A Wardrobe of Twelve

The exercise is not about owning less for its own sake. It is about knowing why each thing is there, which is a different and harder discipline.

Start with the trouser, not the jacket. Almost every dressing failure is a proportion failure, and proportion begins at the waist and the ankle.

The white shirt earns its place last, not first. It is the easiest thing to buy badly, because at a glance every white shirt looks like every other one.