My Closet: Go Bright!

Last week I wrote about the importance of full length mirrors. But there is something more basic and more important: lighting.

How else can you tell if your blacks match or if your dress is see through? (think your dress isn't? A friend found out the hard way--via a comment while walking outside, just yesterday!).

I've been in a lot of closets, and let me tell you, most do not have adequate lighting. Is your skirt chocolate brown with a hint of plum or moss? That can be the starting point for an outfit that is nothing short of incredible. Yet you'll never know for sure without proper lights to pick up on those cues.

My husband, an environmental engineer, decided to replace all of our lights bulbs with N.Vision Energy Star bulbs throughout our house. They are wonderful and will last for 9 years and save gobs of energy, BUT they are fluorescent, and therefore shouldn't go in your closet or in your make up area, as anyone who has ever been in an office restroom knows.

The best light bulbs to dress: GE white bulbs, and plenty of them (I'm sure you can find a way to make up for the energy you'll be wasting--kind of like carbon offsetting).