December 08, 2015
Is a Capsule Wardrobe in my future?
I'll be honest, I watch a lot of You Tube. Whether it's hauls, unboxings, fashion shows, monthly favorites or makeup tutorials, most nights that's what I watch. Lately, I've come across a whole bunch of channels featuring videos on new to me subject matters that have piqued my interest. Minimalism, frugal lifestyles, de cluttering and how to build a capsule wardrobe. I am interested because I am none of these things, I am interested because I want to have more money, time and simplicity in my life in 2016, I am interested because I need a new challenge.
First of all what is a capsule wardrobe and what purpose does it serve? It is a seasonal wardrobe made up of a limited amount of items chosen to be worn interchangeabley in more frequent intervals than the average wardrobe. These are your favorite things to wear, the capsule is comprised of more high quality pieces that will last, the créme de la créme if you will. The purpose of having a small season appropriate wardrobe is to allow for a more simplistic approach to dressing, less options but items that you'll want to keep wearing and quality that can stand up to the extra washing and drying. Also, having pieces that can go with anything means you have all sorts of ways to make different outfits from 32-36 items of clothing and accessories. Why do I like this idea? I kind of do this without meaning to, I mean don't we all wear mostly our favorite items over and over? But I like the challenge of buying less clothing over the course of the year but investing in more strategic pieces that are more classic and minimalist. I'll tell you another reason, whether I'm home with the kids or running errands I want to look nice and be comfortable but I don't have the time to put together elaborate outfits so the less stuff for me to look through in my closet each morning the better.
Which leads me into the minimalist lifestyle and purging our houses of all the clutter we don't need. This concept is becoming exceedingly appealing to me, especially since there are now four of us in our household, that means more toys, laundry, paper clutter another junk we don't need. I feel like I am forever moving stuff from one holding location to another and this leaves the house looking messy and me feeling irritated. So I plan to investigate ways to adopt a more minimalist approach to my life specifically my wardrobe, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom and I believe that in order to maintain minimalism I will have to be much mote discerning when it comes to buying things ( one of my admitted shortcomings) this should in turn hopefully foster a more frugal approach to my my spending habits. If I can save the money that I would otherwise (as my late grandmother would put it) fritter away on junk I don't need, then I should be able to have a good chunk saved for our future. The one area of frugality in my spending that I have adopted is price matching which is working well but I find that I am buying more than we need because it's on sale or a better price, which makes sense from a stock-piling perspective.
I have included below some websites and channels that focus on what I have written about above in case you wish to investigate further. I will also be featuring some sets on a capsule wardrobe from Monday to Sunday including outerwear, so stay tuned and let me know what you think!
Thanks for reading!
Erin
Melissa Alexandria
The Minimalists
Caroline - Un-Fancy
Pretty Frugal Living
Mrs. January
First of all what is a capsule wardrobe and what purpose does it serve? It is a seasonal wardrobe made up of a limited amount of items chosen to be worn interchangeabley in more frequent intervals than the average wardrobe. These are your favorite things to wear, the capsule is comprised of more high quality pieces that will last, the créme de la créme if you will. The purpose of having a small season appropriate wardrobe is to allow for a more simplistic approach to dressing, less options but items that you'll want to keep wearing and quality that can stand up to the extra washing and drying. Also, having pieces that can go with anything means you have all sorts of ways to make different outfits from 32-36 items of clothing and accessories. Why do I like this idea? I kind of do this without meaning to, I mean don't we all wear mostly our favorite items over and over? But I like the challenge of buying less clothing over the course of the year but investing in more strategic pieces that are more classic and minimalist. I'll tell you another reason, whether I'm home with the kids or running errands I want to look nice and be comfortable but I don't have the time to put together elaborate outfits so the less stuff for me to look through in my closet each morning the better.
