You have no idea how fun it is to watch this as a german. I loved it. And you're doing so great, it's so interesting as well how your voice changes when talking german. Didn't know if you've noticed.
hahaha ! you're welcome to all my German viewers! (and I know there's a lot of you because Germany is my no 1 non-English speaking country demographic!)
The fact that you have not been too rigid about the challenge makes a lot of sense. Clothing/dressing up can also be therapeutic. Especially when we have been locked up in our houses for over a year. I love how you've personalised the idea and maintained a healthy balance. ❤️😀
@@morehannah You didn't count in Swiss German but in German with a Swiss German accent. Swiss German is basically all "hard" r and ch. Haha! And that's how we talk in German as well. 😅
I love having a seasonal wardrobe! There are some staples that I can use in warm or cool weather that stay in my closet year round, but it's so much fun for me to unveil my summer dresses or winter sweaters like little gifts to myself and fall in love with my clothes all over again!
Me too! Totally agree :-) Makes me look forward to the seasons changing and it feeds the need to shop, because I feel like I get "new" clothes all the time
(English below) Wirklich sehr gut! Besonders, dass du dir zählen ausgesucht hast. Das muss ziemlich verwirrend sein, wenn man es zum ersten Mal macht, weil wir 5 und 20 sagen und nicht, wie alle anderen, 20 und 5😃😃 Very good! Especially because you chose counting, because I think counting in German must be super confusing for everyone who learns it as a foreign language, because we say 5 and 20 instead of 20 and 5, like everyone else 😃😃
@@crazychaoscow Numbers between sixty and hundred in french : "Old my bear" (Eighty ? Yes : twenty by four. Ninety ? Easy : twenty by four plus ten ! 🤨)
@@sallys.2707 99 in French: 4 x 20 + 10 + 9 (quatre-vingt-dix-neuf) In Swiss French though (not sure about other dialects), they actually use the words septante, huitante and nonante instead of doing all the maths equations!
My favourite thing about rotating my capsule wardrobe every season is getting to ‘re-shop’ my wardrobe. I pick different colour palettes and style combinations each time so this summer I am wearing different favourites to last summer.
I appreciate the honesty! I don't think this approach would be for me either, so it was refreshing to hear your perspective on "missing" your perfectly good clothes that didn't make the arbitrary numerical cut.
This has made me consider my mess of a wardrobe. I've been in loungewear and active clothes for a year and a half - haven't touched my work wardrobe since March 2020. And honestly, I don't want to. It's not me. Because I was always working and then coming home and wearing loungewear, I never built a wardrobe of "me" clothes if that makes sense. It makes me feel icky. I want "me" clothes again!
I absolutely feel you 🙌 I turn 30 soon and I feel like I am now for the first time ever building a wardrobe that's actually me - and not just what I am required to wear for my job...
That's how I ended up whit a MASSIVE wardrobe : keeping clothes for years and randomly adding an extra (thrifting) piece over the years. What's the point of throwing clothes if they fit ?
Same. I am 32 and haven't changed clothing size since I was 16 (which I realize sounds like a humble brag, but I'm not blind to the fact that a lot of it has to do with the fact that I have never had children). I literally still own a few things I bought in high school. They still fit, and I still wear them. I only get rid of clothes if they are beyond repair or if I notice I truly don't enjoy them anymore. So I have wound up with a pretty huge wardrobe, but that's what happens when you are able to keep clothes for a decade or more.
You sound very Swiss! Your pronunciation is almost dutch, sounds fun! You're doing exceptionally well, esp considering this is your first time learning German.
I love having a seasonal wardrobe, its a great way to see everything in your closet regularly as you switch it out. I have so much fun with my spring/summer and fall/winter closet changes, and I always hang the items I'm bringing with the hangers the wrong way on the pole. I can see everything that hasn't been worn immediately to try to fit it into rotation, and at the end of the season I have an obvious tell on which items I need to consider getting rid of.
Your German counting and the sentences you made were really good! I'm impressed. My boyfriend is also learning German to be able to talk to my family, so I know how difficult it can be. Greetings from Germany
Something that I've heard that I also want to do is putting a label on all your clothes. If you have worn it, you can take off the label. Then, after a year, look at what still has a label. Then you have a selection of clothes that you have not worn for a year. If it was for a type of even that just doesn't happen as often, but you know will happen occasionally, keep it. If it works as a replacement for a piece that you currently have, you can put it in storage until that item needs replacing. Otherwise, you can get rid of it or sell it.
I guess 2021 is not the best year to reconsider what you haven't worn in the past year... especially after gaining a couple of pounds 🙈 But I do see the point and I like the idea of using labels and reviewing your wardrobe after one year.
I love your reflection on this challenge, seeing the pros and cons and what works for you. We see a lot about the importance of cutting down on what we own, but there are bigger things to worry about than getting rid of things we love, just for the sake of it!
Some of the German you speak make it super obvious that you are a native English speaker (the numbers and words with "ch" in it), but then there are words that sound awesome! Keep going, you have learned so much!
Honestly as a fellow spreadsheet nerd, use one. Create a spreadsheet with it all in and note how many times you wear it. So far this year I have stuff I used to wear so much a couple of years ago but found lately that I have other items I'm drawn too. Will hold my hands up and say that with Northern Weather being able to layer stuff becomes a must do making it harder. Or at least that's my excuse for having many jumpers and hoodies. 😂
As not a huge spreadsheeter I will say just taking a photo of what you wear can be helpful to see what you actually wear, find trends, find the elements which were needed.
