Today I thought I'd share my minimalist wardrobe with you, with less than 50 pieces! Although
my wardrobe is minimal it's still feminine and aesthetic, with lots of flowy dresses.
Most of my clothes are secondhand or, made by me. And I would call it "quite minimal."
So let's take a look! I live together with my husband and we also share a closet. And people are
quite surprised when they see the size of it. So, as you can see our wardrobe is quite small. But,
we try to keep it super minimal to be able to keep it aesthetic and clean and nice looking.
I don't think my minimalist wardrobe is your average minimalist wardrobe. I love flowy and
feminine dresses and, the more flowy the better! I also love clothes that make me happy and for this
dresses are the most important part! So, let's start with the dresses I bought.
This is from Christy Dawn and this is one of my favorite flowy, feminine dresses.
This dress I bought in Italy. Originally it came with sleeves but I cut them away. This
dress is a second hand dress I got online from a vintage store. And I absolutely love it. Mainly,
because it's so comfortable and has stretch in the waist. This dress I got from Free People maybe six
years ago. And it makes me feel so beautiful. This is another dress from Free People, I got this for
my wedding but, then we ended up not having a wedding. This dress is another vintage dress
that I got online and it's so comfortable and very beautiful. And now for the clothes I made myself.
I prefer to make linen clothes because it's one of the easier materials to work with. I've made
these three dresses. Two similar dresses. And, one that's a bit different. I wear these pretty much
every day and I love them so much. And they're super easy to wash and care for. So those were
all my dresses. I have 10 dresses in total and I love them all just as much. Most of these dresses
are secondhand or, handmade. And I'm planning on keeping them for years to come. The next part is
tops. I own very few tops. I don't find that they are very versatile and not very easy to match. So
I tend to not buy tops in general. But, I probably need some more because it's not so practical to
wear dresses every day. I own three different tops. One sort of more formal work top. And,
then two regular t-shirts that I just wear when I'm at home. So next are the sweaters. I own a few
sweaters since I normally live in colder climates than New Zealand. I currently have two homemade
Norwegian sweaters that are my favorite. And three sweaters I got secondhand. All my sweaters
are second hand or handmade. The Norwegian ones are handmade in Norway from my aunt. I don't buy
new sweaters since I'm vegan and I find that vegan sweaters are extremely hard to find.
And, most of them are not very warm or, they are made from plastic. For bottoms I have two pair
of linen pants. And, two skirts. The linen pants I've made myself and the skirts are secondhand.
I've also made a second pair of black linen pants that are like an upgrade of the first pair.
And these fit me so much better. I got rid of my last pair of jeans a couple years ago and,
I am never going back. I just find jeans extremely uncomfortable and they don't suit my body type.
I much prefer wearing linen pants, skirts or, dresses. For exercise clothing, I mainly own
broken things. I do yoga and exercise at least six times a week so with the current wardrobe
I have it's not very sustainable. Therefore, this year I'm planning to buy a few more pieces that I
can exercise in. But, I'm really trying to take my time to make sure I buy the perfect items. I
have four pairs of leggings and as you can see here, they're all quite old and need replacing.
And these are not technically exercise clothes but, I have three tops and one pair of leggings
that I use for thermal layers in the winter. For swimwear, I own one bikini and one swimsuit.
Both of these are about four years old but, they still look like they're new. I try to take very,
very good care of my swimwear since I don't want to buy new since it's always made from plastic.
I own three pairs of shoes. One of them I actually got for free when I went to Alexander Technique
because we have the same shoe size. Another one of the pairs are my regular sneakers that I do
all my hiking in. And then I also have one pair of heels that are not so minimalist because I
don't wear them. But, I just can't get rid of them because I love them too much and I have so
many fond memories with them. For outerwear, I own one jacket. This is a jacket by the vegan brand
Save the duck, that only makes vegan jackets, in Italy. I bought this jacket when I lived in Italy
and I've had it for about five years now. But, I'm trying to take exceptionally good care of it
because again, because it's made from plastic, I don't want to buy a new one. Not sure if I should
include these bags because they are sort of tote bags but, I do have two tote bags that I sometimes
use. I also sort of share a backpack with my husband but, I don't really use the backpack.
The tote bags I'll use if I ever go out they- as my bag. But, I rarely do. Now for underwear.
Personally, I don't think it's reasonable to count underwear for your minimalist wardrobe
because of hygiene and because of cleaning and just because of sustainability. So I prefer having
a few pairs of underwear so I can wash once a week or every two weeks instead of having to do laundry
every three to four days. I don't own a standard underwire bra and I never will in my entire life
again. But, I do own bralettes. I own a couple of organic bralettes but, they haven't kept that
well whilst washing them. So I didn't want to share them. I also own a couple of old very old
bralettes but, they're made out of plastic. So I'm holding on to them as long as I can. I'm
not counting jewellery for this but, I thought I'd include it for fun :D. I own two pieces of
jewellery. I own this necklace that's handmade on Hawaii and I also own this ring that is my
wedding ring, that is made here in New Zealand. This necklace was about eighty dollars when I
bought it and my wedding ring was about 300 New Zealand dollars when I bought it. So I'd like to
say that my wardrobe is pretty minimalist. Maybe, even extreme minimalist if you compare it to a lot
of people. But, then maybe again, not. I like to have a beautiful wardrobe that makes me happy and
I think a minimalist wardrobe doesn't have to be just black and white. Comparing me to my husband,
my husband owns maybe like 10 items and they're all pretty much handmade by me. And it's all black
and it's all extremely minimal. So, if you put my wardrobe in relationship to his it looks very
like big. But, in comparison to most people I own very few clothes and also in comparison to
how much clothes I used to own. I'm also planning to make a video soon about how to best take care
of your clothes and how to make them last for longer. Same with shoes. So I'm really
looking forward to making that one. So that is everythingIi own in my minimalist wardrobe.
I used to have so many clothes, I literally had a walk-in closet that I shared with my half-sister.
I also dreamed about having like the biggest wardrobe in the world. But, these days that's
no longer my values and I'm really happy that this has changed. Currently I'm sort of trying
to curate my dream wardrobe so I'll definitely want to make more videos about this in the future.
I really want the most aesthetic, dreamy looking and, also practical to some extent wardrobe...
That is also minimal, without too many pieces. For me these days it's important that my clothes are
comfortable and that they make me feel beautiful. Thank you so much for watching this video! And
thank you to everyone who suggested it. This was quite a difficult video to make because I had to
film most of the shots myself, so it was a bit challenging. That's why it took a bit longer.
But, I had really, I had lots of fun making it. And I'm hoping to make lots more content
like this in the future. So thank you so much for watching! Please share me your favorite
ideals for your closet in the comments below and, let me know if you have any questions or,
suggestions. Because, I love to hear them. Thank you so much for watching. And don't
forget to like the video because it really helps the channel. And I will see you next week. Bye.