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THE HAPPY

CLOSET

Well-Being is Well-Dressed

Annmarie OConnor

Gill Books

To women everywhere. Find the space to be yourself.

Contents

COVER

TITLE PAGE

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: OPENING THE DOORS

The Big Reveal

The Nine Closet Types

The Closet Quiz

CHAPTER TWO: OLD HABITS DIE HARD

How to Change the Habits of a Lifetime

Triggers and Willpower

First Response Training

Constant Craving

Typical Triggers

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

Whats the Pay-off?

CHAPTER THREE: HOW WE SHOP AND WHY WE HOARD

The Female Psyche

The Psychology of Shopping

Are You Emotional or Unconscious? Tackling Your Shopping Type

The To Dont List

How to Speak Retail

Purging the Urge to Splurge

CHAPTER FOUR: LESS IS MORE WHY WE DONT ACTUALLY NEED THAT STUFF

The Paradox of Choice

Security Blankets are for Kids

Hang-ups, Habits & Happiness

The Ryanair Theory

The Kilo Challenge

CHAPTER FIVE: TRENDS AND BASICS LESS IS MORE IN ACTION

Finding the Balance

How to Identify a Trend

How to Incorporate a Trend

Basics Cheatsheet

Signature Style

Creating Your Signature

CHAPTER SIX: WHATS YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE?

The Heart of the Matter

Real Love

Fashion Flings & One-Night Stands

Wedding Fever

The Relationship NCT

Breaking Up

Dating vs Shopping

Plan of Action

The Body Scan

Online Shopping

Keeping the Love Alive

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE EVOLVING SELF

Who Do You Think You Are?

Whats Your Story?

Through the Looking Glass

Implementing Change

If the Shoe Doesnt Fit

Core Closet Values (CCV)

What You Can Gain By Letting Go

As Above, So Below

The Keep or Cull Audit

CHAPTER EIGHT: CLEARING THE SPACE FOR CHANGE

Tackling Procrastination

The Decluttering Emotional Arc

Clearing Your Closet: The Closet NCT Deciding What Stays and What Goes

Curating Your Closet: Visibility is Accountability

Hangers: The Tools of the Trade

How to Hang and Fold Things: Happy Closet Techniques Getting the Hang of Things

Store or Display?

Storage Cheatsheet

Inside a Stylists Kit Bag: Treatment Keeping the Life in What You Love

Putting the App in Happy Technology

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

CHAPTER NINE: WELL-BEING IS WELL-DRESSED

Reflections

The Ten Truths of Closet Happiness

CHAPTER TEN: HAPPY CLOSET HOW-TOS

How to Measure Yourself

How to Put on a Bra

How to Walk in Heels

How to Put on Tights

How to Care for Cashmere

How to Wash Intimates

How to Store a Wedding Dress

How to Pack a Suitcase

How to Pose for Photographs

How to Spend Money on Clothes

How to Spot a Fake Designer Bag

How to Crack a Dress Code

How to Create a Happy Closet Balancing Well-Being with Being Well-Dressed

FURTHER READING

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT GILL BOOKS

INTRODUCTION

My name is Annmarie OConnor. Im a fashion journalist and stylist by trade. Im also a reformed hoarder by habit. Thats why Ive written this book.

For years, I lived with the ironic dilemma of having a wardobe full of clothes and nothing to wear. Much like a magpie, my brain seemed wired towards amassing the shiny and showy, with little regard for how it fit into my lifestyle. Despite endless vows to downsize, I found myself waving at the shadow of a groundhog weighed down in turbans and kaftans screaming that he didnt have the right shoes (vermin can be real divas).

Dressing became a chore, not least due to the vast volume of clothing I had accumulated. Sure, my closet was colourful (so is an acid trip), but it lacked synergy and flow. The only thread keeping it all together was the question Why?, which, if tugged at even slightly, would cause a drag-queen pile-up of sequins, glitter and studs. So I kept a wide berth of that frayed emotional hem, donned my military epaulettes and soldiered on.

Thats the thing about hoarding. Its by nature self-perpetuating and rarely results in a cull. In fact, any decluttering I attempted just served to reinforce the prospect of loss and emotional vulnerability, which led me to procrastinate and over-rationalise why I needed so much. Until I got real.

What started as a simple act of tidying soon exposed a full-length mirror of emotional triggers. Like any clearing exercise, things had to get messier before they got better. Not only did the process shed a harsh glare on the person I was pretending to be (hot-shot influencer), but the naked bulb hanging over my shopping habits wasnt exactly flattering (shabby impostor). I was a classic impulse buyer and I had the receipts to prove it lots of them. Once I got clear about my personal pitfalls (the need to impress, the desire to be accepted), I was better positioned to confront my inner hoarder and reframe the persistent patterns that were creating war within my wardrobe.

This epiphany did more than just declutter my closet; it inspired me to create a system to identify the emotional hang-ups and habits that underpin our closet happiness. This is what Im here to share with you the secret to achieving closet zen. By combining mindfulness exercises with awareness therapy, The Happy Closet aims to help release the unconscious inclinations behind the nine core closet types: Impulse Buyer, Secret Shopper, Doomsday Prepper, Tired & Emotional, Black Widow, Split Personality, Martyr Mom, Sale Sniper and Perfect By figuring out which you are, youll discover how to overcome your personal trip-wires, reframe shopping patterns and, more important, dress the person you are today.

Lets be clear: this isnt a run-of-the-mill wardrobe clear-out. Its about sifting beneath the layers of confusion and finding out whats really driving our collective primal impulses that hunter-gatherer DNA that insists on colonising every square inch of space. Its only in understanding what makes us tick that we can evolve from collecting to curating. Let the inside match the outside and watch the magic happen. If youve ever wanted to have more with less, then its time to discover how happy your closet can be.

CHAPTER ONE

OPENING THE DOORS

THE BIG REVEAL

If you cant get rid of the skeleton in your closet, youd best take it out and teach it to dance.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

How do you feel when you open your closet? More to the point, how does your closet feel? Buried beneath those forgettable fads, questionable trends and oh dear, what was I thinking? is a pile of useless emotional baggage. Bet you didnt see it. Well, guess what? Youre not alone. Your closet is more than just a collection of clothes. Its a deeply vulnerable space containing layers of old energy, which, when coupled with an evolutionary gathering instinct, can create chaos. And lets face it: a chaotic closet is not a happy closet.

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