RE: "what's the point if you already own it?" I think the idea isn't necessarily to do 333 4 times a year for ever more. I think it's a thing to do if you want to reset your brain with respect to clothes shopping, and then you go back to a bigger wardrobe. so...the blue stripy shorts come back after the challenge, sit over winter and come out next year. at that point (if you want a smaller wardrobe going forward) you get rid of things you don't like and feel better about not replacing them than you would if you hadn't done this.
Don't be too hard on yourself. You went in to this with good intentions and you're doing your best and learning in the process and honestly that's more important that sticking to set rules. Enjoy your two weeks off, you deserve it!
As a native German speaker I really enjoyed hearing you practise! I rarely see English speakers learn German so it was super interesting to hear your accent, I was quite impressed with your pronunciation btw!! :) One tip for getting the long ü-sound right: say "ee" (like in "see") and then round your lips (like when you’re saying "o") without changing anything about the tongue position. The vowels are produced exactly the same, only the ee-sound with unrounded lips and the ü-sound with rounded lips :)
First time I love the promotional/sponsor part of any video on YT - Well done on your German progress :) I am French (living in the UK) and brushing up my Spanish + learning Italian at the moment (with a different app), it's such a great way to stay distracted while broadening our horizons ♥
Loved this! Really interesting seeing your first time capsuling perspective. I do a seasonal wardrobe and am not strict on items but try not to double up if say I have two black jumpers and always reach for the same one because it goes with the same things but I prefer it. :) but I might say keep the other one in storage (which for me is my chest of drawers!) so if there ever is a situation where I want that one instead or if I use it more often in a different season so it can be part of that wardrobe it’s still available to me :) Having only clothes that I love and that are seasonally appropriate in my wardrobe definitely removes some of that “what to wear” feeling, and when I DO get that feeling it’s normally a good indicator that either I need to do a clothes wash cause I’m running low OR that there is a gap in my wardrobe so then when I buy something it’s thought through with the intention of filling that gap. E.g. I recently realised that my autumn & winter wardrobes are great, but my spring / UK summer wardrobe doesn’t really have any transitional pieces or clothes for the cooler days where you still want to dress nicely & in more summery colours cause all I had for those days was jeans and t-shirts. So I’ve got a couple of more summery tops and some long-legged cute dungarees which have filled the gap nicely :)
Gosh I wish I could do seasonal wardrobe, but S. Tx is quite impractical. You never know what season you're waking up to! I have paired down my wardrobe to things I really love (or at least think I do) and am going to do the tag it and re-evaluate it after a year thing to see if I truly wear everything in my wardrobe like I think I do. I know over the past year, I've really figured out I want to be comfortable over anything else, so that's what I want to keep in my wardrobe. Anyways... this is inspiring and fun to watch you go through. :)
Good call on the sunflower dress - phew! I think it's the only piece of clothing I've ever searched having seen it on someone else (you, duh) and is such a find. also so you! I'll have my eyes open when you eventually part but your time with it is not through!
Yes for a seasonal wardrobe!! I did this a few years ago, and because there are 4 very distinct seasons where I live, I basically did the challenge for each season (does that make sense?) I put everything that didnt make it in in a separate place and reviewed them at the end of the year to see if there was anything I really missed and wanted (there honestly wasnt much). I havent added much to my wardrobe since then and I recently put all my clothes back in one place. And honestly its overwhelming to me now to have all my clothes in one place, especially seeing like knit sweaters in the summer ... like why is it there 😂
I do something a bit crazy and keep track of my clothes and how much I wear them with a spreadsheet. I try to wear everything at least 30 times before I get rid of it even if I don't love it and I try to hit $1 cost per wear. This has helped me see what I truly do tend to wear and what I don't and buy future clothes accordingly.
Yes, I love your colorful capsule wardrobe!!! Just counted and without lounge wear or workout clothes, I probably will be wearing around 30 items this summer. I do lean heavily on lounge wear while I still work from home, so that may stretch the rules.
ahh hannah it's so nice to see people learning german!! you're doing really good:) if i can give you one hint, 27/37 is siebenUNDzwanzig, siebenUNDdreissig - you swallowed some sillables there. lots of love!
When I curated down my wardrobe, I made a spring/summer and autum/winter wardrobe. I also made a list with all my clothes and tracked which items I wore for 1 year. It's a bit tedious, but if you like lists it's also like crossing to-do's. After each season I cleared out the items I didn't wear. This helped me a lot, also to find my style and what works for me and my lifestyle :)
Yea my wardrobe is currently a cluttered mess.. I am doing the one in one out method, but this doesn't actually help, rather just maintains the massive amount of stuff I have! Ha
This was my first time coming across one of your videos and I LOVED IT. So cool you did some of it in German-I'm at an A2 level so it was so fun to watch all of it. Prost x
I live away from home while in college(university) and have to do a seasonal wardrobe, it works for me but I end up keeping all of my sweatshirts and long pants in my rotation as those I wear all year round. I rotate what I have and the types of clothes I have for the seasons and its a good reason to go home and visit my family.
i love thé réflection you’re doing on the challenge and your wardrobe in general! i think the way you’re using the challenge is great, not necessarily as an indicator of the clothes you should get rid of but as a way to be more intentional with them. i’ve been doing something similar, just because i’ve moved a lot in the past two years. i’ve come up against the challenge of sentimental tshirts that i never wear, not sure what to do with them
Love the video! I love having a capsule wardrobe. When traveling it's super convenient and it means that you have a larger budget for the items that you are purchasing. Small note on the German counting: 27 = siebenundzwanzig (not siebundzwanzig)
I'm also learning German at the moment. (I've been doing online zoom lessons) I'm impressed how much you have learned already, I struggle with the akusativ/dativ grammar, when to use einen etc... - good luck with it and great video as usual! :)
I do a seasonal wardrobe it so much better for myself as I don’t have to hunt through piles of clothes that I won’t wear in certain seasons, I just keep a few items out for weather changes as a precaution
love the honesty haha 😂 i had a seasonal wardrobe for 3 and a half years (pre-moving back home from covid) and would definitely recommend it! having out of season items out of sight made choosing clothes much easier/less stressful and overwhelming and i miss it 🥲
Freddy's bike - it is indeed Akkusativ, because Freddy has _something_ and the object for "haben" is Akkusativ. But bike is neutral: das Fahrrad, and therefore you don't have to add anything to decline it: Hat Freddy kein Fahrrad? Doch, er hat ein Fahrrad.
