The sustainable closet: I tried an app to help me wear everything in my wardrobe
Annmarie O'Connor: "Every now and again we all need a few tree branches and discarded pieces of wood to show us what is possible before we click to cart." Picture: Hazel Coonagh.
Shop your closet. Wear what you have. Buy less, style more. Such are the sustainable slogans that clutter social media—30-second video tips from fashion influencers clad in minimalist staples. It looks easy. It sounds easy. It’s not easy.Â
Despite having written a book called The Happy Closet, my own wardrobe has felt rather chaotic of late. Although an ace at decluttering and capsule dressing, a recent and sudden drop in weight left me in sartorial no-man’s land, buying interim pieces to fit a body that was not mine to keep.Â
