Wednesday, 9 July 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
Wiley has acquired world rights to The Wardrobe Project, a nonfiction title by Emma Edwards.
The Wardrobe Project details Edwards’ year of buying no clothes. ‘She learned that when you stop spending money on clothes, when you acknowledge and understand what’s motivating you to spend, you learn to like yourself,’ said the publisher. ‘Emma takes readers through the year, addressing the common challenges that see you stumble; from what to do when you’re invited to a wedding and need a dress, to tackling the change of seasons. Emma really takes the reader on an incredible journey.’
Edwards is the founder of The Broke Generation podcast and the author of Good With Money (John Murray One). She is a certified financial behaviour specialist interested in the relationships people have with money.
Commissioning editor Jordon Lott said, ‘Emma’s no-buy year in 2023 generated incredible engagement with her audience (myself included!), so this book is hotly anticipated. Clothing consumption is an issue top of mind for a lot of women in a cost-of-living crisis and The Wardrobe Project brilliantly addresses these concerns in a really inclusive way. Readers will be invited to take the challenge and revolutionise their relationship with spending – and themselves.’
Discussing the book, Edwards said, ‘I see this book as a manifesto for anyone else who wants to change the way they consume clothes, and hope that I can help more people step off of the spending treadmill and see that their brilliance isn’t hanging on a rack, it’s already within them.’
Wiley plans to release The Wardrobe Project on 26 November 2025.
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