What's hiding in your closet?

The emotional stories behind the clothes we keep and some thoughts on decluttering

For me, September is the real January.

I book the hairdresser, I plan ahead with a clear mind, the fashion month starts and I inevitably go through a certain type of wardrobe crisis. Fall is without any doubt my favourite season, and impatient to wear my boots and long coats again, I always try to do a little cleanout of my life and, wardrobe.

But no matter how many Septembers have been and gone, some things seem to have been lurking in my wardrobe since forever (and possibly watching me while I sleep). These relics seem to become increasingly hard to evict. And no, I am not talking about the essentials of my capsule wardrobe, (a term as overused as the word Brat). Even those essentials have changed with the times, along with my body, the vision I have of it and the cycle of trends. What I can’t seem to get rid of though, are the items I never actually wear. Those old worn-out pieces, almost in wrags, curled up in the darkest corners of my drawers.

Take for example, a specific Space Ja…