Hi everyone. It's Justine. The start of the year is an opportunity to take a fresh look
at your wardrobe and maybe switch things up a little bit because over the past year you have
evolved and that should logically be reflected in your style as well. So here are five suggestions
to help you update your wardrobe this year. A color palette refresh is the first possible
strategy. Do you have a dominant color or two in your wardrobe? Could you change them? Here,
trends are your friend. To start, you can have a look at Pantone's Color of the Year for this
year. Every year, Pantone predicts a color which they think will be everywhere and will dominate in
culture for the year to come. And then brands follow, which means they bring out items and
garments in that color, as well as in colors that are going to go well with it. You will
get a harmonious color palette created for you by professionals to pick from right in the stores.
This year, the Pantone color is peach fuzz, which is a warm and cozy pink. It goes well with a wide
spectrum of [inaudible 00:01:07] tones, I think, and also as an interior design color. It is really
quite versatile. Alternatively, you could look at runway trends for inspiration. Remember that
Bottega Veneta Green that so many brands copied. Remember that Electric Blue a year before? It was
all over social media. Updating your wardrobe through its color palettes will work for you
if you're into a modern look because the colors that are trending in a certain year, if you add
them to your wardrobe, will always automatically give your wardrobe a fresh and modern contemporary
style. Having said that, you could also pick colors regardless of trends or intentionally
out of this year's trend depending on the feeling that you're aiming for. Contemporary,
very modern, more classic, et cetera, plenty of options. I have a video dedicated to that
color topic coming up on the channel soon. If you want to get it, don't forget to
subscribe to this channel right now. Go ahead. And once that video is released, I will also
add it to the little card here in the corner for you. Number two, Renewing your statement
pieces. Normally you don't have only basics in your wardrobe. You also have statement pieces.
What you consider a statement piece is up to you though. It can be a key garment that you like to
build your outfits around. It can be an accessory. It could be shoes, whatever you like. Why switch,
especially these statement pieces, because it will force you gently, to reconsider the way you pair
and combine your items to create your outfits. It creates a challenge that you have to work around.
Example, if my statement piece, pants, is a solid color, I might want to pair it with something
that has a pattern and then metal accessories. If my statement piece is a pattern scarf now,
I could repeat one of these colors on the top. It all depends. It's a different situation.
With every new statement piece that you bring into your wardrobe, you are opening literally
new styling opportunities very organically. Number three. Look away from current trends and
into the past. Is there a specific fashion period or decade which you love? Example, the 1950s,
marked waste, silk, airy materials, harmonious color palettes, often pastel tones for women,
vichy patterns, cigarette trousers. Here, you could keep just the idea of highlighting your
waist or you could take just the idea of a pastel color palette. This is important to understand.
I'm not saying that you should take the 50s as a whole and start dressing head to toe like a woman
coming straight out of Mad Men. You can take just one aspect and integrate that into your own style,
your current style without changing it completely. People will notice that blend. They will notice
that your style feels very curated and retro in a good way, but they won't necessarily be
able to pinpoint, oh, she took that from the 50s and that's what she's trying to copy. It's not
that obvious if you take just one aspect of that decade and make it work for you.
Next option, define a key theme, something that you would like your wardrobe to have more of.
Example, you decide that this year you'll be focusing on sustainability. You will prefer
to buy natural fibers whenever possible and when you need to buy synthetic fibers, for instance,
for your sports clothes, you want these fibers to be recycled synthetic fibers. You're setting the
theme and so while intentionally focusing on it, you will have side effects, which is learning as
you go about synthetic fibers, what can they be used for? Which brands are using mostly recycled
fibers. Which recycled fibers are better than others, and so on. Speaking of recycled materials,
I'd like to introduce you to Vivaia, my sponsor for this video. It is a brand that
makes shoes using recycled plastic water bottles. I first heard of them a year ago and I thought,
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comfortable. This is a new design with a contrasting heel. Of course, I’d choose red.
I think they look good precisely with 7/8th pants like these so that the heel doesn't get hidden
under your pants. They also have flats like these if you prefer flats. This design alone comes in 16
different colors. Have a look at the website. The shoes are linked in the video description
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Fifth option to help you bring a fresh wind into your closet. Curate a few pieces inspired
by your troubles. You visit Berlin, you notice that people are wearing looks in
neutral colors. It's a very recognizable style, right? Platform shoes, beanies, oversized coats,
high white socks on sneakers. Then you visit London and you notice a completely different
mood. I'm generalizing, of course, in a city the size of London you could even focus on the fashion
of one single district. Make mood boards of what you see on these trips, really observe people,
be in the present moment, wonder which pieces you could potentially take and integrate to
your current style. At the end of the exercise, you will probably have identified, let's say,
four or five items that you could take and add to your wardrobe. It will bring a new flavor to it as
you learn to combine these new disruptive pieces, so to speak, to what you already owned, and then
immediately your wardrobe will feel fresh again. It's about consciously deciding to edit your
wardrobe in new ways and to look at it with a fresh perspective. Your challenge for this year,
if you accept it, is to use one of these methods and to actually update your wardrobe. Let me know
how this goes. Thumbs up if you found this video inspiring. Thank you very much. Now,
I do have a last question for you, it's for future video. Please tell me in the comments down
below which item, garment or accessory, in your wardrobe is your favorite and why. You cannot say
your wedding dress, too easy. I'm talking about items that you can wear on a regular basis. If
you're interested in seeing the upcoming resulting video on that topic, don't forget to subscribe to
this channel so that you get it once it's live. I'll see you in the next one. Take care. Bye.