With the seasonal changeover, I�ve been enjoying playing around with my wardrobe. I love reading about others tiny wardrobes on their blogs (like Janet at The Gardener�s Cottage, Sarah at Chic Mummy and Jennifer at The Daily Connoisseur), and on websites such as Project 333 (which I linked to via Tracy�s lovely blog) and also TheVivienne Files.
However, when it comes to putting it all into practice, I chicken out. I go to my bedroom with grand plans, open the doors and then think �oh, I don�t have that much� and close the doors again. But over the past little while I�ve donated quite a bit of my wardrobe as well as down-graded going out clothing to home clothing, so having a small wardrobe is not such a far-away dream.
Inspired by Project 333, I put my winter clothing on my bed, looked at colours together and made up some new outfits. I then put the hangers back into my wardrobe having weeded out �too summery, slightly too tight, the colour doesn�t go with this collection, etc�. Those things went further along our really long clothing rail. Our master bedroom is blessed with a triple door wardrobe which has extra railing beyond that even (behind the ensuite wall).
If you�re not familiar with Project 333, the central premise is to choose a selection of 33 garments from your wardrobe to wear for the next three months, and put everything else away in another room, or a suitcase etc. You would potentially learn to put together a capsule wardrobe to get maximum possibilities out of your 33 pieces, and also refine your personal style.
In my �winter capsule wardrobe� I now have about 20 hanging garments, half a dozen folded items and maybe 5-6 pairs of winter shoes/boots, two belts and a handful of scarves so I�m pretty happy with that effort.
My focus is on identifying what it is that I do on a daily basis, what would be the ideal clothes to wear doing those things whilst also looking the way I want to look. Basically being realistic about what I like to wear.
I always feel so good in very simple outfits with not too much frou frou. I like a colour with a neutral (such as denim and black, beige and light green, charcoal and light pink, etc). I can very easily be over frou froued since I always wear makeup and jewellery, so wearing simple clothing styles balances that out.
Looking at my clothing and sorting through things gave me two thoughts:
1. I don�t want to buy cheap clothing in the future. I�d rather go without and save for something good.
2. When I do go shopping, I will be very picky and the item will go with lots of other things in my wardrobe.
Both are classic French Girl aren�t they? I thought it was funny that those two ideas popped into my mind. You can read and read and read about something, but when you experience it yourself, that�s when it finally sinks in.