If you want an organised, clutter-free wardrobe, doing a seasonal wardrobe change is the best way to achieve this. Today I am sharing my essential seasonal wardrobe change tips to make switching your seasonal clothes easier.
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Make The Clothes Fit The Hangers
What I mean by this is that you should e]decide upon how many hangers fit comfortably in your wardrobe, then this is the amount of garments that are allowed to hang in there. No exceptions.
If you want to introduce something new into your wardrobe, either a purchase or from a season change, something needs to leave to free up a place.
The best way to stop sneaky items being added (as new clothing often comes with hangers) is to purchase a set of matching hangers. When all of these hangers are used up, only removing an item will make room for something new.
As discussed in my Essential Wardrobe Organisation Tips post and video, having uninformed hangers will create more space than mismatched hangers and will create a nicer aesthetic too.
Pull Out Everything That You Will Not Wear Again This Season
Be realistic. If the summer is behind you and the sun will not be showing it’s face again until the following year, you need to remove all of your sleeveless summer vest tips and floaty scrappy dresses from your wardrobe. Keeping them there will clutter your wardrobe and fining suitable outfits harder.
Don’t Feel That You Have To Limit Your Season Switches to Twice A Year
You will see if you watch my summer rot autumn wardrobe switch video at the top of the page, that I got my wardrobe ready for autumn, but not really winter. I did that switch on the last few days of September (which is colder but not freezing here in the UK). I put away anything for the height of summer and brought out my long sleeved items.
I did, however, keep out a few short sleeved items for those not so cold autumn days. I also got out some Halloween dresses to get ready for October.
Clearly this switch is not going to carry me right through to Christmas. The plan is to do another switch putting away every short sleeved item and getting out the Christmas jumpers as December approaches.
Donate Anything That Will Not Delight You
When you unpack these clothes next season, I want you to be thrilled and excited for what will feel like a brand new wardrobe. I do not want you to be greeted with a load of tired, worn out items that you will place back into your wardrobe and never end up wearing.
Take this opportunity to do your future self a solid and only pack away garments that you love and will bring you joy to wear next season. If you don’t need it, love it or both, donate or recycle it.
Pack Away Your Filtered Selection
Once you have filtered down what you will be keeping for your next season wardrobe, it’s time to fold! I find the most efficient way to fold clothing is the kion Mari method, which is explained below.
Next, pack the clothes away for storage. I find the best way to store clothes is in packing cubes. This is ideal if (like me) you store your off season clothes under an ottoman bed.
Unpack Your New Season Items
Once you have made some space, you can unpack your “new” clothes! Pull everything out and take a look at what you have.
Make sure that you do this before you purchase any new season items for your wardrobe.
Filter What Enters Your Wardrobe
Now is the time to edit out any less than adored items that may have slipped through the next when you did your last wardrobe switch. Remember, if you don’t love or need it or both, or if it doesn’t fit, it does not belong in your current wardrobe.
Wash, Refresh Or Iron As Necessary
Now assess which items need washing, refreshing or ironing. A few shortcuts for clothes that were put away clean but could do with a quick refresh are;
- Using a crease release spray then hanging to dry
- 5 minutes on cool in the tumble dryer
- Steaming with a hand garment steamer
Organise Into Your Wardrobe
Next we need to get organised! Check out the video and blog post below for all of my best wardrobe organisation tips.
Repeat For Each Season Change
You could do a bi-annual wardrobe switch and that would be fine. If you really want to maximise space in your wardrobe, keep on top of decluttering and only be greeted by garments that you could actually put on each morning, do a seasonal wardrobe switch for each of the 4 seasons.
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