Most wardrobes contain 60-80 pieces of clothing; most wearers use 15-25 regularly. The rest sits unworn and creates daily decision friction. A twice-yearly edit reveals the real wardrobe and clears the rest.
How to actually do it
Empty everything from drawers and rails. Sort into three piles: keep (worn in last 12 months and currently fits), donate (doesn't fit or doesn't suit), repair (fixable issues — broken zip, missing button, slightly off fit). Don't keep 'just in case' pieces.
What the edit usually reveals
Multiples of items you wear once a year (one black blazer instead of three). Pieces you don't actually like but kept out of guilt. Items missing that you keep replacing badly (the white shirt that's been wrong for 5 versions). The audit produces a shopping list for genuine wardrobe gaps.
Annual edits prevent wardrobe accumulation and reveal what your real wardrobe wants to be.