I've been doing a sort of similar challenge for myself but looser. I went away to visit friends a few times this month and I found myself bringing clothes that I was really excited about and like had such a fun time putting together outfits with them. So what I decided to do when I got back is go through all my clothes and only have the ones in my drawers and closet that I'm actively excited about and want to wear in the next month. I've already felt way more interested in my clothes and creative with the outfits I've been putting together. My plan is that when I get tired of these clothes I'll make myself a new "capsule wardrobe" to wear for a while. I have a lot of clothes that I really like but don't know how to wear and this has been forcing me to bring them into circulation and experiment.
You're so cute. The woman who created Project 333, picked 33 as a random number. I LOVE having a capsule wardrobe but the number needs to be personal. I find it easier to think about mini capsules... like a capsule for workout, a capsule for day, a capsule for night, etc. Then consider there's about 91 days per quarter. If you repeat daily outfits three times a week, you'll need 30 outfits. So just work on figuring out 30 outfits. And you'll repeat some items. It takes time to perfect what works for you. Also, probably the first accomplishment will be just figuring out which colors are more your colors. So when you shop, even if you're attracted to a color, it might not be what you need, so you won't waste money. Great job!
I inadvertently ended up with a seasonal wardrobe. I also found that moving house to a MUCH smaller place with MUCH less storage made me have to be really picky about what I actually like and want to keep. I also, inadvertently, made my own challenge: wear ITEM until it falls apart and cannot be mended/ adapted, decide if I want to replace it. Usually, I either had something in my collection that would work to replace it anyway OR I just didn't want to replace it.
About the shorts - it's usually recommended when you have shorts you love so you put some away. The idea is that you get bored, so this makes you miss clothing and so you'll want to wear them in a year or two. I used to be so minimalist with 27 pieces of clothing (excluding workout and pajamas). But now I have closer to 70 between loungewear (cus pandemic), workwear (cus office work), and all the winter/cute date/warm weather clothes. I wear everything but it does feel excessive. Personally if it's in good condition and relative stylish I'll donate it. Someone will likely enjoy it more than me and I have too much 😂
I was so confused because I got german ads on this video before it started! (used to ads in my own language) But given the sponsor it makes sense. Definitely caught my attention. But nice video, much enjoyed :D
Love a capsule wardrobe (I did a bright capsule for spring on my blog!), but don’t love arbitrary numbers for them. A guideline or suggested range, sure, but a specific number would be frustrating for me. Good luck!
ayyy, ich lerne Deutsch auch! btw, I recently discovered the joy of making your own clothes! I'm currently sewing my own dungarees from an old bedsheet and it's so much fun figuring out how clothes work! it'd be fun to see you give it a try! :D
I have one addition: Germans take things literally! When you say 'see you later' in English, you mean 'bye'. When you say 'Bis später!', you mean you'll meet the same person again that very day. Saying 'bis später' when you just want to say 'Auf Wiedersehen' or 'tschüss' can be very confusing to the recipient of said message. I know I'm a bit of a language/pragmatics nerd, but this is an expression all learners of German should understand. Hth 😊
As a German, this was especially fun to watch 😄 You're doing great, German must be really hard to learn for a non-native! I love your fashion content! It's so refreshing to see someone who is not a fashion expert and not one of those minimal neutral capsule people. 😊
I'm trying it, and had to cave and pull several items out because I haven't been able to keep up with laundry. I'm still waiting on my new washer and dryer though so I might just restart
Woooohow 🎉 learning german 🙌 you look so proud and happy when you speak german, das ist so süß 😍. Also, I forgive you to include some more dresses into your capsule wardrobe, they are just such a staple and yours look soo beautiful.
I'm German and I was giggling the whole way through the German learning part of this video haha! First, you're doing great, Hannah! It's amazing to me how in some words you do not have the slightest accent. And I get it, it must be so difficult for an English native speaker to conjugate verbs! 💙 The clothing part was also great lol!
I definitely agree that if you really love a piece of clothing and know you will wear it, it's better off being with you than going to charity :) minimalism is great but sometimes it doesn't hurt to have a few extra clothes, especially if it makes you happy and stops you buying more!
I have recently been thinking a lot about all my clothes, I have the same feeling of "I have nothing to wear" even though my dresser is full. I've also been consicious of whether or not Im actually wearing all my clothes, or if there are a bunch of items in my wardrobe that I never want to wear. So what I've done is make a spreadsheet where I can make a note of what Im wearing everyday: I make a note of how many times I've worn a certain item in a certain month and calculate an aproximate cost per use. I want to make sure I am actually using the clothing I have, or if it would be better used by someone else (donating/selling). Calculating an approximate cost per use, has also really helped me put the price of an item of clothing in perspective, I frequently think "a 20€ tshirt? - that is too much" when in reality if I wear that shirt 20 times (ideally more), its only 1€ a wear, and for a tshirt I love, thats a pretty good deal. I love a good spreadsheet, so I took a basic template I found on google and am changing it to fit my needs. I want to add in extra data about how I feel wearing certain piece of clothing, ie. "does it spark joy?" Also, I live in Spain, and here seasonal wardrobe is the norm, at least it is for the people I know! So every spring, I put away my jumpers and coats; and in late autumn I put away my shorts and summer dresses - it does wonders for actually being aware of what you own and not clogging your dresser with every single piece of clothing you have.
