Moving makes me realize I have way too many clothes
I am going to have to get rid of a.lot of it. I work as a professor so I am pretty casual (chinos, long sleeve T shirts or collared shirts and unstructured jackets) and a pair of jungle mocs or loafers/oxfords (in case you are wondering I do have a Lauren corduroy jacket with the elbow patches). I have a couple of nicer suits for more formal wear and like a bazillion ties. I think I still have a tuxedo somewhere but it's been ages.
As I rarely wear suits, mix and match is the name of the game, but how many cards should I be starting with. I have 7 or 8 pairs of banana republic chinos in different colors, and I will also sometimes wear 501's. This seems manageable.
But collared shirts I probably have like 20 solid colors and 25 patterned. That is insane, and with that much choice paralysis, I usually end up wearing the same 5 or 6.
So what's the best way to approach this. I thought of breaking it up into pools of 5-6 shirts and at the end of the month, swapping them out for a different 5-6.
I suspect someone will say to keep the best fitting shirts but they are all pretty much the same as they are all off the rack.
Looking for guidance.