Clothing
- Trench coat
- Silk Shirt Dress
- Wool Dress (too warm)
- White Skirt
- Green Skirt
- Khaki pants
- Jeans
- Beige Cardigan
- Teal Sweater
- Gray t-shirt
- Olive-khaki t-shirt
- White Blouse
- Political Party Blouse
Shoes and Accessories
- Straw Visor
- Black loafers
- Leopard flats
- Espadrilles
- Leather Sandals
- Brown belt
- scarves (2)
- Leather Tote
- Sunglasses
- Canvas Shoes (Tom's if anybody cares)
- Baseball cap
- Old Jeans
- Faded Button down
- Mesh shorts
- Tank top
First, a few notes about the accessories. I don't have a purse but carry my wallet with a ribbon tied to the zipper. The wallet is large enough to cram my phone inside and makes a sleek clutch for hoity-toity evening dinners at the local Mexican restaurant. I wear the visor every day. I wear it in the car since my commute places me in direct opposition to the rising and setting sun. I wear it on my twice-daily strolls. I absolutely love it and am toying with the idea of obtaining another straw hat for daily use. What ever happened to the utility of clothing anyway? I have several types of scarves. Most of them sit around in a canvas bin. I don't know how many I've worn thus far but I'll go on record as having worn a few although I doubt it was that many. I am not an accessories girl but I would be if gloves become a socially acceptable means of self-expression or a genteel form of politeness and propriety once again. The shoes all get worn in their appropriate places (on my feet); no sandals at work and no stuffy loafers on the weekend. Finally, I need hosiery. Two to three pairs of nude hose ought to set me up completely but I have yet to purchase. It feels good to waffle in contemplation and indecision as long as possible since I have to buy new.
The shocking thing is that I don't even wear all these clothes unless I try very hard. For example, I've worn the white skirt once since creating this capsule five weeks ago. Noticing this, I plan to wear the skirt tomorrow but not for lack of other clothing. The silk shirt dress has never been worn outside the front of my mirror. It is at the tailor's acquiring a more modest length to make it appropriate for work and bicycle riding. The white blouse, cardigan and sweater only just arrived last week and the knits are on heavy rotation for days when it is cold enough but there aren't many. The wool dress is also too warm for most days, when the temperature is above 60 degrees. It is best kept for winter and retired after in February. I am having a dressmaker create a second shirt dress for me. This will replace the wool dress as soon as it is ready. I love shirt dresses because they are so effortlessly feminine and appropriate for practically any occasion. Speaking of occasions, I also have two party dresses which obviously don't make it into the heavy rotation and aren't listed here. One was worn for my daughter's birthday and the other for Easter brunch and egg hunting with the family.
This month will no doubt fly by like the others and I will revise my wardrobe at the end of May with a view to summer. By then, I hope to have acquired a second-hand khaki skirt to replace the khaki pants which are too pale and drab for me.
This capsule will be refined as time goes on. However, I do no plan to deviate from this template of ~20 clothing items with 10 being the ideal, assuming I can get someone else to do all my household chores for me. I do not wish to own more clothes than listed here. I think, perhaps owning fewer clothes would be even better. If I won the lottery, I'd still try to wear these clothes out before even looking for a second-hand replacement.
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