I love that you're learning German! Are you interested in it because of your German heritage? As a German native speaker I can tell you that your pronunciation is really good. And just a tip: don't give up on learning the lanuguage even when it gets hard. I know German grammar can be excruciatingly complicated but it's worth it. One day you'll be able to read German poetry or literature and realise that the German language can be quite beautiful and flowery. Love from Berlin, Germany!
the grammar is SO complicated! I'm learning on Duolingo (224 days strong) and I'm stuck on a particular Conjunctions module. I just can't wrap my head around it. But yes, it's good to keep learning and if you hit a roadblock, to strengthen what you already know
Hannah’s ability to count her clothes is my ability to figure out how old I am. I was at 22 and then there was a bad job that took two years (so they don’t really count) I lived in that one ** rental for one year and then there was a year of nothing, so 22+2 😊
I’ve never managed to have a summer and a winter wardrobe. I’ve needed item which could have been easier considering summer or winter especially given the uk weather. Personally I will say I am currently sorting my wardrobe so the number items I have fit nicely in it and my draws. I would say as long as the space you have for clothes is functioning properly, you can see, access stuff, they fit and you love them the number isn’t important.
I didn’t do the 30 items but I did go through my clothes and all the clothes I’m keeping I have turned inside out so at some point I can go through my clothes and find the ones I didn’t were .
I do a seasonal wardrobe and put away the clothes that aren't appropriate for that season in vacuum seal bags under the bed, so they're never far away! my rule when switching over is to go through every item i own, and if i haven't worn it that season then it goes.
Would like to see a look through storage and suitcase and what your gunna keep/get rid of? Maybe a higher number goal would be more realistic for you? 666?
You can get in touch with On Loan and ask to buy the blue dress, you don't have to keep renting it! I think the reason it isn't up for sale is that you have it out, it seems like they only offer items for sale that they physically have at any one moment.
Just signed up to Babbel to learn Italian! It's my favourite place I visited on a cruise a few years ago and plan to go back. I'm also always really jealous of people who are bilingual but have always been rubbish at learning languages so hopefully this will help!
I have a seasonal wardrobe and would definitely recommend it. Also loved your German with Swiss/Dutch pronunciation 😄 even for native speakers it’s a difficult language and you did really well 👍🏻
Hi Hannah! Im trying to find an app you recommended to organize your cellphone notes, articles you want to read,webpages, etc. It was an app where you saved everything and it sincronized pc and cellphone. Hope you can remember which one it was.
I'd love to make a seasonal wardrobe, but I wear T-shirts all year round with or without a sweater on top ^^ it's always too hot inside. I need to declutter my wardrobe, but I'm having the problem that I can't find good clothes now that I try to avoid fast fashion... so my wardrobe keeps shrinking and my "spark joy" clothes are getting old and I'm left with the ugly but good quality clothes that I don't like.
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"It's all a bit too orange and yellow"
Words we never thought we'd hear Hannah say
I know! Blasphemous!
You have no idea how fun it is to watch this as a german. I loved it. And you're doing so great, it's so interesting as well how your voice changes when talking german. Didn't know if you've noticed.
hahaha ! you're welcome to all my German viewers! (and I know there's a lot of you because Germany is my no 1 non-English speaking country demographic!)
@@morehannah That's so fascinating! But I can see how that is!
Ganz viel Erfolg beim Deutsch lernen :) Und ganz liebe Grüße aus Deutschland!
Grüße aus Österreich 😊
The fact that you have not been too rigid about the challenge makes a lot of sense. Clothing/dressing up can also be therapeutic. Especially when we have been locked up in our houses for over a year. I love how you've personalised the idea and maintained a healthy balance. ❤️😀
yess exactly! and the creator of the challenge did say you're not supposed to suffer whilst doing it so that's what I'm doing - not suffering!!
I would love to see the outfits you've put together in the last update of this challenge
Yes planning on doing this!! 👗
Loved your German update. Your German sounds quite good. Although you went full Swiss German when you counted your clothes. Keep up the good work.
I have no idea what the difference is between German German and Swiss German but that's hilarious that my counting is Swiss German 😂
@@morehannah it’s the gggh throat sound in the end of the number that makes it sound Swiss. But other than that your German is 👍🏻.
Some comparison between German and Swiss German: th-cam.com/video/89adaKKIkUw/w-d-xo.html
@@morehannah You didn't count in Swiss German but in German with a Swiss German accent. Swiss German is basically all "hard" r and ch. Haha! And that's how we talk in German as well. 😅
I love having a seasonal wardrobe! There are some staples that I can use in warm or cool weather that stay in my closet year round, but it's so much fun for me to unveil my summer dresses or winter sweaters like little gifts to myself and fall in love with my clothes all over again!
Me too! Totally agree :-) Makes me look forward to the seasons changing and it feeds the need to shop, because I feel like I get "new" clothes all the time
Ich habe es sehr genossen dein Deutsch zu hören, du sprichst schon recht gut!
danke!!
(English below)
Wirklich sehr gut!
