How should I sort my clothes?

One of my customers asked me: Should I categorize my clothes by color, by length, or by season? My answer is: by purpose.

When you stand in front of your wardrobe, and you tell yourself: I am going to gym, I am going to a business networking event, or I am going clubbing. At the moment when you have a purpose, you should know where to find your clothes. It sounds easy, but most of the people still don't know how to categorize. And they end up choosing the same clothes, or whatever they can see when they open the wardrobe. Some beautiful pieces will be forgotten...

Above are the main categories I sort first when I go to my customer's wardrobe. But after my sorting is done, the customer comes to make the decision of keeping, donating, or reselling. Sometimes I see one piece as a regular t-shirt, but my customer uses it for sport, another customer might use it as pijama. Every person is different. In this stage the customer helps me to put it in the correct category. This is what I mean Sorting by Purpose.

Let's think this scenario:

I am an Office Lady, I work 4 days a week in the office.

So, according to the usage frequency, I have a cabinet assigned for office outfit. And the blazer, blouse, shirt they are next to each other. I want to have warm color knitting wear, not too warm as a sweater, not a hoodie as it's too casual.

Again, here I place the clothes according to purpose and usage frequency.

This is a drawer of sports clothes.

My customer asked me: I don't swim that often, should I put swimming clothes in another place? My answer is no (to this case). Because less usage frequency doesn't mean you will never do it again. If you put the swimming wear in another place, in the future you will definitely forget where you store them. Here again, by purpose.

In another project I had, I designed a box of all the summer holidays swimming clothes, waterproof accessories, anything you can think of which are related to beach theme. Because it was an apartment next to the beach. For the family, it would be much easier every time when they want to jump into the water.