Capsule Wardrobe that's NOT boring: is it possible?
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Where the featured clothes are originally from, in order of how they appear in the clothes inventory:
- Spotty leopard wrap dress: & Other Stories
- Wonky Veg Dress: Gung Ho Clothing
- Pink & Blue Veg dress: Gung Ho Clothing
- Pink & Purple jumper: & Other Stories
- Velvety blue jumper: Urban Outfitters
- Blue & Red jumper: & Other Stories
- Black polo neck: Know The Origin
- Purple polo neck: Unlabelled, sorry :(
- Stripy top: Milk It
- Witchy long top: & Other Stories
- Wrap silk top/body: ASOS Plus
- Brown button top: Primark
- Leather top: Zara
- Black ruffle collar top: & Other Stories
- Sound of Music t-shirt: someone’s local am dram production, from depot
- Red t-shirt: Florence Given
- Yellow t-shirt: H&M
- Faces jumpsuit: Monki
- Sunflower dungarees: Lucy & Yak
- Black dungarees: Dorothy Perkins
- Rainbow dungarees: Lucy & Yak
- Black shirt: unlabelled, sorry :( found in a charity shop and looks homemade?!
- Rainbow stripe skirt: JOY
- Sequin skirt: Primark
- Brown skirt: Zara
- Tartan skirt: Vivien of Holloway
- Leather skirt: New Look
- Leopard print trousers: H&M
- Green jeans: Lucy & Yak
- Turquoise jeans: Lucy & Yak
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As someone that got a minor in math that I never use, here goes:
If you have 152 items of clothes, I'm gonna make it super easy and say you have 50 dresses/jumpsuits/single pieces (seems high but whatever), 52 tops, and 50 bottoms. You can either wear a single-piece outfit or one top and one bottom, so the options are:
50 one-piece
52 tops * 50 bottoms (assuming that every top goes with every bottom)
which would be 50 + 52*50 = 2650
obviously every top does not go with every bottom, so if we're going with the idea that every top matches with on average 3 bottoms, then it would be
50 + 52 * 3 = 206, which would be repeating every outfit 1.77 times
So there you go if anyone actually cares lol
I was about to do a similar example
Thank you!!!
@@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195 haha I guess it's a pretty Ravenclaw move! :)
@@AmyMarks no problem!!
BLESS YOU
Leena: "you would have to have a really rubbish piece of clothing if it went with only two other things you owned"
Me: *starts sweating*
lol, +1
I felt so attacked
I think it depends on your circumstances. I work in a really cold environment right now and consequently own two or three really thick wooly jumpers that I can only wear with trousers. They are too chunky to wear with skirts or over dresses and look good. They are also way too thick to tuck into anything and not look super bulky and weird. But they literally save my life all the time because I’d be freezing without them. So relax, it’s all very personal to you, anyway.
@@estherurwin3487 yes, that's all very true as well. As someone who lives in a very humid but also windy area, I understand.
Me and my rainbow cropped puffer jacket 👀👀👀
70 items makes me wonder at what point it stops being capsule and just becomes...a wardrobe?
That seems to be the unanswered and unanswerable questions when it comes to clothes and TH-cam’s videos about them
I think the differentiation is that the pieces can all be mixed and matched together for maximum wear
For me it's about planning your wardrobe instead of always just shopping for new clothes. It's the mindfulness of what you already own and how you wear it, so that you can buy pieces you'll get a lot of wear from.
@@geniej2378 I agree, I’ve always shopped like that. But then that’s not ‘capsule’. I think that terminology refers to packing the tiniest amount of items for the maximum combinations, so probably wouldn’t include a lot of dresses etc (which I lurve). When Lena mentioned seeing people online creating ‘capsules’ of 70+ pieces...that just seems like dilution of the point really.
@@velmavlogs7693 For some people it is a capsule! If you were to buy the latest trends every year you end up with hundreds of pieces and because they're fast fashion, they start looking worn and don't go with this year's latest trends. Going from 300+ pieces down to 70 can be a capsule.
It also highly depends if you count work out clothes, if you have a work wardrobe which doesn't overlap with your casual wardrobe, if you live with 1, 2 or 4 seasons of weather, etc..
That math problem threw me back to being very confused about choosing between combination vs permutation formulas lmao.
For me (as probably for most people) it’s very easy to dress for casual, everyday stuff, but so much harder to find decent things to wear to events or special occasions. I’ve felt chronically underdressed so many times in the past few years - mainly because my boyfriend used to have lots of fancy work events to attend and I was his plus one. Maybe I just need a few go-to, versatile “event” outfits. Orrr maybe I just need to let go of the idea that I always have to wear something new and fresh bc honestly I bet nobody notices what I’m wearing at these events anyway. Rant over hahaha
Yesss permutations and combinations!! I was slightly bothered she didn't use the formulas, but that's just a maths nerd thing
Oh for one off occasions you can rent a nice dress or buy a silky top and pair it with dress pants and it's instantly put together!
a range of skirts helps
I've combatted that with being slightly more dressed up daily (or at least back in the 'normal' times) and that really made me wear my dressier clothes way more. I also like the idea of being overdressed rather than underdressed so therefore I think I've developed a good balance. However, this doesn't really work if it's like a ball gown obviously, but I've never owned one of those lol
Capsule wardrobe is really for different areas of life. one is for every day work etc, one is for special occasions - and yes i have been wearing the same dress for five years now every winter work party, i wear it once a year always get lots of compliments
No one remembers what we wore months ago, only we do
I am a spatial designer (not fashion) and one day I just decided "You know what, if my outfit completely mismatches; FCK IT. I am the designer and I decide what works." I reckon this attitude also works if you're not a designer.
