Buying one thing that leads to the purchase of more is the basic premise of the Diderot Effect.
I resisted the athleisure trend for years. I was a jeans and tailored tee shirt/sweater kind of person. My weight hasn't changed (I'm in the middle of my healthy weight range) but I'm 65 and somewhat arthritic, so I purchased some stretchy yoga pants which called for loose drapey tops to go with them.
They were so comfortable, I didn't want to wear anything else. So I bought more. Now I have a nice capsule wardrobe of a few pairs of black and dark blue yoga pants with tees for summer and sweaters for winter.
However, I still have my tailored clothes and really need to part with them but am having a hard time. They still look good on me, but honestly, some of the sweaters are so heavy they make my shoulders hurt just looking at them. Blazers too. The jeans still fit but seem restricting after wearing the yoga pants.
I know the sensible answer is to keep a few and part with the rest. Just having trouble figuring out which ones.
Anyone else going through this? What did you do?