How to Set Up Your Spring Capsule Wardrobe

Now is the perfect time to set up your spring capsule wardrobe. As you figured out, the “in-between seasons” make it difficult to decide what to wear. Right now, are you searching two closets or digging through bins of off-season clothing? Instead, consider how much easier it will be to get ready, if everything lived in one closet? I use one closet (no dresser) but that wasn’t always the case. Here’s how I downsized my wardrobe into one simple closet. 

Experiment with Less

First, I challenged myself to wear just 7 pieces of clothing for an entire week. This exercise was inspired by Jen Hatmaker’s book 7 Experiments Against Excess. During this week, I still left the house for work, church, and social engagements and always in clean clothes. 

Second, I developed a spring (and then winter) capsule wardrobe of a limited number of seasonal pieces. By following Courtney Carver’s Project 333, I selected my favorite spring items. And moved the rest to our guest closet. I dressed better with less and found many pieces to donate

Less Clothing, Less Laundry

When I talk about the benefits of a small wardrobe, the primary argument against it is “I’ll have to do more laundry.” 

100% False.

Less clothing always means less laundry. Laundry can be done weekly, start to finish, in one day. (A mother of 10, agreed with me at one of my speaking events because they all had capsule wardrobes.) On laundry day, my pile is the smallest in our family. And that is because I own the least amount of clothing.  

Re-Hang, Re-Fold and Re-Wear

Re-wearing clothing helps. Washing clothes too often can do more harm than good and shorten their lifespan.

“Many of us believe that all of our clothes only have one-wear potential. We can wear each piece just once before we have to toss in the dirty clothes hamper and then into the washer before we can wear it again. What a lot of people don’t realize, though, is that we all have many articles of clothing that don’t need to be washed after every wear.”  You’re Washing Your Clothes Too Often by Megan Branch 

Margin

Closets tend to be more organized when they have more margin. Margin is the empty space that allows you to easily re-hang items. Putting away laundry is easier. And clothing can be staged in the closet to rewear before laundering.  My favorite hangers create a cohesive look inside the closet too!

Why not try a capsule wardrobe for spring? Once you’ve downsized, treat yourself to a set of these hangers to finish the closet organization.

 

How to Set Up Your Spring Capsule:

• Count your clothing (Yes, all of it.)
• Commit to reducing by 50%
• Donate winter items you did not wear
• Select your 5 favorite spring outfits
• Select 5 more
• Set aside your favorite items
• Empty your closet completely
• If possible, sort in a different room
• Donate items to achieve a 50% reduction
• Re-hang your spring favorites
• Continue sorting by season and downsizing
• Keep only colors you like
• Streamline your accessories to match your favorite colors
• Consider black or brown, but not both
• Throw away torn or stained clothing
• Donate items that are not your current size or current style
• Box up the fall/winter items. Repeat in 3-4 months.
• Enjoy your simplified and organized closet

I’d love to hear the results of your experiment with a capsule wardrobe.

 

 

 

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