often, an excuse to dress well is nice occasionally.)
Colour-coding all of it would take me hours, so I just hang stuff where there's a gap. The only time I pay attention to colour is when I'm getting dressed to make sure I'm not going to blind anyone, and when I'm doing laundry (I always separate my dark, white, and red/orange loads).
I have no real organization scheme, save for the fact that I have a sock drawer and an underwear drawer. The other six drawers are used for t-shirts, though I have so many that I also have piles of folded t-shirts on top of both dressers, and I haven't gotten around to emptying out one of my laundry baskets (I have three) from when I did laundry about a month ago. (Yes, I really have that many t-shirts. Some people buy shoes, some people buy purses... I buy t-shirts. Especially if they have bad puns or Cthulhu jokes on them.)
I do try to hang my collared shirts in the closet, though I'm about six hangers short of being able to hang all of them, so on the rare occasion that I don't have any dirty laundry (it happens about once a year, when I have an OCD day and do ten loads of laundry - again, lots of t-shirts), I have to double some up. My hockey jerseys (I probably have six or seven) are hanging in the closet as well. Sweaters are folded and on a shelf in the closet.
Pants mostly get hung over one of the knobs on the footboard of my bed. Right now I think there's one pair of black dress pants, one pair of jeans, and two pairs of khaki cargo pants there. My two pairs of leather pants are folded on top of the dresser, as are my green corduroy pants (which I don't think I've worn in about eight years).
Suits get hung in the closet, though they tend to get shoved to the farthest back corner because I only wear them once or twice a year at most. (People were teasing me about wearing suits at the 2009 Worldcon, where I was the Events Director - but when you don't have to wear them all that often, an excuse to dress well is nice occasionally.)
Colour-coding all of it would take me hours, so I just hang stuff where there's a gap. The only time I pay attention to colour is when I'm getting dressed to make sure I'm not going to blind anyone, and when I'm doing laundry (I always separate my dark, white, and red/orange loads).
Having just read Thomas Harris' Hannibal, I think what you may need is a memory palace.
If hanging your clothes and organizing them by colour makes you gay, then I am probably bi-curious.
I do hang my work clothes, and try to use my dresser drawers and laundry baskets. I even bought a new iron today--the old one wasn't doing the job.
But my clothes--especially my casual clothes--do tend to find their way onto my bedroom floor with depressing regularity.
Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan, believed that everyone's personality had three layers: an outer self, and an inner self, that were basically the same--but in between was the demonic self, at odds with the others.
That description fits me perfectly. At heart, I'm a Lebowski-type slob who throws his clothes on the floor and is happy slothing around in a housecoat, t-shirt, and boxers. But my demonic self craves crisp shirts, creased trousers, polished shoes, well-knotted ties, neatness, and organization. It reads books like Hannibal, and identifies with Hannibal Lecter.
Minus the cannibalism, of course.
So far.
Mmh, personality layers with delicious demonic filling...
Is he Gay?As a side note, my husband is one of the biggest slobs I have every known, especially where his clothes are concerned. I love him dearly, but it's why we do our laundry separately.
I later realized that the perfect response would have been, "no, but I am."
Curse my slow-firing neurons.
All my t-shirts are folded in open style draw. Basically keep them in 2 piles. Some polo shirts are kept there also. Shorts are kept in one of thedraws. All my shirts are kept on the left of my wardrobe, and jeans, pants and jackets on the right side. I fold my jumpers and long sleeve tops in another draw.
And currently keep my Star Trek uniform hanging on the back of my door right at the moment. And after next week, I'll put in the wardrobe most likely.
And currently keep my Star Trek uniform hanging on the back of my door right at the moment. And after next week, I'll put in the wardrobe most likely.
You remind me of one of my brothers, who lives in custom-made suits and monogrammed shirts (and is gay, but that's besides the point). A few years ago I stayed with him for a few days and noticed the huge wardrobe and chest of drawers he had in his bedroom. When I went to unpack my suitcase in the guest room I opened the huge wardrobe in that room, only to find it full of more of my brother's clothes.
He apologised for the lack of space and I lived out of my suitcase, which I don't normally like doing because I hate wrinkled clothes, but he's a chef and fed me so well that I didn't hold it against him.
I organize primarily by type of clothing, but, within that, yes, I do organize some by color. 
For any one type of garment, I always hang the black items on the left and any other colors on the right.
Slacks and jeans, I also separate by whether they go w/ flats or heels.
Sweaters, tanks and tees are in a drawer, one stack for sleeveless items, one for long and short sleeves.
I guess it sounds a bit OCD-ish, but I'm often only half awake when I'm getting dressed, and it makes it easier for me to grab the right things.
For any one type of garment, I always hang the black items on the left and any other colors on the right.Slacks and jeans, I also separate by whether they go w/ flats or heels.
Sweaters, tanks and tees are in a drawer, one stack for sleeveless items, one for long and short sleeves.
I guess it sounds a bit OCD-ish, but I'm often only half awake when I'm getting dressed, and it makes it easier for me to grab the right things.
