Save Time and Energy Getting Dressed With Wear You’ve Been® Tags

For women who have experienced rage against their closets, there’s a remedy and it is in the form of a simple tag. It’s not uncommon for women to find themselves staring at clothes hanging in the closet (or draped on the treadmill) and not being able to find anything that goes together to make an outfit. The frustration continues with choosing shoes, accessories, and other things.

“It doesn’t matter if your clothes are in rainbow order, by season, or by garment type, the antidote to this wasted time and angst is one little tag per garment,” said Leslie A.M. Smith, inventor of Wear You’ve Been® tags. According to her, one Wear You’ve Been® tag on a garment’s hanger can chronicle the odyssey of a single article of clothing. The dates you wore it, the people you saw, whether you shared a picture on social media while wearing it, and the shoes and accessories that go with it are all cataloged with a description of the garment.

When it’s time to pack for a trip, she suggests Wear You’ve Been® tags make it a breeze! “Simply review the shoes and accessories section and you have a concise packing list.”

Smith suggests they are especially helpful to anyone who spends a large part of their lives in the public eye like a professional speaker, an elected official, company spokesperson, or a leader in a volunteer post, but really anyone can use these to get more out of their clothing.

“I’m not espousing that you throw out clothes,” she said. “These systematically help any woman wear more of what’s in her closet. There are hundreds of tips to help you purge your closet and build a practical wardrobe that still captures your style, but I think you have to start by keeping track of what you wear before you start the edit.”

Smith says she’s been using her tags for years and has discovered how much more she wears each item, making use of well more than “20% of her closet, 80% of the time,” an oft-quoted statistic.

“When I created these, I thought wearing something ten times would be a pretty good run. What I found is that I wear some things many more times than that – double or triple,” she said. “I can extend the life of a top or a sheath dress by knowing where I already wore it and who saw me. Adding a scarf or a cardigan can drastically change the look of a blouse and no one notices.”

For that reason, when she redesigned the tags recently, she added more space to fill-in options for shoes and accessories and added lines on the back of each tag.

The tags come in a gift pack of 12 with a pen for $15.00, a simple refill pack of 15 for $12.00. She also has a bundle of 10 gift packs for $120.00. Now available online at www.WearYouveBeen.com. Follow her on Instagram @WearYouveBeenTags and Facebook.com/wearyouvebeen for sales and discount codes.

Leslie A.M. Smith is a public relations consultant and facilitator in Long Beach, CA. She’s been in business for 30 years helping nonprofits, small businesses, and government agencies. She was also her high school’s Best Dressed senior in 1985.