I worked in retail for 6 years and spent 6000+ hours folding 1000s of garments – my fool-proof ‘air folding’ method tidies clothes into satisfying stacks in seconds

Dark blue paneled walls showing an alcove opening with shelves of neatly folded clothing and drawers.

At the end of every retail shift for six years, I was faced with either a mountain of jumbled up sweaters or an entire shop wall of Levi’s to fold perfectly. This mammoth task was repetitive but taught me how to fold any item of clothing like a professional.

Afterwards, I’d look at that enormous table full of hundreds of neatly folded sweaters in Zara – the same one that had just 60 minutes earlier been pure chaos – or my wall of crisp, perfectly folded jeans and feel a deep sense of satisfaction.