Besonders, dass du dir zählen ausgesucht hast. Das muss ziemlich verwirrend sein, wenn man es zum ersten Mal macht, weil wir 5 und 20 sagen und nicht, wie alle anderen, 20 und 5😃😃
Very good! Especially because you chose counting, because I think counting in German must be super confusing for everyone who learns it as a foreign language, because we say 5 and 20 instead of 20 and 5, like everyone else 😃😃
@@crazychaoscow Numbers between sixty and hundred in french : "Old my bear" (Eighty ? Yes : twenty by four. Ninety ? Easy : twenty by four plus ten ! 🤨)
@@sallys.2707 99 in French: 4 x 20 + 10 + 9 (quatre-vingt-dix-neuf)
In Swiss French though (not sure about other dialects), they actually use the words septante, huitante and nonante instead of doing all the maths equations!
My favourite thing about rotating my capsule wardrobe every season is getting to ‘re-shop’ my wardrobe. I pick different colour palettes and style combinations each time so this summer I am wearing different favourites to last summer.
I appreciate the honesty! I don't think this approach would be for me either, so it was refreshing to hear your perspective on "missing" your perfectly good clothes that didn't make the arbitrary numerical cut.
This has made me consider my mess of a wardrobe. I've been in loungewear and active clothes for a year and a half - haven't touched my work wardrobe since March 2020. And honestly, I don't want to. It's not me. Because I was always working and then coming home and wearing loungewear, I never built a wardrobe of "me" clothes if that makes sense. It makes me feel icky. I want "me" clothes again!
I absolutely feel you 🙌 I turn 30 soon and I feel like I am now for the first time ever building a wardrobe that's actually me - and not just what I am required to wear for my job...
That's how I ended up whit a MASSIVE wardrobe : keeping clothes for years and randomly adding an extra (thrifting) piece over the years. What's the point of throwing clothes if they fit ?
Same. I am 32 and haven't changed clothing size since I was 16 (which I realize sounds like a humble brag, but I'm not blind to the fact that a lot of it has to do with the fact that I have never had children). I literally still own a few things I bought in high school. They still fit, and I still wear them. I only get rid of clothes if they are beyond repair or if I notice I truly don't enjoy them anymore. So I have wound up with a pretty huge wardrobe, but that's what happens when you are able to keep clothes for a decade or more.
You sound very Swiss! Your pronunciation is almost dutch, sounds fun! You're doing exceptionally well, esp considering this is your first time learning German.
Ha someone else also said I sounded Swiss!! 😂
I am Dutch and can't really hear Dutch is there 🤔
I'm Swiss and I don't hear the Swiss! XD
But then again, the different dialects of Swiss can sound vastly different from one another
I thought Hannah sounds kinda Danish tbh 😂😂
I love having a seasonal wardrobe, its a great way to see everything in your closet regularly as you switch it out. I have so much fun with my spring/summer and fall/winter closet changes, and I always hang the items I'm bringing with the hangers the wrong way on the pole. I can see everything that hasn't been worn immediately to try to fit it into rotation, and at the end of the season I have an obvious tell on which items I need to consider getting rid of.
Your German counting and the sentences you made were really good! I'm impressed. My boyfriend is also learning German to be able to talk to my family, so I know how difficult it can be.
Greetings from Germany
I am a firm believer in having seasonal wardrobe. I put my clothes away in those storage bags where you vacuum out all the air, it saves me space.
Yeah… I started shortly after you and the seasonality was a huge problem. Probably if you live in California or something it would work.
Something that I've heard that I also want to do is putting a label on all your clothes. If you have worn it, you can take off the label. Then, after a year, look at what still has a label. Then you have a selection of clothes that you have not worn for a year. If it was for a type of even that just doesn't happen as often, but you know will happen occasionally, keep it. If it works as a replacement for a piece that you currently have, you can put it in storage until that item needs replacing. Otherwise, you can get rid of it or sell it.
I guess 2021 is not the best year to reconsider what you haven't worn in the past year... especially after gaining a couple of pounds 🙈 But I do see the point and I like the idea of using labels and reviewing your wardrobe after one year.
I love your reflection on this challenge, seeing the pros and cons and what works for you. We see a lot about the importance of cutting down on what we own, but there are bigger things to worry about than getting rid of things we love, just for the sake of it!
Love the polkadot dress you wore fixing your sandals 😍
Adore
Your first "polski" was spot on ;) Lots of love from Poland :D
aw yay!!
Some of the German you speak make it super obvious that you are a native English speaker (the numbers and words with "ch" in it), but then there are words that sound awesome! Keep going, you have learned so much!
It's really cool hearing you speak German. You're doing great btw! :D
Honestly as a fellow spreadsheet nerd, use one. Create a spreadsheet with it all in and note how many times you wear it. So far this year I have stuff I used to wear so much a couple of years ago but found lately that I have other items I'm drawn too. Will hold my hands up and say that with Northern Weather being able to layer stuff becomes a must do making it harder. Or at least that's my excuse for having many jumpers and hoodies. 😂
I recently started using airtable for this purpose! definitely helpful for actually being able to visualize how often you are wearing things
I love a good spreadsheet 🥰
As not a huge spreadsheeter I will say just taking a photo of what you wear can be helpful to see what you actually wear, find trends, find the elements which were needed.
i would be legit happy if this channel was turned into entirely slow fashion stuff
RE: "what's the point if you already own it?" I think the idea isn't necessarily to do 333 4 times a year for ever more. I think it's a thing to do if you want to reset your brain with respect to clothes shopping, and then you go back to a bigger wardrobe.
so...the blue stripy shorts come back after the challenge, sit over winter and come out next year. at that point (if you want a smaller wardrobe going forward) you get rid of things you don't like and feel better about not replacing them than you would if you hadn't done this.
