Could you make a month on 6 items or less?

[make_your_move]

I was watching GMA this morning and they had a really interesting story on .... could you go a month wearing onlysix items of clothing. The website for the challenge is Six Items or Less. Here's the explanation of the experiment:

What do our clothes say about us? Why do spend so much time on what we wear? What happens when we don’t?

Starting Monday, June 21st 2010, a group of people from California to Dubai are going to take part in a little experiment: each participant gets to choose six (and only six) items of clothing and pledge to wear only these six items of clothing for a month. They’ll share their experiences here at sixitemsorless.com

There are exceptions that don’t count towards the six: undergarments, swim wear, work-out clothes, work uniforms, outer jackets (rain slicker, outdoor jacket), shoes and accessories. You can get multiples of the same item for laundry purposes, but different colors count as separate items. Or you can tell us to stuff it and make your own rules.

People have asked what the philosophy is behind the experiment and most assume it’s a statement about consumerism. In reality, we haven’t dictated a driving thought. Rather it’s about putting a challenge out there and seeing what people bring to it, do with it and talk about.

Check back daily – people are posting all the time. or follow us @sixitemsorless. questions? sixitemsorless@gmail.com

It should be an interesting month.

There's been some interesting side efffects ... some folks did buy less, and pare down more - some folks ended up buying more.

Could you do it? Would you want to? I can't contemplate this now....maybe sometime after Pennsic. But I find the idea intriguing.

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[emt-hawk.livejournal.com]

seven items, by their score.

One pair of boots, two pairs of slacks, and 5 work shirts. It's almost not worth doing laundry for me, except that all my work clothes are in the laundry. Tho I tend to wear my work shirts twice before laundering.

Not a challenge.

I own two pairs of EMS boots, one pair sneakers, one pair SCA dress boots, two pairs combat boots, and two pairs of dress shoes.

I have in storage, some more pants, but aside from a pile of t-shirts, that's it.

--Hawk