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Clear out your closet HOW TO CUT BACK YOUR WARDROBE TO THE CLOTHES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL HAPPY
Does is spark joy? Open up your wardrobe, drawer or cabinet. Inspired by Marie Kondo’s best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, start by looking at every item and ask: ‘Does it make me happy?’. We often already know how something makes us feel without trying it on. If the answer is no, it goes straight in the ‘to go’ pile.
don’t suit you any more isn’t going to show off the current you at your very best.
A quick fix Are there any clothes that are damaged or missing a button? If you’d like to keep them, make plans to mend them, so you can enjoy them again soon.
Partner up Who you are now Next, try on the clothes that have made it to the ‘yes’ pile. Do they fit? Do they make you feel confident? Do they reflect your personality now? We often keep clothing relics from times when we were younger, larger, slimmer or before we had children. Keeping items for sentimental reasons is okay, but keeping them in your wardrobe or wearing them if they
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Go through the ‘yes’ pile. Now you only have clothes that make you happy, are there any gaps? Do you have an abundance of great tops, but nothing to wear them with? Make a note of what you need, then start to search for them on your next shopping trip.
Get in order Put all the clothes that have made it through back into your
wardrobe. Make sure they’re in some kind of order, and that each item has its own hanger, so whenever you next open the doors, you can see exactly what you have.
Out of sight Fold all the ‘no’ clothes neatly and pop them in a bag, then label it with a date in the future. What date you set will depend on the season and what type of clothes are in there. Put them out of sight, and see if you find yourself missing any of the items. If you decide that you judged them too harshly and you need them, they can be reinstated back in the wardrobe. Any clothes you forget about should go to the charity shop when your deadline is up.