How to detox your wardrobe the French way

Or how to look more Parisian

wardrobe detox

Or how to look more Parisian

The sun is sort of shining and temperatures are slowly climbing, which can only mean one thing: it’s time to spring clean your wardrobe.

Now any fashion obsessive will know that this is a bit of a ‘mare. How can you possibly throw anything away?

Sure, you might not want to wear that top right now, but what if it comes back in fashion next season?

Turns out, there’s a very simple rule to nailing the perfect wardrobe detox, according to Vestiaire Collective founder Fanny Moizant: she swears by the one-in, one-out rule.

That may sound a bit brutal, but coming from a French woman whose style is always on point, we’re going to go out on a limb here and say it’s probably not a bad shout.

Plus it solves all your wardrobe space problems.

Now if you’re not quite prepared to be this drastic, Vestiaire have also devised a pretty handy closet detox cheat sheet that should help you decide whether it’s really worth keeping that pair of leopard print jeans…

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Happy sorting!

Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Contributing Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK. She writes about catwalk trends and the latest high street and Instagram sartorial must-haves. She also helms the Women Who Win franchise.

She has worked in fashion for over 10 years, contributing to publications such as Cosmopolitan, Red, Good Housekeeping, and Stylist.