Which leads me into the minimalist lifestyle and purging our houses of all the clutter we don't need. This concept is becoming exceedingly appealing to me, especially since there are now four of us in our household, that means more toys, laundry, paper clutter another junk we don't need. I feel like I am forever moving stuff from one holding location to another and this leaves the house looking messy and me feeling irritated. So I plan to investigate ways to adopt a more minimalist approach to my life specifically my wardrobe, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom and I believe that in order to maintain minimalism I will have to be much mote discerning when it comes to buying things ( one of my admitted shortcomings) this should in turn hopefully foster a more frugal approach to my my spending habits. If I can save the money that I would otherwise (as my late grandmother would put it) fritter away on junk I don't need, then I should be able to have a good chunk saved for our future. The one area of frugality in my spending that I have adopted is price matching which is working well but I find that I am buying more than we need because it's on sale or a better price, which makes sense from a stock-piling perspective.
I have included below some websites and channels that focus on what I have written about above in case you wish to investigate further. I will also be featuring some sets on a capsule wardrobe from Monday to Sunday including outerwear, so stay tuned and let me know what you think!
Thanks for reading!
Erin
Melissa Alexandria
The Minimalists
Caroline - Un-Fancy
Pretty Frugal Living
Mrs. January
December 04, 2015
Fashion is Peace
It's been awhile since I've written a full blog post article, but I just had a baby in April, I have a crazy three year old and I just got married in October so sufficed to say I've been a bit preoccupied. As luck may have it, tonight both kids are asleep (for now) and I am sitting in sweatpants and a Christmas sweater on my couch surfing social media and I decide to randomly check my blog (I'm such a bad blog mama) so I do and I see that I had over 1,500 views last month and I am blown away. I know that that's probably not a lot for most fashion blogs, in fact if I think about it most of them can probably pull in that many sets of eyes in an hour but for me that seems pretty amazing given that I've only had the time to do a few outfit sets a week.
Well tonight I am inspired to write, not just about that but about the diversity of the places that my readers are from; Russia, US, Canada, Italy, China and the list goes on. This is amazing and when I saw this on the little map that Blogger gives you I thought, wow with all the political, war, religious bs that's going on these days fashion brings people together. Not only fashion, there's food too and tea and coffee, those are things that people around the world can agree that we love so it warms my heart to think that I help provide a little piece of positivity to this world even if not everyone likes my style choices.
As we approach Christmas, Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice and Kwanza, I always try to be thankful for all the good things in my life, my husband, my girls, my family and friends, my job, my house and my health. This blog is one of the things that I am thankful for and also the readers because without people to read and view my work I would have no purpose to create it. I hope to do more as my children get older, to continue to be inspired and driven by my love for all things fashion and to inspire others to grow and cultivate their love for it as well. The other thing I am mindful of are the people in the world whose lives are in turmoil for reasons beyond their control, who are unable to find solace in something as trivial as fashion. I sincerely wish each and every person who reads this a happy, healthy and safe holiday season, Merry Christmas!
Sincerely
Fashion.Mama.Aquarius.
Well tonight I am inspired to write, not just about that but about the diversity of the places that my readers are from; Russia, US, Canada, Italy, China and the list goes on. This is amazing and when I saw this on the little map that Blogger gives you I thought, wow with all the political, war, religious bs that's going on these days fashion brings people together. Not only fashion, there's food too and tea and coffee, those are things that people around the world can agree that we love so it warms my heart to think that I help provide a little piece of positivity to this world even if not everyone likes my style choices.
As we approach Christmas, Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice and Kwanza, I always try to be thankful for all the good things in my life, my husband, my girls, my family and friends, my job, my house and my health. This blog is one of the things that I am thankful for and also the readers because without people to read and view my work I would have no purpose to create it. I hope to do more as my children get older, to continue to be inspired and driven by my love for all things fashion and to inspire others to grow and cultivate their love for it as well. The other thing I am mindful of are the people in the world whose lives are in turmoil for reasons beyond their control, who are unable to find solace in something as trivial as fashion. I sincerely wish each and every person who reads this a happy, healthy and safe holiday season, Merry Christmas!
Sincerely
Fashion.Mama.Aquarius.
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