I have now reached the "FCK IT. I decide what works" stage as well. I'll be 40 this year and I've decided I don't care about what's "appropriate" or what you "should/shouldn't wear at your age", I just wear whatever I like. So liberating! Bring on the 60s/70s, hippie, vintage, witchy with a dash of dark academia vibe... :)
I'm a visual artist and channel that same energy for my wild colorful eccentric style! Can't argue with creatives on what works...lol
"im an incredibly fun person... But I don't have to prove that to you" I think might be the most accurate explanation of me that I have ever considered.
YES! ahhhhhhh I hate this trend of having loads of boring clothes that "go with everything". Like yes, you can theoretically make 1000 outfits with 30 pieces, but they're all EXACTLY the same.
So true, if you make 1000 outfits that all look the same than what is the point? I would rather have 10 outfits that look different and have interesting colour combinations then 100 outfits that all look alike.
Yes! I recently had a video in my recommendations with a title something like: "How I create interesting/individual outfits", made by one of those neutral color capsule wardrobe channels. Needless to say, I did not notice anything interesting or individual about any of the shown outfits. Everything boring and looking like the next person on the street.
It is perfectly fine to like neutrals and basic pieces but then don't pretend as if that's sooo individual. 😂
I think having a capsule of base stuff which goes with >80% is a good idea. But everything going with everything can completely be boring.
Yes!! The colourful, non-beige capsule wardrobe we all needed in our lives! 🙌 Top tier work as always Leena 🌈🌻
FANKYOUUU!
I was always disappointed by by how bland capsules wardrobes were. Thank you for showing me that of course a plain colorful top is just as versatile as a beige one. 👏
Thank youuu for showing us you don't have to be skinny, long-legged and a lover of beige to do a capsule wardrobe! (I'm not saying being those things is wrong, but the only people you see doing capsule wardrobe seem to be the same type of person). I have an inordinate amount of black clothes in my wardrobe, so I shouldn't have a problem with doing this, but I haven't felt inspired to try until now.
I'm a muted-tones wardrobe kind of person but I love seeing other people's bright colourful outfits :)
Same same same!!
i completely agree!!! my favorite things are black tops, jeans, and brown shoes and i dont have very many colorful items. but i LOVE to see people with colorful wardrobes!!
leena why is maths happening I don't like it
you and me both!!!!
I think ‘maths happening’ is a lofty claim! 😂
@@velmavlogs7693I was rinsing my mouth after washing my teeth and then Leena's math started and I simply spat everything out in a fit of laughter. Got everything wet. 😅 Oh the love ❤️
LMAO
Ohh the brain pain !! haha
I think you have to keep in mind SEASONS!
90% of my daily fashion choices involve some thinking about the weather. For example, out of my 5 pairs of trousers, two of them are perfect for colder weather (under 10 °C), and one of them can only been worn if its warm (over 25 °C). The other 2 are best with in-between temperatures.
Still... I'm pretty sure I own less than 90 items of clothing, 151 sounds like A LOT to me.
Would be really curious to see a follow-up in whatever your hottest month is (August where I'm at) where you try this experiment again, but with the SAME CLOTHES! Just to get a feel for what adjustments would need to be made to the 30 core pieces if you did try to only wear them year round.
I find dressing in hot weather reeaally hard anyway, so this would be so interesting!
@@0ROX0ful oooooh I hate dressing up for hot weather! All the clothes I enjoy are for cold weather!!! Fortunately for me, I live in Canada so it’s cold most of the time, but in summer it gets reaaaally hot and then I don’t know what to do!
In summer in the U.K. it might be like, 5 degrees warmer so we just don't bring a jacket with us and that's pretty much it. Then we worry about whether we should have brought a jacket just in case.
@@juicysatsumabeauty I wish it was the same for me ._. In Canada, specifically where I live, it goes from -20C in winter to 30C (but feels like 38C) in summer. Which means we go from "how many layers is too much layers?" to "what's the best way to get rid of my skin cause I don't have any layers left on me"
@@MarcelaRivestL Is it really still like this with the climate going to shit? I remember the 2011 summer in Berlin being rainy and mostly around ~18 degrees. Now last summer was mostly ~25 with temps up to 40. Crazy to think about it, really..
YES. THANK YOU. I am also obsessed with color which has made watching virtually every other capsule wardrobe/wardrobe clean- out video out there completely unhelpful. It wouldn't make me remotely happy to live a life of black/white/beige, but of course for those that do, all of their items can be worn with all of their other items.
hahah same - I'm basically making what I need to watch myself 😂
This is why I liked megan ellaby's clearout. It was uploaded awhile back now but I love her style and the colours she wears.
If only a monochrome wardrobe meant that everything was matching! 99.9% of my wardrobe is black. The amount of times I put an outfit together that looked amazing in my mind only to find out that the clothing items’ different shades of black mismatch is so goddamn frustrating! 🙄
@@jadesimone8947 Ooh thanks! I'll go check it out
I think black looks awful with beige, actually. My minimalist wardrobe needs to be cotton-candy pink, lemonade pink, sky blue and palm green for spring and summer; deep red, navy, black, smoky gray and pine green for fall and winter. No beige ever.
