1-MINUTE PROMPT:
When it comes down to it, there’s a shirt that you like better than all the others. What is it about that shirt that feels so right? Is it the soft texture on your skin, the way you feel while wearing it, the message its slogan conveys, or something else? Take a minute to write a clever and creative clothing catalog product description about this shirt.
5-MINUTE PROMPT:
Once upon a time you had a pair of pants. You know the ones I mean? Write an imagined scene where you attend an event while wearing a certain pair of pants that you once owned. What makes you want to wear these pants to this particular event?
10-MINUTE PROMPT:
Ugh, remember that time you left a piece of clothing behind? Perhaps you forgot to grab one of your bags before boarding the train, or maybe you vacated someone’s apartment a bit too quickly the morning after . . . Ahem. Write a scene where a character leaves the same item of clothing behind. (It doesn’t have to be the same place where you left it.) Consider a scenario in which the lost item of clothing has bigger implications than your character might first realize.
20-MINUTE PROMPT:
Sometimes clothes are more than just clothes. Maybe it’s the apron your grandma wore while baking, the sneakers your nephew sported as he made a full-court shot at the buzzer, or the hand-me-down tux you and your grandfather both got married in. All of these items of clothes have deeper meaning beyond their function. Think of an article of clothing attached to a memory and write about its deeper meaning.