Oh How I Love Thee

This is my profile picture on Go Chic or Go Home.  

Have you ever found something online that was so helpful, you don't know what you ever did before you found it?  That is kind of how I'm feeling today about Go Chic or Go Home.  Many of you are already members, but if you don't know what GCOGH is yet, I hope you will go check it out IMMEDIATELY.  In the words of creators Cynthia and Robert Brown,  "Go Chic or Go Home is a friendly and down-to-earth style community that offers everything you need to make the most of your daily wardrobe.  Find outfit inspiration, post your own outfits for reference, and use the virtual closet to create ensembles with your own clothes. Members can also earn points towards shopping gift cards or charitable contributions."

I am about to wax poetic about how it works for me, so if you want a peek into my closet, keep reading.


If I had to briefly sum up its awesomeness, I would say that GCOGH is both an online virtual closet and invitation only community of people looking to find sartorial inspiration from within their own pieces and from other, like minded souls. Audrey from Putting Me Together posted a very detailed and helpful introduction to the site, so please see Audrey's Post about using GCOGH to its fullest potential.

My personal obsession with the site has become so great, that I can no longer bring home new items without immediately shooting pictures of them, uploading them to my "my clothes" board and initiating an ensemble making frenzy.

Here are the clothes I added today

I want to ensure that each new piece I am adding to my wardrobe will function in multiple ways and work with many of my existing pieces.  A lot of people can do this just by walking into their closet, but for me it is so much easier to see complete looks when all my pieces are "virtually" right in front of me.

A few of today's ensembles

I will admit that the initial investment of time to shoot pictures of your WHOLE wardrobe is daunting, but the reward for that effort has been priceless.  I have been able to create outfits that before I never would have imagined.  I chose to shoot my photos in batches, doing just pants or just sweaters thereby spreading the job over several days and making it easier to accomplish getting my entire wardrobe included.  The process of choosing clothes to photograph for my virtual closet also helped me to clean out the unused, unworn, damaged, or out of style items that I had been holding onto.  Double bonus!!

In addition to having my virtual closet to play in, I have been introduced to so many fantastic, creative, and supportive women.  Some are bloggers as well, but many are just average women from all over the world who are looking to enhance or redefine their personal style.  As I come to know these women, through their style, the images that they present as "liked outfits", the bloggers they are following and the kind and helpful comments they make on my images and others, it has become apparent that GCOGH is filling a void in the virtual landscape.  It provides multiple platforms for expression and also has a shopping tool attached so members can link to associated retailers (such as GAP, Banana Republic, ASOS, ModCloth, JCrew and a slew more) for discounts and purchases to help fill in their closet gaps.

A small sample of the denim section of my virtual closet

So are you ready to be amazed by your own clothes?  Get your camera ready and go play at GCOGH today.  Give me your email address and I will send you an invitation, or go to the site directly to request one today!!!  You can "follow" me there, see my entire closet and all my ensembles...no doubt you'll see things you will recognize and get a sneak peak at future posts!  I really hope to see you all there.

XO,

Alyssa