Do you have the closet full but do not know what to wear in the morning? Take a look in your wardrobe ... Do the clothes respond to your current lifestyle and your needs? Do you feel good about them? If the answer is no, discover with us the keys to a minimalist wardrobe and face the challenge of creating your own.
In the same way that the clothes you wear reflect how you feel, your wardrobe reflects your own inner order. Create a capsule wardrobe, a set of limited and easy to combine garments that make it easier for you to get dressed every day, will put order in your life, not only in your closet! Don't you know how to do it? We tell you all the keys to achieve it.
What is a capsule wardrobe?
A capsule wardrobe is a limited set of garments according to your lifestyle and needs that are used for a period of time and that help us to simplify our lives. The important thing is not so much the number of garments, as that these are versatile and reflect who you are in each moment of your life.
20, 33 or 40 garments? Susie Faux, who owns a London boutique called Wardrobe, was the one who used this term for the first time. According to her, a capsule wardrobe is a selection of basic garments that never go out of style and that we can then 'elevate' with pieces that are closer to trends. Susie was not talking about a specific number of garments, but Saray Martin de Dansvogue did, who in her book "The Capsule Wardrobe Method" recommends a number between 33 and 40 garments per season (or spring / summer and autumn / winter season ). A figure that includes all types of clothing (except for sleeping and sports), shoes and accessories.
In a capsule wardrobe, therefore, those clothes that you don't wear because you don't like them or you are convinced how they fit you disappear. You put your focus on what is truly you like and need. You forget about compulsive and emotional purchases and welcome others that are more conscious and sustainable. Are those the advantages of a capsule wardrobe? They are just a few but there are many more.
Advantages of the capsule wardrobe
- In your wardrobe you will only have clothes that make you feel good.
- It will be more easy to combine your clothes, being able to create more sets with less.
- The process will help you define your personal style.
- You will forget about compulsive shopping and you will reduce your impact on the environment.
- By reducing your purchases, you can invest in better quality garments.
- You will have a more tidy closet.
Keys to creating a capsule wardrobe
A capsule wardrobe is neither created overnight nor is it final. To know our style and to know what garments we like and favor us, it is necessary to experiment. It is also necessary that this conform to our life style and current needs and these, change over the years or even from one day to another. Don't be in a rush and enjoy the process.
Analyze your style and define your color palette
Take a look at the clothes you have in your closet. What does it say about you? Our wardrobe must be coherent with our life and with the different roles that we assume in it. Think about what these are, the importance of each of them in your life and reflect them in a notebook.
¿What colors stand out in your closet? Think about which colors you use frequently, which of them make you happy ... The different ebooks we have read about creating capsule cabinets agree on the importance of creating a color palette made up of main colors, complementary colors and accents.
The main colors They should be those that you like the most and that it is easier for you to integrate into your outfits. Choose three main colors and complete your palette with two complementary colors that combine with the previous ones. Reserve accent colors to create small nuances of color through accessories or special garments.
Empty your closet
Take all your clothes out of the closet, yes, all! We are not aware of the clothes we have until we see them outside the closet. Do a general count and analyze your garments one by one. Ask yourself about each of them: do I like it? Does it suit me? Is it consistent with my lifestyle?
Discard anything that you have not worn in 3 months and put it in a box that says "to throw away or donate." Do the same with clothes that you do not like, do not feel good and do not reflect your style. Keep only the clothes that you are really going to wear or need.
Do an exercise in creativity and create a collection of outfits with those garments that you want to return to your wardrobe. It will help you make a list of the clothes that you think are missing and need. Be careful, having the list does not mean that you have to buy them now.
Commit to wearing 30-40 items
Pick 30-40 items and commit to dressing every day during three months using only these. Don't buy anything! After a few months you will be more aware of what works, what does not and what you need. The process is not easy but it will help you get to know yourself better.
Buy consciously
Compulsive shopping is over. The process of creating a capsule wardrobe will lead you to a greater knowledge of yourself. You will no longer be satisfied with buying clothes for the simple fact that "they are good" or "they are cheap." You will be a lot more critical in your choices because you will know what you need, what feels good and what you like
The creation of a capsule wardrobe contributes to our purchases being more conscious. We begin to care more about the garment quality that we acquire, the fabrics used to make them, as well as the way they have been manufactured.
"If one garment goes in, another comes out" Once we achieve a collection of garments according to our lifestyle and with which we feel comfortable, that is the basic rule of every capsule wardrobe.
Do you dare to create a capsule wardrobe? We cannot say that it is an easy process but it will be very rewarding.