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Want To Reduce The Amount Of Clothes In Your Closet? A Guide For Paring Down

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Brooke Ruth / Senior Producer, Radio News

Published May 6, 2020 at 9:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 3 years ago.

The cover of the book, “Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More.”

That daily encounter with the clothes closet, trying to figure out what to wear to work, isn’t that much of a problem these days. But the stay-at-home order has given us time to actually look inside that closet. And that can be a disturbing experience, revealing clothes we never wear, clothes that don’t fit and clothes that pose the question “what was I thinking?”

If being homebound is motivating you to tackle that closet problem, there’s a new book that might help. It’s called “Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More.”

Its author, Courtney Carver, joined Midday Edition in early March when she was headed to San Diego on a book tour. But it was canceled. Now, as with everyone else, Carver is adjusting to a new normal that includes a virtual book tour on Thursday.

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Want To Reduce The Amount Of Clothes In Your Closet? A Guide For Paring Down

That daily encounter with the clothes closet, trying to figure out what to wear to work, isn’t that much of a problem these days. If being homebound is motivating you to tackle an overfilled closet, there’s a new book that might help.

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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Brooke Ruth

Brooke Ruth is the senior producer for KPBS Radio News. She previously served as a producer for "KPBS Midday Edition" and a web producer. Before joining KPBS, Brooke was a web editor for four newspapers and a local television station. She began her career in news at the Imperial Valley Press. She has also been part of the web teams at the Napa Valley Register, North County Times, and U-T San Diego. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at UCLA in psychology, she worked on the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin.

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