How brutal would you be in these circumstances when having a clothes clear out?

[nipersvest]

Am 51, lost a stone during lockdown, have embraced exercise so am a lot trimmer than I used to be, was a size 12, and am now a size 8. Apologies if that sounds braggy, that's not what this is aimed at, it was really hard work to loose a stone, didn't happen quickly or by accident.

Anyway, the point is, I now have a lot of clothes that are too big. Gut instinct is to keep, menopause and medication makes things unpredictable, but am also tempted to be very brutal, and ditch, it's a dilemma.

How brutal would you be?, keep and store or charity/sell?

If you have space, I’d keep some of it. You’re right about this time of life being unpredictable. But I’m a pessimist.

I’d keep them, but I still wear clothes that are at least 10 years old or more, and hate throwing clothes away, so I’m probably not a good person to ask.

I'm rather like @WilsonMilson and like my old clothes so get rid of very little unless it's won out.
I've lost weight (nowhere as much as op) and found that a lot of my clothes look better slightly bigger.

Depends what they are; basic stuff from the high street can go but more special items I would keep. It's also easy for a good seamstress to adjust something to take it in a size or two so I would consider doing that if there are any good quality items you loved wearing.

Keep at least some of it. Life happens. I lost a couple of dress sizes 3 years ago and over the pandemic put it back on again. I was very glad I still had some clothes I could wear without buying new stuff. And in your 50s weight can be unpredictable.

Thank you for the input, all very useful, I'm going to go through what's there, probably being a bit more brutal than usual, keep stuff I really liked but ditch the rest. It's all high street, charity shop or ebay stuff, none is high end, but there are a few things I'm more fond of than others x