Clothing Hibernation: 5 Steps for the Easiest Style REvamp
A very Merry Christmas season to you!
Can you believe that not only is 2025 (yikes, the sounds of that!) is around the corner but also, we are just not even a week into Winter!
With Winter comes hibernation… and NOT just for the animals.
In fact, it’s the perrrrrrrrrrrfect time to hibernate your clothes, too! And yes, you read that word correctly. Hibernating your clothes is the quickest and easiest way to narrow your style without any bad repercussions.
I recommend and walk many of my Club members through this… the advantages are ginormous!
So what DOES it mean to hibernate your clothes?
Unlike a Closet Cleanse (which you can read here), where you’re deciding whether or not to donate certain pieces you feel compelled to hang onto (because it was a gift or a certain size), this Hibernation is a way to focus on what you love without the stress of, “But then it’s gone forever!!!”.
When you Hibernate anything… and – in about two months – if you really miss it, you simply dip into the bag that you stored it in and bring it back into your main wardrobe routing (See? You just “found” a piece in your closet that really works for you practically and aesthetically). It’s the quickest way to get items out of your closet and focus on what really WORKS!
So, how DO you do a closet Hibernation? Follow the steps below:
Grab a big trash bag, bin or a large suitcase you don’t use often.
Go into your closet. Brush over every piece (and by brush I mean brush! Don’t give it more than 5 seconds, your answer should be immediate). You’ll want to hibernate: Anything that doesn’t fit, Anything you haven’t been wearing, and anything you just feel “eh” about. The hardest of these is the “eh” feeling - so don’t worry, it’s not gone forever.
Do one SUPER quick sweep, and this time, focus on the ones you feel “eh” about - now that you’re in the groove I GUARANTEE you’ll find a few more. 🤗
Close the bag and put wherever you have into storage.
As a quick, finishing touch-up - colorgorize and categorize your clothes (if you haven't already, but just to make things all neat and pretty for the start of the year).
In about four months (springtime), open he bag and now, ask yourself, “What did I miss?”If you feel you missed anything, definitely reincorporate it. If you did not, you can feel quite confident that someone from the St. Vincent de Paul thrift shop can probably benefit from it! (Also, let’s not forget the added bonus of feeling you’re reshopping your own closet!)
Relax and enjoy that stress-free feeling since you have a trimmed down closet, with clothes that you can actually wear and really enjoy!