Nicole Phelps

Liana, for Mother's Day, you wrote about what to do with your mother's not-so-chic hand-me-downs.

Personally, I grew up sort of berating my mother for getting rid of her 1960s and 70s clothes, but I understand that your mom is giving you her old clothes from more recent decades that you're not crazy about.

I do that with my husband, too.

He's not a hoarder, but he doesn't clean up his messes.

And so sometimes a mess has been lingering so long in the apartment, I just remove it and he doesn't notice.

As much as I can't imagine Liana coming to my house to deal with my closet, I do need you to come.

Every weekend, I have to spend, you know, an hour or two hours hanging the stuff that I just sort of put on top of the rack because the racks are so squeezed.

No.

I really am struggling with space.

But this is sort of a universal problem in New York because most of us in New York have not enough storage.

So what are some good general rules for trying to keep a closet orderly?

And you're doing this to make room for new stuff or just to sort of make your closet feel like a more pleasant place to visit.

Let's talk about shorts.

We've talked about sandals, but I want to talk about summer shorts.

Can you imagine wearing shorts to the office?

No.

Should anybody wear shorts to the office?

Maybe I have once.

It's just a lot of commitment.

Also, how can you sit down on the subway in shorts?