Corleen Heidgerken blogs at BarelyPractical about fashion, shopping, technology, and style. Her love of fashion infused with her day job in technology inspires her to curate fun looks, showcase her local fashion community, and share how she uses technology to better shop and manage her wardrobe.

I always seem to be in a hurry when it comes time to pack. My greatest fear has been having the perfect outfit in mind, but then getting to my destination and not having all of the pieces. This has led me to chronic overpacking. Since it’s getting harder and harder to bring extra things on an airplane without additional fees I needed to find a better way.

Last summer I tried planning ahead and created a packing dress rehearsal so I could make sure I had everything I needed weeks ahead, and then just used pictures as a packing list. This worked, but still required significant effort – and I needed to make sure I noticed every detail of my crowded pictures when pulling items from my closet.

So this year I’m trying something new. I love playing with technology and am currently experimenting with several closet management apps for my iPhone. One of them is called Stylebook and is showing some promise. It has over 90 features, including a section for packing lists. The basic functionality allows you to take pictures of items in your closet and create looks. Once you’ve input most of your closet, the packing feature becomes useful.

The app allows you to create a packing list and add individual clothing items and looks you’ve created. What’s great is that when you add a look, all of the individual items are also saved as separate items. When you’re done, you can easily go to the clothing items view to pack your bag, and then refer to the look view to remember what you wanted to put together once you get to your destination. The notes section can be used for items that you didn’t bring (you need to shop for something on vacation, right?) or maybe didn’t get a chance to photograph.

I’m just getting started with this particular app so I took some pictures with my iPhone to give you an idea of functionality and some of the screens. I’ve only got one full look so far, but you can start to get the idea of what things will look like when more is populated. The end results are interesting, but I’m finding you really need to be committed to get your closet photographed. If you’re interested in learning more about this app or the other closet management apps that I’m experimenting with, stop by the technology section of BarelyPractical.