With the holiday season all done, resolutions have arrived. One thing I find refreshing to do with the New Year is clean our lives up so we can start off fresh. This includes our closets, makeup and anything we recognize as a materialistic part of our lives.

If you're in fashion, you know how awful it can be to have to give away your clothes. We sometimes hold on to clothes because they remind of us of an important something, someone or event. My mom always asks me how often I wear some of my clothes, and to be honest, there are things in my closet that I have never worn out. It's a waste to have things in our closets that we don't wear, especially if they aren't particularly special garments. Our style changes and we need to make room in our closets for new things.

I want you to go home and try the following exercise. Turn all your hangers the opposite way from which you normally put them. As you wear each garment, turn that hanger back the regular way. After, let's say, two months, take the hangers that have not changed direction and donate those clothes.

With the start of the New Year, I feel as though we need to start fresh — not just how we dress, but how we act. There are many easy ways to reach out to the less fortunate, such as donating time, money or your old clothes.

This year, start with your closet. Take a look at all the things you have, and ask yourself how the things you don't need could help others. Clothing is something so simple, and yet some people still don't have enough to keep themselves warm. Someone will surely appreciate your old clothes, and you'll know that you have done something good with them.

Enjoy the New Year and remember: helping others NEVER goes out of fashion. NEVER.