The aesthetics and vibes here are IMMACULATE!! Honestly feel ‘may have cried into my coco-pops this morning but still glam’ in my soul 😅
So interesting to see a capsule wardrobe that isn’t beige!
Honestly I don't know why ‘may have cried into my coco-pops this morning but still glam’ is not a drop down menu option on all clothing websites
My current capsule wardrobe is clothes-that-are-not-in-the-wash. And summer clothes are packed away. 😂
LOVED this video. I'm obsessed with capsule wardrobes but am so sick of the same white t-shirt + mom jeans + beige trench coat TH-cam cliche. This was perfect, thank you.
Same I only occasionally wear such outfits I love PRINTS and colours!!!
I think about this sort of thing all the time. I wish every item in my wardrobe accumulated stats so I could see how many times I've worn each of them.
Since the start of this year, I actually made a note on my phone with all my items (apart from underwear/tights/socks etc) and I tally when I wear something! Definitely makes me want to shop less and wear some unloved items more. Of course I did not buy everything this year, but I had to start somewhere and it makes me happy to think that if it's already 5 years old, it's probably worn 5 times the number I tally this year and thus worn a lot :)
Yes, we almost need to attach safety pins or something to them not note it?! lol
I've been tracking everything I wear since July 2019 and it's SO VALUABLE. You'll be surprised at how often you wear some things and how infrequently you wear others. It's really helping me cut down my wardrobe! You don't have to write out all your items at first - just add them as you go and track the wears. I also track whether it has hit 30 wears and £1 per wear, because I'm a nerd. It's about to be March and March 1st would be an excellent time to start doing that, just saying!!
@@AmyMarks yeah you could definitely add it as you wear it- I like seeing everything listed, because otherwise it would be a short list haha. Now I can see what has no tally/number behind it and wear that instead of my already well-worn items. Just whatever your preference is IMO!
@@0ROX0ful Mine are all listed now because I've got a spreadsheet of absolutely everything I own - again, total nerd - but I always like to add the 'you don't have to list everything first!!' point because it is SO overwhelming for a lot of people to catalogue their wardrobe like that - I don't want to scare them off! 😂
Okay I need to know how you're folding/ tucking the skirts of dresses into trousers because this could be a game changer for me
I am also very confused about this
A lot of those trousers are Lucy and Yaks (Addison style, I think), which have fairly wide waists and hips, so plenty of space for tucking fabric away!
I am only 4 minutes in, but when calculating the wears, I think seasonality should be taken into account. I have only half of my jumpers available in my closet, because half of them are for winter time. 152 items, if they have to be worn with something else, should give 152/2=76 outfits, 365/76=4,8 or almost 5 times per year :-)
I am 100% not following the maths but I TRUST YOU 😂
@@leenanorms Plus, are they not counting things like socks and pants (underwear) in the 152 items list?
@@kahkah1986 I was thinking the same. 152 appear much less ist if you add maybe ten pairs of socks, a few tights, bras, knickers, etc. Now I'm wondering about shoes, sport clothes etc.
It's common for a capsule wardrobe to be 20 items + 10 winter items, 10 summer items and sportswear/work uniforms etc
you're operating under the assumption that each item of clothing can only be worn with one other item of clothing,
very interesting take on the capsule wardrobe! I have been researching the subject and was kind of thrown away because of the amount of beige they suggest... beige is my skin color and I don't appreciate walking around looking naked.
That pop down to tesco outfit is a slant rhyme if I've ever seen one
😂😂😂
Leena on maths "you get it." Me with dyscalculia, "no, no I really don't, send help!"
Your wardrobe is so exciting! I really need to clear out my wardrobe and get some stuff I actually love (and that fits)
I mean the maths was purely performative, I'm sure I'll be corrected/scolded in the commenst soon 😂😂😂 Glad you liked it x
yeah idk how much relevant math(s? english is my 2nd language so w/e) can be done when you dont have a good idea how many things go with other things. like yeah you can ballpark it as it was attempted here but ... not to shade u lol but idk how useful that would be to anyone. excluding people who really have a Uniform or strict rules of what goes with what. also I have multiples of one (so identical copies of an item - leggings). do you count that in the math(s)? 😀
so hereis my view as amaths student ofwhat Lena's idea was:
one bottom and one top are an outfit. it doesn't matter if you choose the top first or the bottom first.
each piece goes with two more pieces so if you have 152 pieces, and each of them goes with two more pieces, she says that would be152 options for first piece and 2 for second piece. but since blue skirt with yellow shirt is the same outfit as yellow shirt with blueskirt, you counted that combination twice, so we have to divide by half. since we counted every outfit twice
ofc it is not that simple irl you will have some pieces that are an outift on their own (for example a summer dress) and some that goes with ten pieces and some that goes with only two
@Scarlet Baxter yes, this was definitely a simplistic view of it.
here is my example: i have 1 black pants, one blue-gray, three brown, one of the is gray-brown. i have ten t-shirts, 9 of them go with the black pants, so that is 9 combos, two of them go with blue pants, so 11 combos, all of them go with brown pants, so 21 combo. then i have three skirts they all go with 8 t-shirts, so that is 24 combos.
and this is not even counting tights, dresses nor leggings. also i did not count pullovers or cardigans. and without that i already have 21+24 = 45 combinations for one or two seasons. one season is approximately 90 days, so if i wear every of 45 combos twice i am covered for 45 days. with 3 pants, 10 t-shirts, and 3 skirts.
