My wardrobe is bursting with sequins – what does that say about me?

How do our clothes affect our mood? Sharon Walker delves into her wardrobe with fashion psychologist Dawnn Karen and finds a poignant explanation for her love of party dressesFriday night, 11pm. I am snapping a selfie in the bedroom mirror. Not for Instagram I hasten to add – no one over 40 should do that – but for my “Best Dressed” folder of outfits. Next to me on a chair is a mountain of clothes that have been lying fallow in my wardrobe for more than a year. Some haven’t seen the light of day for as much as a decade. I must wear them all within a week or d rag them kicking and screaming to the charity shop. This is all part of a Radical Wardrobe Edit that I’m racing to complete, as decreed byDawnn Karen, a fashion psychologist, whose new bookDress Your Best Life promises to “harness the power of clothes to transform your life”.The “new” outfits I’ve unearthed from this growing pile are pinging me pleasing little hits of dopamine, delivering the kind of euphoric high I might ordinarily experience on theGanni website, but the thought of jettisoning a silver vintage dress brings me out in a cold sweat, even though I know there ’s no chance I’ll ever again fit into it and would, in any case, rarely have an occasion to wear it.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 8, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Sharon Walker Tags: Dresses Fashion Health & wellbeing Psychology Life and style Source Type: news