Next to the silhouettes and textures you choose, the colours of your wardrobe and how you mix them are one of the most defining features of your own personal style. In previous posts I’ve talked a lot about finding the right distribution of all the different elements that make up your wardrobe, but I feel [...]
Categories: Wardrobe Building
As soon as I hit publish on my Method Dressing post, I knew I wanted to show you what the different approaches for building outfits could look like ‘in the flesh’. So, to illustrate the first technique, the modular approach, I picked six items from my spring capsule wardrobe (three tops and three bottoms) and [...]
Categories: My Personal Style, Wardrobe Building
How do you build your outfits in the morning? Your initial reaction might be: “Well, I just pick a few items I feel like wearing and hope they look good together”, but just as for any other everyday activity, like brushing your teeth or making coffee, overtime you are likely to have developed a relatively [...]
Categories: Wardrobe Building
This post is for all you busy spring cleaners out there! Use the chart to help you assess your clothes and facilitate your decision-making process. If you are in the mood for a complete wardrobe detox, check out this post. Happy editing!
Categories: Wardrobe Building
Ever had a “bad wardrobe day”? When the contents of your closet just make you yawn and nothing you put on looks right? If you have had this feeling for a while, your wardrobe is a good candidate for a deep treatment (click here to read my 10 Step Wardrobe Revamp post). But if your [...]
Categories: Wardrobe Building
Let’s talk about capsule wardrobes! First, a quick recap: The idea of building a capsule wardrobe is to curate a small selection of items that form the backbone of your wardrobe. Ideally it should consist of about 20 to 30 key pieces and basics that are tailored to your lifestyle and express the essence of [...]
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A while back a nice girl called Sadie sent me an email with a good question: “I want to refine my style and I’ve already created a huge mood board with all the things I like on pinterest. Now what?” Mood boards are a great tool for getting all of your abstract ideas out of [...]
Categories: Wardrobe Building
Even the most well-curated wardrobe becomes useless if you are going to store it crumpled in your bedroom corner or, equally bad, in a ‘one size fits all’ standard closet. Apart from the obvious, housing your clothes and keeping them in a good condition, the perfect wardrobe organization system can also do wonders for your [...]
Categories: Wardrobe Building
If your wardrobe is in dire need of some extra TLC, use this 10-step revamp guide to nurse it back to life! Combat extreme boredom with the majority of your clothes and get one step closer to ‘closet heaven’ which is what I call the state when every single item in your closet reflects your [...]
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Building the perfect wardrobe is not something you can check off your to-do list; it is a process that requires continual inspiration, maintenance and little tweaks every now and then. Seasonal turnovers are the ideal time to reasses your wardrobe, get it ready for the upcoming season and update your capsule wardrobe. Fortunately, the fashion [...]
Categories: Wardrobe Building