I mean in the end, bottomline, i think that the message is (at least the point that i gathered) that we don't need that much clothes to begin with. i personally know i will not buy anything but outerwear or underwear for the next five yers - unless i gain over 10 inches in my circumference
Since started the challenge to make my own clothing this year this was a really helpful video. My mom actually called me out last night and asked “do you make any neutrals?” And all I have as an answer are jeans and a denim jacket. But at the end of the day I just want to make stuff that makes me happy. And if that mixes well with my current clothing that’s what matter.
Usually I do a three outfit rule. If I can’t imagine something in three separate outfits/occasions then I won’t make it/buy it
You are not alone with bottom neutrals tho😸 I have crazy rainbow 🌈 and tie dye tops and shits. My only neutrals are my jeans dark light wash and some khaki cord overalls. It works for me just fine. I want colors in my face and don't give a damn about my legs 🙃
Ool
I wish I didn't run so warm cause I couldn't do that "shirt over dress, pants over dress" thing without dying of heat stroke
The Stitchess here on TH-cam has really informative videos on figuring out your personal wardrobe essentials/basics and planning your wardrobe + other interesting (sustainable) fashion content. I found her videos super helpful because they actually focus on building a wardrobe that works for your needs and style instead of telling you 'these are the items you should have' :))
I really enjoy working with a seasonal wardrobe, because every few months when I take out my box of clothes it feels like I am shopping. I find items I had forgotten about and then get to wear them again. It also frees up space in my mind, when I don't have to take those items into account every time I look at my shelves/closet.
I don’t need math to tell me I have too many clothes 😂
Some of these pieces may not be me ...but they are definitely YOU and THAT integrity shone through more than anything, which also left an awesome uplifted impression. This taught me how to actually do a more realistic capsule. Thank you- - very inspiring!!
Leena you're one of the smartest and interesting creators on TH-cam right now, really loving your videos and also your recent growth on the channel! X
Aw thank you BLUSHES
i always feel inspired/empowered to make changes in my life when i watch your videos. i’m very much a “jeans and tshirt” kinda person, largely down to being a larger lady stuck in that mid-20s-body-hating mindset and i am also an extreme hoarder when it comes to old clothes (especially ones that don’t fit any more but “maybe they will if i lose weight!!!” yes that sort of toxic mindset). tl;dr- i think it’s about time i reopened my depop account and spent the weekend filtering and saying goodbye to past loves. small steps to a more sustainable future, and maybe i’ll find a way to inspire myself to be braver with items i already own
I love 'shopping in my wardrobe' and putting together items that I've never worn together. Can't wait for the weather to be warmer I've got loads of summer outfits I want to wear
I used to have a very colourful 50 item wardrobe ( including 9 shoes...) And still found it was too much. I'm currently changing size so hopefully when I settle on a size I will thrift a 25 piece pink and purple wardrobe of amazing perfect for me clothes!
pleeeeeeeeeeease film that declutter when you have your reckoning!! I love you and I love declutters and I wanna watch it!!!!
Love the colourful capsule!! Also, as a dancer (well, was...! 🙄) - if a skirt's not got the twirl factor, it does not deserve my body! 👎😆
You mentioned Tiffany Ferguson's video, which mentions Haute LeMode's videos, which is referencing other videos. I love this phenomenon! It really organically advances a conversation and brings forward a variety of voices and opinions. Great video!
when you were trying on the outfits i was like "omg leena looks so good in that... and that... and that... and that too" and came to the conclusion that you look great in everything
I think it's easy to put a colorful wardrobe together if the colors are similar in some respect. For you, your colors are mostly quite saturated with a few darker tones, nothing pastel or grayish, so they play together nicely. It's also possible to do along other dimensions, for instance a monochrome collection that was all different shades of blue would look sweet, or a complementary scheme that was all purples and yellows... or something based on primaries (yellow, red, blue)... basically, color theory is the answer. It can be done!
I'm playing with the idea of re-embracing the 4-7-year old me that used to pair different flower patterns together (20 years before it was trendy to do so!). Your wardrobe and unapologetic love of color and pattern is so inspiring! Love this. Also would love to see that hot-weather follow-up!
I'm from Brazil, and it's so interesting to see your wardrobe, how the climate and culture differences affect what we wear! And I just got a new wardrobe that is smaller than my last one, this video gave me inspiration to go through all my clothes this weekend and select the ones I really want and donate the rest. Cheers!
This was such a fun video! There's one thing that it seems no one talks about and that is having a capsule or small wardrobe. Not having a washer/dryer in-house. We'd have to go to the laundromat frequently if we wanted to have fewer clothes. And because we don't want to make the trip often to the laundromat we have a good amount of items, which by the end of a month we have worn all of. Especially socks. To want to look good, want to pare down, but not have a way of washing your clothes yourself on demand is a struggle.
i like how you corrected "less" to "fewer" in the captions. that was cute and I would probably do the same lolol
Living in a small space the items that take up most place in my wardrobe are outerwear and seasonal clothing and taking that into account in a capsule wardrobe makes it a lot tougher
There are so few people who are as passionate about colour and as disdainful towards neutrals as I am and this just makes me so happy!! I've been thinking about trying a capsule wardrobe as well and I think you've properly convinced me!! Can't wait to see you have more conversations about fashion
I lost a fair portion of my clothes after a break up so have had to start relatively from scratch this year. Realising now that I probably do only have a capsule size wardrobe but that works great for me! Love having my few staples that I go back to over and over!
yes! a capsule wardrobe for the lovers of color and bold patterns. Today is really grey where I am so extra thank you for this!