Don't be too hard on yourself. You went in to this with good intentions and you're doing your best and learning in the process and honestly that's more important that sticking to set rules. Enjoy your two weeks off, you deserve it!
As a native German speaker I really enjoyed hearing you practise! I rarely see English speakers learn German so it was super interesting to hear your accent, I was quite impressed with your pronunciation btw!! :)
One tip for getting the long ü-sound right: say "ee" (like in "see") and then round your lips (like when you’re saying "o") without changing anything about the tongue position. The vowels are produced exactly the same, only the ee-sound with unrounded lips and the ü-sound with rounded lips :)
First time I love the promotional/sponsor part of any video on YT - Well done on your German progress :) I am French (living in the UK) and brushing up my Spanish + learning Italian at the moment (with a different app), it's such a great way to stay distracted while broadening our horizons ♥
Ich freue mich immer, wenn jemand deutsch lernt. Sehr gut Hannah :)
Loved this! Really interesting seeing your first time capsuling perspective. I do a seasonal wardrobe and am not strict on items but try not to double up if say I have two black jumpers and always reach for the same one because it goes with the same things but I prefer it. :) but I might say keep the other one in storage (which for me is my chest of drawers!) so if there ever is a situation where I want that one instead or if I use it more often in a different season so it can be part of that wardrobe it’s still available to me :)
Having only clothes that I love and that are seasonally appropriate in my wardrobe definitely removes some of that “what to wear” feeling, and when I DO get that feeling it’s normally a good indicator that either I need to do a clothes wash cause I’m running low OR that there is a gap in my wardrobe so then when I buy something it’s thought through with the intention of filling that gap.
E.g. I recently realised that my autumn & winter wardrobes are great, but my spring / UK summer wardrobe doesn’t really have any transitional pieces or clothes for the cooler days where you still want to dress nicely & in more summery colours cause all I had for those days was jeans and t-shirts. So I’ve got a couple of more summery tops and some long-legged cute dungarees which have filled the gap nicely :)
Gosh I wish I could do seasonal wardrobe, but S. Tx is quite impractical. You never know what season you're waking up to! I have paired down my wardrobe to things I really love (or at least think I do) and am going to do the tag it and re-evaluate it after a year thing to see if I truly wear everything in my wardrobe like I think I do. I know over the past year, I've really figured out I want to be comfortable over anything else, so that's what I want to keep in my wardrobe. Anyways... this is inspiring and fun to watch you go through. :)
I love how colorful your clothing is
Good call on the sunflower dress - phew! I think it's the only piece of clothing I've ever searched having seen it on someone else (you, duh) and is such a find. also so you! I'll have my eyes open when you eventually part but your time with it is not through!
Yes for a seasonal wardrobe!!
I did this a few years ago, and because there are 4 very distinct seasons where I live, I basically did the challenge for each season (does that make sense?) I put everything that didnt make it in in a separate place and reviewed them at the end of the year to see if there was anything I really missed and wanted (there honestly wasnt much). I havent added much to my wardrobe since then and I recently put all my clothes back in one place. And honestly its overwhelming to me now to have all my clothes in one place, especially seeing like knit sweaters in the summer ... like why is it there 😂
appreciating your realistic approach to this challenge & hearing about what it is bringing up for you! enjoy your break! 🌞
I do something a bit crazy and keep track of my clothes and how much I wear them with a spreadsheet. I try to wear everything at least 30 times before I get rid of it even if I don't love it and I try to hit $1 cost per wear. This has helped me see what I truly do tend to wear and what I don't and buy future clothes accordingly.
Just wanted to let you know that you inspired me to put together my own capsule wardrobe. I’m about 4 weeks in and really liking it so far!
Yes, I love your colorful capsule wardrobe!!!
Just counted and without lounge wear or workout clothes, I probably will be wearing around 30 items this summer. I do lean heavily on lounge wear while I still work from home, so that may stretch the rules.
The rented dress is available on the flannels website.
Your German is so, so good! Very impressive. And loving this challenge and you adapt it to reality
Your counting is actually pretty good. I really enjoyed listening to you speaking German.
The way you pronounced the numbers was so endearing :D
ahh hannah it's so nice to see people learning german!! you're doing really good:) if i can give you one hint, 27/37 is siebenUNDzwanzig, siebenUNDdreissig - you swallowed some sillables there. lots of love!
When I curated down my wardrobe, I made a spring/summer and autum/winter wardrobe. I also made a list with all my clothes and tracked which items I wore for 1 year. It's a bit tedious, but if you like lists it's also like crossing to-do's. After each season I cleared out the items I didn't wear. This helped me a lot, also to find my style and what works for me and my lifestyle :)
Yea my wardrobe is currently a cluttered mess.. I am doing the one in one out method, but this doesn't actually help, rather just maintains the massive amount of stuff I have! Ha
I also started learning German! So exciting to see your progress and know I'll get there eventually!
This was my first time coming across one of your videos and I LOVED IT. So cool you did some of it in German-I'm at an A2 level so it was so fun to watch all of it. Prost x
I live away from home while in college(university) and have to do a seasonal wardrobe, it works for me but I end up keeping all of my sweatshirts and long pants in my rotation as those I wear all year round. I rotate what I have and the types of clothes I have for the seasons and its a good reason to go home and visit my family.
i love thé réflection you’re doing on the challenge and your wardrobe in general! i think the way you’re using the challenge is great, not necessarily as an indicator of the clothes you should get rid of but as a way to be more intentional with them. i’ve been doing something similar, just because i’ve moved a lot in the past two years. i’ve come up against the challenge of sentimental tshirts that i never wear, not sure what to do with them
Coming from a German: I was so impressed with your German pronunciation 🙌 awesome job 💪🎊
Love the video! I love having a capsule wardrobe. When traveling it's super convenient and it means that you have a larger budget for the items that you are purchasing.
