Believe me when I tell you, I have been inside some pretty crazy wardrobes in my time but this week I cracked the jackpot.

Wednesday I attended to the cupboard of a self confessed hoarder. Now when clients tell me this I smile and assure them it can’t be as bad as they think. And it normally isn’t. Until now.

This was the wardrobe that kept on giving.

Every time I thought we had cleaned out as much as we could there was another draw lurking, another room with an unused closet that now doubled as a wardrobe.

Here are some wardrobe myths busted:

1. The secret to style is not how many clothes you have - it’s what you do with what you have that’s important.

2. More clothes doesn’t equal more wearable wardrobe combinations

3. No one can dress effectively with a closet stuffed full of clothing that hasn’t been worn in 10 years that you are hanging onto just in case.

4. A regular clean out isn’t just gratifying - it’s a style necessity.

I used to suffer from an over stuffed wardrobe and caught myself on many occasion buying more clothing because invariably it was easier to wear something brand new out of the bag rather than digging through years of unorganised gear.

Once I started cleaning out wardrobes for a living I was left with such a sense of peace and tranquility until I got home and had to find something to wear for the next day. I finally decided to do the chuck on my own closet and see how easy it really was to live after a Melanie Moss Wardrobe Makeover.

I was prepared to be ruthless but like my clients wardrobe, I wasn’t prepared for what I would find. I have created for your information a list of items that have definitely had their day and although we never say never in fashion, the rule is if you wore it the first time it was a trend you don’t go near it the next.

So do the right thing and take it to your local Vinnies for some poor struggling fashion student to make the find of the century. You never know you might be contributing to the reinvention of a trend!

Things you will never wear again:

1. Black mesh tops with singlets underneath

2. Levis relaxed fit bootleg jeans – even for comfort around the house its time to evict

3. Tapered leg drawstring pants (Heaven forbid any of you have any of these lurking!)

4. Velvet tops with Maid Marion arms and lace detail

5. Long hippy skirts

6. Anything one-shoulder………..

7. Anything off-the-shoulder……….

8. Lets face it anything to do with shoulders can go

9. Cheap knockoff Roland Mouret Galaxy dresses

10. And finally, drum roll please

Calling all wide square toe scuffed black boots with black block heels and zips up the side. Move on and throw them out! It doesn’t matter that you paid $300 for them back in 1995 you’ve gotten your wear out of them now, pay per wear is probably 2c its really time to say goodbye.