Haha okay, Statistician and fashion junkie here. Those calculations don't work, but that's okay! You would need to know the break down of jeans/trousers, tops, sweaters, etc and how long they could reasonably wear that item in a year. We definitely all have too many clothes, and I dislike that most sustainability-focused channels are devoted to a really neutral color palette because it turns off the colorful butterflies among us! I always felt a neutral/capsule wardrobe isn't for me because it's too restrictive and I couldn't let my freak flag fly. Of course that isn't true, and I'm focused on cutting back!
The music in this was:
0:03 - Retro Today by Alexandra Woodward
8:05 - Baby You Are Really Hurting Me by Aldenmark Niklasson
15:58 - A Great Big World by Christina Aguilera
I loved this. I have never done a capsle wardrobe because all of the videos had such BORING clothes. Everything I own has patterns and bright colors. The capusle wardrobe videos were the opposite of that. I don't own traditional staple pieces because I know I'd never wear it. Leopard print is absolutely a base print.
Whenever I watch videos about capsule wardrobes I remember that because I moved abroad a while ago and gave away most of my clothes, I do have a capsule wardrobe. And it's definitely colorful.
Leena, I really enjoyed watching this as someone who is allergic to neutrals! Your outfits really cheered me up, and you've inspired me to do something similar - currently trying to wear everything in my wardrobe at least once, to really separate what I love from what I don't. Love love love this video!
THIS IS THE CONTENT I NEED. Please make 1 million more fashion videos I love your approach so much. So much.
One line you said that now defines capsule wardrobe for me: old loves and a few things that renew interest in my old loves.
Leena you'd really love the youtuber A Small Wardrobe, I think. She has a gorgeous and interesting wardrobe that's really small. She has funky boots and lots of colour.
was thinking this !!! love A Small Wardrobe !!
Lots of colour? I think of her wardrobe as standard neutral minimalist..
Definitely neutral but statement pieces also, I think what we mean is that she doesn’t recommend the “standard minimalist wardrobe” because it doesn’t work for most
@@malloryfraser1015 that's true, she has some special pieces included. :)
....And also the concept of “unbuying“ instead of donating! I love a small wardrobe
This is like a version of "shop your stash" that i'm interested in doing, where you pull out something you already own (I was thinking of makeup, so an eyeshadow palette springs to mind) and conciously give it some use over a period of time instead of getting something new. Could be a pair of jeans that you keep out and wear a few times over the fortnight to give them some love rather than a whole wardrobe challenge. While hunting you might find some things to pass on to the charity shops if they aren't exciting without needing to actually declutter everything at once.
I love this idea. I mean it kind of makes sense. If you're only allowing yourself a few items (be it clothes, furniture, whatever), you want to get the "biggest bang for your buck". If you only have 30 clothing items, why not have every one make a statement?
lovely video. Love your style. I don't think you're the type of person who really needs a capsule wardrobe because you are so creative and have a sense for building outfits. I guess the people who build capsule wardrobes do so because they feel like they want to look effortlessly put together, and want curated pieces that make them feel that way. They aren't as creative in that department.
I was sure I'd be in love with your wardrobe but I ended up falling in love with your personality as well. you seem to be such a lovely human being. Keep on shining in all the colours of the rainbow 🌈🥰
I just went down a minimalism youtube hole so i needed this
On my year abroad at uni, I had a capsule wardrobe as I didn't want to cart more than one suitcase over with me, and I remember being really happy with what I had and getting rid of a couple of bits that I realised I didn't wear! Lately I've been channeling my feelings into buying sh*t I don't need but you've excited me to challenge myself and enjoy what I have!
I've been feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of clothes I have and the lack of desire to wear any of it. I think a seasonal capsule wardrobe, as you've presented it here, is a great solution! Living in the American Midwest where the winters are freezing and the summers are scorching, having one consistent wardrobe just wouldn't suit my needs. If I had a wardrobe for winter and a wardrobe for summer, mixing and matching between them for fall and spring, and stow one wardrobe away when the weather is wrong for it... Well that would just about solve it!
Yes girl! This is literally been my side mission since fall of 2018. You can't take my color! You can't take my patterns! But I also can acknowledge that I had too my things in my wardrobe, even if I am the kind of person who experiments a lot.
Also I think even when I was starting out, I didn't have a single item besides 1 pair of regular wash jeans that that would normally go in a capsule wardrobe.
Thank you so much for making this. People who speak up for this kind of wardrobe are like little lighthouses encouraging me to get back to the shore.
❤❤your vibe and answering this very important question 🤔 😅😅 no, seriously good one.. I believe《so the rumour goes》.. capsule wardrobe was coined over 40 years ago by a woman owning a shop in London and specifically brought/sold variety that went with each other...marketing a concept she called a capsule wardrobe. 😮 anyhoo, some top stylish looks and true delight. Isn't an experiment fun 🦸♀️😄.. so 👩❤️💋👩🫶💚🐨🌿
i only wear dresses and i have seasonal wardrobes. ~ 10 dresses per season, each season has "one of each type". more formal, more casual, more punkish, one of each colour, etc.
ive started abt 3 years ago and i love it bc 1) now i get to wear all my dresses multiple times and rlly enjoy them, 2) when i see that after one season, ive just not reached for one dress at all, i know its time for it to go. and then i treat myself to a new dress (so max 4 new items in a year, low on budget and low on pollution), and 3) each new season for me is like a whole new shopping bag full of new clothes and i never get bored of stuff ive had now for like 5+ years.