Small note on the German counting: 27 = siebenundzwanzig (not siebundzwanzig)
oooh danke!!
Hallo Hannah! Grüße aus Deutschland. Viel Spaß beim Deutsch lernen. :D The counting was so cute, full respect for that!
Hello, German viewer here 🙋♀️ really enjoyed the part with you practicing German, you're doing very well! ☺️👍
I literally am having that same yellow suitcase delivered today!
Damn, I’m a native German speaker and I‘m seriously impressed! Well done, Hannah! 👏🏻👏🏻🤩🇩🇪
I'm also learning German at the moment. (I've been doing online zoom lessons) I'm impressed how much you have learned already, I struggle with the akusativ/dativ grammar, when to use einen etc... - good luck with it and great video as usual! :)
I do a seasonal wardrobe it so much better for myself as I don’t have to hunt through piles of clothes that I won’t wear in certain seasons, I just keep a few items out for weather changes as a precaution
love the honesty haha 😂 i had a seasonal wardrobe for 3 and a half years (pre-moving back home from covid) and would definitely recommend it! having out of season items out of sight made choosing clothes much easier/less stressful and overwhelming and i miss it 🥲
Freddy's bike - it is indeed Akkusativ, because Freddy has _something_ and the object for "haben" is Akkusativ. But bike is neutral: das Fahrrad, and therefore you don't have to add anything to decline it: Hat Freddy kein Fahrrad? Doch, er hat ein Fahrrad.
I've been doing a sort of similar challenge for myself but looser. I went away to visit friends a few times this month and I found myself bringing clothes that I was really excited about and like had such a fun time putting together outfits with them. So what I decided to do when I got back is go through all my clothes and only have the ones in my drawers and closet that I'm actively excited about and want to wear in the next month. I've already felt way more interested in my clothes and creative with the outfits I've been putting together. My plan is that when I get tired of these clothes I'll make myself a new "capsule wardrobe" to wear for a while. I have a lot of clothes that I really like but don't know how to wear and this has been forcing me to bring them into circulation and experiment.
Du lernst deutsch, that's amazing :) I hope you're enjoying it!
I am!
You're so cute. The woman who created Project 333, picked 33 as a random number. I LOVE having a capsule wardrobe but the number needs to be personal. I find it easier to think about mini capsules... like a capsule for workout, a capsule for day, a capsule for night, etc. Then consider there's about 91 days per quarter. If you repeat daily outfits three times a week, you'll need 30 outfits. So just work on figuring out 30 outfits. And you'll repeat some items. It takes time to perfect what works for you. Also, probably the first accomplishment will be just figuring out which colors are more your colors. So when you shop, even if you're attracted to a color, it might not be what you need, so you won't waste money. Great job!
I inadvertently ended up with a seasonal wardrobe. I also found that moving house to a MUCH smaller place with MUCH less storage made me have to be really picky about what I actually like and want to keep. I also, inadvertently, made my own challenge: wear ITEM until it falls apart and cannot be mended/ adapted, decide if I want to replace it. Usually, I either had something in my collection that would work to replace it anyway OR I just didn't want to replace it.
Counting with you as I learnt German in high school and i can still count wooo
Me too it was fun.
Greetings from Germany, Hannah! 🥳 I'm a teacher for German as a foreign language here. Ich bin so stolz auf dich 😘 you're doing great!! 🤗
About the shorts - it's usually recommended when you have shorts you love so you put some away. The idea is that you get bored, so this makes you miss clothing and so you'll want to wear them in a year or two.
I used to be so minimalist with 27 pieces of clothing (excluding workout and pajamas). But now I have closer to 70 between loungewear (cus pandemic), workwear (cus office work), and all the winter/cute date/warm weather clothes. I wear everything but it does feel excessive. Personally if it's in good condition and relative stylish I'll donate it. Someone will likely enjoy it more than me and I have too much 😂
I would love to see more content about your german learning. I am from Austria and a huge language geek.
I was so confused because I got german ads on this video before it started! (used to ads in my own language) But given the sponsor it makes sense. Definitely caught my attention. But nice video, much enjoyed :D
as a german this is super exciting! you're doing amazing btw!
As of now I literally still wear my big raincoat, sweaters, boots etc because while we had incredibly hot days, we also have cold and wet days
Love a capsule wardrobe (I did a bright capsule for spring on my blog!), but don’t love arbitrary numbers for them. A guideline or suggested range, sure, but a specific number would be frustrating for me.
Good luck!
ayyy, ich lerne Deutsch auch! btw, I recently discovered the joy of making your own clothes! I'm currently sewing my own dungarees from an old bedsheet and it's so much fun figuring out how clothes work! it'd be fun to see you give it a try! :D
ich auch!
You’ve inspired me! I’m joining you!
As a german viewer it is really fun to hear you speaking german. :)
It's so cool to hear you speak German! All the best and weiter so! :)
I have one addition: Germans take things literally! When you say 'see you later' in English, you mean 'bye'. When you say 'Bis später!', you mean you'll meet the same person again that very day. Saying 'bis später' when you just want to say 'Auf Wiedersehen' or 'tschüss' can be very confusing to the recipient of said message. I know I'm a bit of a language/pragmatics nerd, but this is an expression all learners of German should understand. Hth 😊
I know from my own experience that this proces needs time, you're doing well!
