Wardrobe Audit Checklist Template
An audit is not a clear-out. Done well it leaves the client with more to wear than they started with, because most wardrobes contain a working wardrobe that nobody has ever assembled.
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What yours needs to cover
- ✓ What to ask the client to do before you arrive, and what to ask them not to do
- ✓ The sorting method, in a fixed order, so a four-hour session does not become a six-hour one
- ✓ What to record as you go, since the notes are what the report is written from
- ✓ The fit test, applied consistently rather than by eye at the end of a long day
- ✓ What to do with the sentimental pieces, which is a conversation rather than a rule
- ✓ The gap list, which turns the audit into a shopping brief with a budget attached
How to use it
- Book enough time and say plainly that it is physical work, because a rushed audit is worse than none.
- Sort by category rather than by feeling, so like is compared with like.
- Photograph the keepers as you go, with consent, so the lookbook writes itself.
- Finish with the gap list and a budget, or the session ends on a pile rather than a plan.
Wardrobe Audit Checklist Template FAQs
How long does a wardrobe audit take?
Longer than clients expect. Say what your session covers and what happens if the wardrobe turns out to be twice the size you were told, so nobody is surprised.
What if the client will not part with anything?
That is allowed. The job is a working wardrobe rather than an empty one, and the gap list is still valid if nothing leaves the house.
Should I include alterations?
Flag them and refer out. Knowing what a good alterations tailor can and cannot fix is part of the job, and Unit 4 covers where that line sits.
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