When I tried doing a capsule wardrobe I realized this isn’t for people without money, 5 play suits/dresses/one pieces, 5 tops, 5 bottoms and 3 shoes was more than my entire closet to begin with. I never thought about how questioning each purchase so extensively so I don’t waste money and only wearing black, white and grey affected my life.
It’s also benefited me a lot too, I made friends who also only wear black and was “invited” into the goth and metal side of being alt which is a big part of my life now. Plus I traveled a lot for work and being able to pack my entire closet into a carry on made life pretty easy.
I was really glad to find this video while trying to look into capsule wardrobes/more sustainable wardrobes. you're right that so many of them look soo boring and do not appeal to me
WOW the dungarees at 9:00 are NICE
I love this so much. It took me a year studying styling systems [Kibbe and Seasonal Color] so I could arrive at the same conclusion of this video: A capsule wardroble doesn't need to be all beiges and white t-shirts that make me look like a corpse [warm/olive skintone lol]. Now my wardrobe is basically 50% black and 50% dark rose color pallette meets 70s color pallette [plus a bit of purple and blue] in my favorite pieces: Form fitting/flared pants, romantic tops and cardigans, and I never been happier with my clothing, like, literally in my entire life. Personally I love color coordinating so a multicolored wardrobe like Leena's is def not for me but I love how she knows what she likes. Capsule wardrobes should be exactly that: Everything you love the most, destilled.
You are like a breath of fresh air! The amount of conscious decisions and your whole thought process is just so like a summer breeze! I’ve been struggling to find TH-cam channels that weren’t just bland, mundane conversations about purchases that everyone else has already made. Your whole being has so much heart and soul! Totally love your videos! 💕
In my later years of college I had a big cage I hid my two pet rats in stowed away in my closet space, so I couldn't use it for clothing at all. 😂 During my junior and senior year I stuck religiously to project 333 rules and only kept 33 items of clothing and shoes with me at a time (except I let myself have all my jewelry because it all fit in a little folding case.) I had the added challenge of attending a few classes in which I was expected to dress professionally. So I had to have professional looking clothes that didn't wrinkle easily because they had to be folded away in drawers rather than being hung in my closet space. I still managed to keep a pair of leopard print skinny jeans and a pastel tie-dye top in the mix. And it all worked out fine. I honestly wish I had maintained the nerve to down-size more.
The gung-ho dress with the green trousers is a gorgeous outfit!
The seasonal aspect of capsule wardrobes is the only thing I've really kept because I moved a lot and travelled with a 10kg rucksack for a while so I just don't own that many clothes, but putting some of the more summery stuff away in the winter and vis versa in the summer has been really great for that not getting bored with my clothes feeling. When I bring them out again I'm so excited to be reunited! Plus I had a tenancy to wear my clothes to threads and putting them away helps them last longer causs I'm not abusing them so much
8:33 you look AMAZING in the black scrunchy and ruffle blouse. Get it in all the colors.
one of the other issues of capsule wardrobes is that it implies that there is consistent weather. i NEED access to clothes for 10 C to 45 C this month because all of those temperatures can happen within March where i am. in july and august the temperature is from 5 to 18 C, which isn’t that much difference to a a very cold day in March or February (the hot months). i do LOVE that you show that this can be done with colours and patterns though instead of being boring
I tried so hard to have at least one plain white tee in my closet and I ended up dying it a really pretty brown last week because I never wore it 😆 hopefully I'll wear it now
My biggest struggle is that I work in a lab and live in Southern California. I always have to cover up for safety (so no skirts) but it’s also not cold enough for fun layering. My wardrobe has become very boring after a year of only work/home and weight gain.
Just got my second vaccine shot though so I feel like it’s time to brighten things up, love your style Leena
Aaaah, not even at half of the video but I needed to stop and tell you that I love love love your make up (especially the yellow shadow with the wing liner) * chef kiss *
Okay, back to the video now.
Leena, I'm sure you won't see this because you get so many comments but hopefully you will since this wasn't posted too long ago! I have been binge watching your videos every day for the last week and I just wanted to say that your videos have changed my life. I know you mentioned in the 40 before 40 video that you wanted to mentor a child by being permanently in their life and I totally feel like I have been mentored my you - so thank you so much for doing what you do! Also, I totally loved the video because in the last year or two I have gone from always wearing black, blue, and grey, to being totally colourful! Love your videos and keep doing what you're doing, I really really appreciate you 💜
Two observations!
- If you have a lot of plain coloured tops/pants, a rainbow or multicoloured piece is surprisingly versatile because it will go with EVERYTHING. I have a multicoloured floral skirt, and I also have a multicoloured floral shirt. The latter can go with any colour of cardy, the former can go with any colour of top. Highlight the colours that work for you! That floral skirt has a cream background but I look awful in cream so I wear it with navy, red, turquoise green, dark green - all colours that occur in the print
- these capsule wardrobe trends don't make as much sense when you factor in seasonality. Both Jobs and Paltrow live(d) in places without much of a winter, as far as I know. My city spans temperature ranges from above 40 c to below 0 c. I can't wear the same clothes all year round, so if I *did* do this I'd do a summer, a spring/autumn and a winter. I don't even wear cotton skirts with tights underneath in winter, I wear wool skirts because those cotton ones aren't going to be warm enough. My house is insulated more for the hot weather than the cold, it's comfortable inside even without aircon (unless there's a heatwave) but in winter you can heat it, but you still need to wear wool jumpers inside.