As a German, this was especially fun to watch 😄 You're doing great, German must be really hard to learn for a non-native!
I love your fashion content! It's so refreshing to see someone who is not a fashion expert and not one of those minimal neutral capsule people. 😊
I'm trying it, and had to cave and pull several items out because I haven't been able to keep up with laundry. I'm still waiting on my new washer and dryer though so I might just restart
Woooohow 🎉 learning german 🙌 you look so proud and happy when you speak german, das ist so süß 😍. Also, I forgive you to include some more dresses into your capsule wardrobe, they are just such a staple and yours look soo beautiful.
I'm German and I was giggling the whole way through the German learning part of this video haha! First, you're doing great, Hannah! It's amazing to me how in some words you do not have the slightest accent. And I get it, it must be so difficult for an English native speaker to conjugate verbs! 💙 The clothing part was also great lol!
Your german is sooo good! Pronunciation is on point
I definitely agree that if you really love a piece of clothing and know you will wear it, it's better off being with you than going to charity :) minimalism is great but sometimes it doesn't hurt to have a few extra clothes, especially if it makes you happy and stops you buying more!
I'm glad this challenge has been useful for you!
Hahahaha I loved this counting in German spon deal, so good!
lol watching this today and feeling sorry for your summer wardrobe
I have recently been thinking a lot about all my clothes, I have the same feeling of "I have nothing to wear" even though my dresser is full. I've also been consicious of whether or not Im actually wearing all my clothes, or if there are a bunch of items in my wardrobe that I never want to wear. So what I've done is make a spreadsheet where I can make a note of what Im wearing everyday: I make a note of how many times I've worn a certain item in a certain month and calculate an aproximate cost per use. I want to make sure I am actually using the clothing I have, or if it would be better used by someone else (donating/selling).
Calculating an approximate cost per use, has also really helped me put the price of an item of clothing in perspective, I frequently think "a 20€ tshirt? - that is too much" when in reality if I wear that shirt 20 times (ideally more), its only 1€ a wear, and for a tshirt I love, thats a pretty good deal.
I love a good spreadsheet, so I took a basic template I found on google and am changing it to fit my needs. I want to add in extra data about how I feel wearing certain piece of clothing, ie. "does it spark joy?"
Also, I live in Spain, and here seasonal wardrobe is the norm, at least it is for the people I know! So every spring, I put away my jumpers and coats; and in late autumn I put away my shorts and summer dresses - it does wonders for actually being aware of what you own and not clogging your dresser with every single piece of clothing you have.
Ohh, I love your German! Du machst das schon richtig gut und dein Akzent ist echt niedlich 😁
I love that you're learning German! Are you interested in it because of your German heritage?
As a German native speaker I can tell you that your pronunciation is really good. And just a tip: don't give up on learning the lanuguage even when it gets hard. I know German grammar can be excruciatingly complicated but it's worth it. One day you'll be able to read German poetry or literature and realise that the German language can be quite beautiful and flowery.
Love from Berlin, Germany!
the grammar is SO complicated! I'm learning on Duolingo (224 days strong) and I'm stuck on a particular Conjunctions module. I just can't wrap my head around it. But yes, it's good to keep learning and if you hit a roadblock, to strengthen what you already know
Hannah’s ability to count her clothes is my ability to figure out how old I am. I was at 22 and then there was a bad job that took two years (so they don’t really count) I lived in that one ** rental for one year and then there was a year of nothing, so 22+2 😊
I’ve never managed to have a summer and a winter wardrobe. I’ve needed item which could have been easier considering summer or winter especially given the uk weather. Personally I will say I am currently sorting my wardrobe so the number items I have fit nicely in it and my draws. I would say as long as the space you have for clothes is functioning properly, you can see, access stuff, they fit and you love them the number isn’t important.
I didn’t do the 30 items but I did go through my clothes and all the clothes I’m keeping I have turned inside out so at some point I can go through my clothes and find the ones I didn’t were .
I do a seasonal wardrobe and put away the clothes that aren't appropriate for that season in vacuum seal bags under the bed, so they're never far away! my rule when switching over is to go through every item i own, and if i haven't worn it that season then it goes.
I love that you said "NINEhundert und neunundneunzig" :)
I'm pretty sure that happened to me too when I was first learning english
Would like to see a look through storage and suitcase and what your gunna keep/get rid of? Maybe a higher number goal would be more realistic for you? 666?
You can get in touch with On Loan and ask to buy the blue dress, you don't have to keep renting it! I think the reason it isn't up for sale is that you have it out, it seems like they only offer items for sale that they physically have at any one moment.
Just signed up to Babbel to learn Italian! It's my favourite place I visited on a cruise a few years ago and plan to go back. I'm also always really jealous of people who are bilingual but have always been rubbish at learning languages so hopefully this will help!
I have a seasonal wardrobe and would definitely recommend it. Also loved your German with Swiss/Dutch pronunciation 😄 even for native speakers it’s a difficult language and you did really well 👍🏻
Hi Hannah! Im trying to find an app you recommended to organize your cellphone notes, articles you want to read,webpages, etc. It was an app where you saved everything and it sincronized pc and cellphone. Hope you can remember which one it was.
I'd love to make a seasonal wardrobe, but I wear T-shirts all year round with or without a sweater on top ^^ it's always too hot inside.
I need to declutter my wardrobe, but I'm having the problem that I can't find good clothes now that I try to avoid fast fashion... so my wardrobe keeps shrinking and my "spark joy" clothes are getting old and I'm left with the ugly but good quality clothes that I don't like.
Anyone know the original brand for that purple dress with yellow and white flowers? I love it! 😍