I’m so excited to share my autumn capsule wardrobe with you today!
Creating a capsule wardrobe has saved me time and money, simplified my closet (so every single item in my closet fits me and is something I am excited to wear) and, best of all, now that I have completed my capsule for the season I am ready to focus on other goals.
How I Define a Capsule Wardrobe
I define a capsule wardrobe as preparing your closet for the coming season, and then wearing those items for the full season. A lot of people do it by creating a minimal wardrobe (sometimes with a set number of pieces) and making sure everything matches so you can mix and match.
I find this appealing, but too limiting, so I don’t limit the number of pieces. I also don’t limit myself to strictly neutrals. I believe that to get the most out of your experience, you need to tailor your rules to your lifestyle and goals!
Why is a Capsule Valuable?
There are many different motivations for creating a capsule! One benefit is saving money. You can even create a capsule using only things you already own if you want. I always end up saving money by planning and sticking to a capsule, but it is not my main motivation.
Another benefit is saving time. This is my key motivation. I tend to get in a bad habit of online shopping way too much. It’s a huge waste of time! So for me I love to do this because I spend a lot of time on it for a few weeks and then I don’t really have to think about clothing for a full season.
My Capsule Wardrobe Rules:
My rules are simple! Create a closet for the coming season with ONLY items that fit me that I will wear, and that make me feel happy or confident (preferably both, lol) when I am wearing them.
Sentimental items (wedding shoes, funny clothes from high school and a dress from a first date) cannot stay in the closet unless I plan to wear them this season.
Clothes that don’t fit need to be tailored, donated or sold. Clothes that have a negative memory attached to them must go. Clothes that I am only keeping because of guilt (money spent, they were a gift, didn’t wear them much) also have to go.
Like I said above, I don’t limit my capsule to a set number of items. I don’t have any purpose or desire to get rid of all my clothing except for 40 items. So if I end up with 100 items, great—I don’t care. As long as I will wear them all, they can stay.
My Goals:
My goals are to simplify my process of getting dressed. I used to keep SO many clothes that didn’t fit me (either too small and I was justifying them as “goal clothes” or they needed alterations that I hadn’t gotten around to).
This is fine, but when your closet is FULL of clothes like this it makes getting dressed each day super annoying and discouraging. When your closet only has clothing that fits and that you like to wear, getting dressed is quicker and more fun.
My other goal is to save time. I love shopping, but shopping every night (online) is a waste of time. When I get all my shopping done for the season, it is so nice to free up all that time and use it for more important goals and passion projects in my life.
Click here to download my capsule planning sheet. Use this sheet to figure out what you already have to wear this season and what you would like to purchase.
Here are the items that made it into my capsule this year! There are also some items in my closet still left over from previous seasons (that I still wear and love!), but these are the bare essentials.
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OK! I hope this post inspires some of you to create your own capsule in some form or another.
Here’s a bit of reading material that I loved if you want to learn more about this subject:
The Curated Closet and The Curated Closet Workbook – This book is SO GOOD. I am currently reading it for the second time. It has a lot of homework that helped me to figure out my closet “issues.” I highly recommend both of these!
The other book I would recommend if you just need help cleaning out your closet is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I tend to get a lot of mental blocks when cleaning out where I just feel like I can’t get rid of stuff, and the things I learned from this book always help me to keep making those decisions.
I’d love to chat in the comments if you have any questions or thoughts about planning an autumn capsule! xx – Elsie
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