I have such identity issues when it comes to clothes so despite always wanting a more curated and sustainable closet, I'm never sure what I actually like versus what is marketed to me online. this leads to me never buying clothes or buying clothes and not wearing them when the trends get the best of me. Also, I have body dysmorphic issues which don't help with purchasing clothes in the right size and just knowing what I look like in clothes. Im really glad you make these kinds of videos though, they make me feel more validated in my confused minimalist aspirations!
I am a few minutes in and I just want you to know, that I got an ad for Tan France’s style Masterclass, where he said ‘The aim is to have a capsule wardrobe.’
i ve been looking for this for sooo looong. colorful capsule wardrobe yes ! it's like color doesn t exists in a minimalistic world.
wow, I never knew my wardrobe was actually a capsule wardrobe.... :p
I ended up with kinda a capsule wardrobe on accident (went home over the summer with one suitcase of clothes from uni abroad, hit the proverbial wall and never went back to said uni, 2/3 of my clothes are in storage abroad), and it's worked much better than I expected.
I had one suitcase of my favourite summer clothes and a few I'd left with my parents and my partner. Most of it was blue or grey, since that's what I liked to wear, but also a bit of purple and green. Since then (2 years ago) I've added on lots of seasonal pieces, outgrown about half I started with, and started favouring reds and pinks and yellows.
But I still don't have space for lots of clothes, so I try to keep to the kinda-capsule wardrobe. I only add garments I have need for, that replace a loved but outgrown piece, or that I have consedered getting for a couple months and felt excited wearing all along, and I can pair it with close to half of what I already have.
I get emotionally connected to clothes quite often, and I love them for their potential and keep them even though I don't wear them too much because of this. But being without most of them for this long has made me realise which clothes I really miss - and that's not at all many.
Once I get my things in storage shipped home to me, I have a big clothes clearout to do. I'd like to try and arrange a clothes-swap event in my community, but we'll see. Might just give them to a second hand store (but I am anxious they' d sort out and trash too many of the perfectly wearable pieces just because they are a little worn and boring in design).
"leopard print is a neutral" YESSSS
SO I live in a place that has kind of 4 seasons, but not really winter any more, but let's say we actually had winter, like with minus temperatures, and snow ... one season is around 90 days. if i had 30 outfits (which could be like 5 bottoms and 6 tops) i would only wear every outfit 3 times, which means in one month I would wear a different outfit every day.
I really like the concept of shopping my wardrobe, it has helped me a lot. also learning how to modify my ill fitting clothes that i love too.
This video has brought me so much JOY! 😍🌈 Was sat watching in my turquoise and pink flowered Lucy and Yak boilersuit...just...nodding constantly! 🤣 Rainbow basics REPRESENT! 🥳🌈
Growing up I definitely had a "capsule wardrobe" with variations for summer and winter, because I was living with a large family in a small house. But once I moved out and got my own place my wardrobe got huuuuuge.
I'd love to maybe try a capsule wardrobe again but they were always so beige so I really appreciate this Leena!!! It's made me think I could maybe try it after all. I know part of the reason most of my stuff doesn't get worn is because there's just too much to choose from and I've forgotten some of the stuff I own.
My main issue is I'd have to have a massive cull of items, and ebay/depop would take so long so I just avoid it :( maybe I will try though!!
Ooh, I love it! I've thought about doing a capsule wardrobe, but I can't get past how austere and businesslike they tend to be. I love black and gray and am gaining an appreciation for soft white and oatmeal, but unless I'm going for an all-out goth look I need to accent that with fun colors and funky cuts!
I don't know how well it'd go for me as my wardrobe has a large costume presence and I live in a climate with multiple seasons per week. It'd be a fun experiment.
The way I figured out my capsule wardrobe, which I'm using while I'm at college (the rest of my clothes are at home so I didn't have to deal with the risk of giving away everything else) is based around the idea that I'll do laundry every 2 weeks. For my one person it ends up being about 2 loads (one for darker colors and one for whites/lights). It's also versatile weather-wise, because I go to school in Rhode Island over the fall and spring semesters.
It consists of:
14 tops (mostly tees for me, but also sweaters that don't need a base layer or long sleeved button ups)
7 bottoms (jeans, pants, skirts, overalls/dungarees)
7 overwear (hoodies, sweatshirts, jackets, cardigans, bigger sweaters)
1 one-piece for fun
+ underwear, bras, pajamas, socks, exercise clothes, coats, and shoes
I have thought about making a SUPER similar video for a long time, I feel this a lot in the sewing community! A lot of people I have found to mostly me make their wardrobe only stick to neutrals, and that’s just NOT my style at all!
