#capsule closet

[pyreofsunflowers]

Capsule Closet for People who love clothes

Hey, you. yeah you. Are you alarmed at the wasteful nature of the fashion industry? Do you feel like you never wear most of your clothes? Are you trying to downsize for college/moving out? Are you bored and re-organizing your closet at 2 in the morning? trying to buy less clothes to save money? yeah I bet you are, and I have a solution.

The Capsule Closet.

It's a pretty simple thing, Pinterest moms have been doing it forever now. Essentially, it's limiting your closet to a small, year-round collection of items in a similar pallet you can mix and match to create your outfits. It achieves this by giving you a 'limit' for how many of one particular item you should have in your closet at any given time.

But see, there's a slight problem - most capsule closets propose an extremely small numbers of clothes. I'm talking one pair of pants two shirts small. And see, that's not gonna work for all of us, and it certainly wouldn't have worked for me. So I came up with the perfect closet, not too small and not too big with plenty of room for customization to YOUR tastes.

Tops - 6 total short sleeve tops, 5 total tank tops, 10 total Long Sleeve Tops

5 Short Sleeved T-shirts 2 Button Up Blouses (I have one short and one long sleeve) 5 Tank Tops 2 Sweatshirts 2 Long Sleeve Tees 1 Hoodie 4 Sweaters

Bottoms - 7 total long bottoms. 4 total short bottoms.

2 pairs of Jeans 1 pair of corduroys 4 pairs of miscellaneous pants 1 skirt 3 pairs of shorts

Jackets and Dresses - 6 total dresses/one pieces. 9 total jackets

4 dresses 2 overalls 2 zip up hoodies 2 flannel jackets 1 Denim Jacket 4 miscellaneous jackets

Sleepwear - 6 tops, 5 bottoms

2 sets of Pajamas 3 Lounge Tees 3 Sweatpants 2 Tank Tops 1 Sweatshirt 2 Shorts

Never forget that this list is totally customizable! Hate overalls? Add them to the dress count! Don't wear dresses? Add 2 more sets of tops and bottoms to your line up or cut it out entirely! Don't live in a cold climate? well don'ts buy 4 sweaters, buy 4 more tank tops or t-shirts!

[coffeeharvest]

[millaymary]

(via Fall Style Favorites | Millay Blog)

[life-in-marigold]

Capsule closet colours

Autumn–winter palette

Spring–summer palette

Screw monochromatic, I like me some colour.

[zoui]

XZOUIX “hangin’ soon in your wardrobes”

[cacaolat-blog1]

Victorian Maiden capsule wardrobe

[gingerlibrum]

i broke the dryer

There are a few reasons I decided to become a minimalist. The first, as a mentioned in a previous post, was books. The second reason:  I broke the dryer. Yes, I had so much clothes that I actually broke the dryer. I didn’t try to wash them all at once, in fact I wasn’t the one to was them at all. After I wore them they sat in a laundry basket. Anytime I needed clothes I just washed what I needed for the next week or so. Well, one day while I was at work, my mom decided to go into my room (which was a mess) and do my laundry for me. It was, I think, three loads of laundry and after that, my mom had to put my clothes outside to dry. Yes, it is embarrassing to say that at twenty years old my mom did my laundry for me. So embarrassing! So, what did I do? I got a trash bag and started putting clothes in there to donate.

I was keeping clothes I didn’t wear, clothes that didn’t fit, clothes I didn’t like. I had about ten dresses I bought but never wore because I’m an introvert and hardly ever leave my house except for work or school. As for the shoes, I was just collecting them. I had like ten pairs of shoes and only alternated between two of them. In the end, it was three trash bags I ended up filling up with clothes, shoes, and even jewelry. 

So, in a way, the dryer breaking was a kind of a wake up call. As of right now, I’m trying to start a capsule closet. I’m still doing the research into it but the basic premise is to get 25-30 articles of clothing that can be worn for every day and formal use. I’ve been trying to figure out a color pallet that works for me as well as the articles of clothing I would get more use out of and be more likely to wear . 

Some people like having a lot of clothes. That’s awesome, it’s who you are. I’m not telling you to change that about yourself. Minimalism is all about keeping what you use and love and getting rid of what you don’t need or like. So if you like clothes, keep buying clothes. But, if you have a lot of clothes and you don’t wear them or they don’t fit you, then what’s the point of keeping them?

[10mintominimalist]

Clothes

I’ve long been intrigued by the concept of a Capsule Wardrobe.  I don’t know that I have the patience to put one together, and I like some things that are a little too funky to work with it.  Regardless of either of these things though, I’ve felt for a long time that my wardrobe didn’t have a sense of style -- I just wear jeans and T-shirts.  I’ve been saying for years that I need to re-vamp my wardrobe, but I never do it, because I have perfectly good clothes, and my closet is full enough.  Last night, I thought, maybe the first step to re-vamping my wardrobe, is to strip it down to bare bones.  I filled an entire small filing box with t-shirts.  Since I live in the Pacific Northwest, most of my clothes are pretty all-season -- it’s just a matter of whether you layer other things over them.  So, I’m going to go through my closet and reduce it to the following: 1. Enough tops that I can wear one each day of the week to work, and not have a repeat day.  I already own just one pair of slacks that I wear every day, and I don’t think anyone notices or cares. 2. Enough t-shirts that I have one for each day of the week. Absolutely no more than 9.  3. Workout Clothes -- I aim to work out three times a week, so in order not to do laundry more than once a week that means 3 workout shirts, 3 sports bras, 3 pairs of workout pants.  Everything else should go. 4. Pajamas.  ...Perhaps a bit TMI but more often than not, I sleep in my underwear.  I should reduce my Pajamas to 2 sets of Cold Weather, 1 set of moderate weather, and 2 night shirts.   5. Jackets - I should reduce my coat collection to 1 winter coat, one medium jacket, and 2 hoodies, maximum. 6. I should clean out my UnderThings -- I have an over abundance of underwear and many socks I don’t wear.  I have previously considered replacing all of my socks with just the exact same pair in multiples so that matching them in the laundry would be easier.  7. Shoes.  I have way more shoes than I need.  I already stripped down quite a few, but I could do more.  I should reduce my collection to 1 pair of sandals, 1 pair of flip flops, 2 pairs of work shoes, and 1 pair of running shoes. 

I tend to wear a lot of the same stuff over and over, so I don’t think this will end up being much of a loss, in the long run.  Guess we’ll find out!