Hi, everyone. It's Justine
This video today is the start of a new series on my channel
For an entire month, every Wednesday, you'll be getting a video on the topic of capsule wardrobes
After one video on that topic so far, it was almost a year ago,
I've been getting so many questions that it's worth digging deeper into the matter.
I've gotten questions like "What is it? Is it really something for me?"
"How many pieces should be included? Which pieces do I need based on the region and the weather I live in?"
"How do I switch between seasons? What are the core pieces that everybody should own?" Etc, etc.
So there is a lot to talk about
So far I've planed four episodes
But I'm happy to complete them with your questions and add more episodes
If there are extra topics on that that you want me to tackle
This series is for you, it's to help you
We are getting closer to fall
Summer is almost over already
So it's a good moment when we switch seasons to start thinking about whether to do a capsule or not
So today I would like to tackle, What a capsule wardrobe really is, Proper definition,
What it can do for you, What it cannot do for you,
Is it really for you? How to know?
And the big question for people to know whether to start or not
How many items should actually be included?
Let's go
What is the capsule wardrobe?
It is a well curated closet of things that fit your lifestyle and where everything goes with everything
its optimizing quantity
Less is more and you always know what to wear and each piece gets to be worn a lot more often
It's a concept that makes a lot of sense
Because having lots of clothes nowadays is not a challenge
You have fast fashion for that
You go and you buy a top for five bucks or even less when it's on sale
The real challenge is to have quality things that you enjoy wearing
And when you get there, it's extremely satisfying
Is the capsule wardrobe something for me?
Let's do a little quiz
I'm going to ask you five questions
If you answer yes to at least one of those questions
Then you could consider starting a capsule
And all the videos coming up this month are going to help you do that
Question one: Has your body or your size or your silhouette changed recently?
If you don't fit in your existing clothes anymore
And you know anyways that you're going to have to rethink, redo, update your wardrobe
It is a convenient time to think about whether you want to do that the capsule way
Question two: Do you own many clothes but still feel that you have nothing to wear?
That happens when you buy pieces without planning and without thinking in terms of full outfits
You end up with lots of things that don't go together
If you look at it, objectively and find out that, what,
50% of your clothes actually never leave the hangers
Don't get worn then you're in that case
Question three: You're at a point in your life when you want to find your own style or change your style
And you're looking for a kind of method or for guidelines
The principle of the capsule wardrobe is to give you that framework to work in the direction that you have chosen
Question four: Are you an impulsive shopper who wants to prevent and control impulsive shopping?
A capsule wardrobe is a great budget control tool
Question 5: in general, would you prefer to invest in quality rather than in quantity?
If you're thinking about going for more eco-friendly sustainable clothes
Or if you want to get better cuts, better clothes in fit and in patterns
Because, let's say you started to work, and your student clothes just won't do the job anymore
Then a capsule wardrobe will help you to without increasing your budget
Basically you're going to buy less clothes, but better ones
So how many times did you answer yes within those five questions?
I know that a couple of years ago before I became better aware of all that
and started to study design I would have said yes five times
Because I just never thought about it really
I bought randomly and I had a wardrobe that looked random.
But it's okay
Um, I think it's the majority of the people. Until you start working with a proper method like this one,
your wardrobe is just random. Work in progress. It's okay.
Awareness is already half of the work done.
I think there are two cases in which a capsule is not for you, not right for your life
The first one is if you're a collector of designer clothes, and you need a casual and a work wardrobe
And you have a lot of celebration wear and you like multiple styles.
That's just too many ands, I think
And a capsule in your case might get more of a headache than a helpful thing.
The other case is if you have a job that requires you to make public appearances
Like on TV or in events, stuff like that
And they want you to wear a different outfit every time
Then it's going to be a bit complicated here too
Unless you do a capsule, but just for your time and your life off camera. That works again
How many items?
First: Don't panic
Because it does not really matter how many pieces you include
There are people who get there with 20 pieces.
That's great
People need 60 pieces, that's fine too
it's your thing
So there is this very famous method for capsules which is called project 333
where you plan with 33 items, not one more not one less
I feel that's a bit stressful.
Maybe it's stressful for you. Thinking "Oh, my God. That's not enough for me, not for me"
But actually, it's only for one season
If in your country you have four different seasons with four different weathers, then you need four times that
And then it looks totally doable, doesn't it?
And then you might think that a t-shirt even fits for all four seasons
Right? Because you wear in summer just like that
In winter with the coats and in fall with the jacket
So it's really much more flexible than people think in the first place
And it shouldn't be stressful
It's a personal thing. The number does not really matter
Next week, we'll plan capsules
So you will get an example
I'll do the exercise with you to see how many pieces I would go for
Which ones, how my ideal capsule would look like
And then you can just adapt it to your life style, your taste and your seasons
So now I'm looking forward to your comments and questions down below, please
And if you're a new subscriber, you're new to this channel be welcome
And be informed that I'm always here twice a week
At least in the first hour after an upload to answer comments and questions
So if you have something specific and personal in your case that you want to ask you know when and where to find me
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