I split my wardrobe in two. Colorful baggy clothing and tight monochrome. When I wear colorful baggy/oversized tops, I match monochrome tight bottoms. When I wear my colorful harempants I match monochrome tight tops
TL, DR; The minimum number of articles of clothing to make a different outfit every day for a year is around 17 if accessories are ignored entirely and if the same outfit with different shoes is considered a unique outfit or 20 plus however many shoes you're comfortable with if you require each outfit to be unique without shoes being a factor of uniqueness. This includes a coat for cold weather that is counted toward the total but not toward outfit uniqueness since it won't be a component of the outfit at all times of a given day.
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Lets say you wanted to wear a different outfit every day for a year. You want to use the fewest number of articles of clothing to accomplish this. Define an outfit as having a minimum of 3 pieces - one bottom, one top, one pair of shoes. Additionally, outfits can be made different through the addition or subtraction of layering pieces, but accessories (since they typically do not significantly change the overall aesthetic of an outfit, but are rather accents) are to be disregarded. Here's how I would go about determining that minimum required articles of clothing number.
First, I would have a single outer coat. This would be worn outside for practical reasons, but since it's often not kept on indoors it doesn't create new outfits. It should, however, count toward the total articles of clothing.
We need to find a number of shoes, bottoms, tops, and layering pieces such that there are more than 365 combinations. If we add a single layering piece, that gives us a free option of two layering choices (layer or no layer). Since we're trying to just hit 365 at minimum, we can try to look for some number of each that would produce exactly that many then round up to the nearest whole number for each. The way we would express this mathematically is 365 = S x B x T x (L + 1) if L > 0, where each letter stands for shoes/bottoms/tops/layering options respectively.
I'll save you the proofs and just say this problem is analogous to the problem of finding a prism with highest volume to surface area ratio (in this analogy, volume is outfits and surface area is roughly the cross of any two classes of articles of clothing). In the same way, we know our solution will trend toward having the same number of articles per class (we'll ignore the L + 1 term for layers for now and bring it back later). So let's approximate to get a rough idea, then guess our way to victory. We can express the idea there will be an equal number in each class using the original equation as 365 = N x N x N x N where N is some number of articles of clothing, or 365 = N^4 to express the idea more succinctly. Solving for N, we get log4 (365) = N, or N ~ 4.256.
We can't have partial articles of clothing, so we can start with 4 of each article and add 1 and check until we reach some number over or equal to 365 [365 < S x B x T x (L + 1) in math]. 4^4 = 256, 4^3 x 5 = 320, 4^2 x 5^2 = 400. There we go. There will be two classes of article of clothing with 4 items and two classes with five. We can then subtract 1 for the layering option of no layer (since that doesn't require an article of clothing), but then add in 1 for the required overcoat that is for practical considerations but will not change our outfit possibilities due to not being worn inside.
It doesn't matter which items you choose to have each number, but the most sensible would be something like 1 coat, 4 pairs of shoes, 5 tops, 5 bottoms, and 3 layering options in addition the option of no layering. We can actually go a little lower still by using items that fulfill multiple categories (things that are both tops and can be used as a layering option), but this has diminishing returns due to being unable to use a top as a layering option for itself. Using this method, you can further reduce the total by one item (further items used for both layering and as a top doesn't allow for enough options to meet the conditions without adding more items elsewhere). This brings our total required items down to 1 coat, 4 pairs of shoes, 5 tops, 5 bottoms, 2 layering options (plus 1 top as layering and no layering). It's a good idea to pick some number of tops to double as layering options past this, but they won't reduce the total count.
So, to give an example of a minimum-size wardrobe that still allows for a different outfit every day of the year:
1 coat
1 pair of sandals
1 pair of flats
1 pair of boots
1 pair of other pair of shoes (pumps, trainers, whatever)
1 t-shirt
1 tank top
1 button-up
1 hoodie
1 sweater
1 jacket
1 additional blouse
1 pair of jeans
1 skirt
1 dress
1 pair of shorts
1 additional bottom
That 17 piece wardrobe allows for a different outfit every day of the year. If you wanted to only consider layering, tops, and bottoms as constituting components of an outfit (since just changing the shoes is technically a different outfit but might be perceived as being the same outfit), using the same path we find the minimum to be 365 < T x B x (L + 1), which has a minimum total item count of about 20 plus however many pairs of shoes you're comfortable cutting down to (1 coat, 7 bottoms, 7 tops, 5 additional layering options, shoes).
I LOVE a good capsule. The most important thing is that it captures you.
Finally!!! Colour, sustainability and minimalism combined 🤩
ok that stripey skirt is sooo cute! I love it. I'd buy it off you
I did capsules for several years, and it helped me not buy as much. I don't do them in the same way anymore, but I may go back to them this spring cuz the world is shite and having a challenge might help me get dressed everyday in a way that makes me happy rather than the pjs I'm currently wearing. Also as I side note, all your videos make me want to buy dungarees and its a struggle to not buy them but also find ones that fit
Yes!!! I love this.My capsule wardrobe is pink,purple,blue,green ,brown and red (then 1 black outfit for concerts) but somehow it all works ,and fits my ever changing style.
I’ve been living with a small capsule wardrobe for the past 2 months now (not sure how many items are in it but probably around 15-20), and while I have some fun patterns in it, god I miss color. It’s mostly black, with small pops of color in my socks and in shirt designs, but it’s mostly neutral. Your idea of grounding color in black is a great idea though, I’ll have to try it.
I think the issue with my capsule wardrobe is I don’t have clothes that I absolutely love. Some of the pieces I do, but a lot of them are just fine. I’m trans so I’m in the process of finding things I love. It’s an exciting process though!