Wardrobe Upgrade- Keep it Simple

Like I touched on in my last post,  I’ve been wanting to switch up my style a bit. I don’t know if it’s getting older or moving to new place, but I’ve had a recent desire to completely overhaul my wardrobe. Over the last year or so I realized that though the clothes I have are great, I have a big chunk that are just ok. They’re not great quality, they’re not versatile, they don’t showcase my current style to the fullest, and they certainly don’t “Spark Joy”. So this year I’m looking to really take stock of my wardrobe and transform it into something that serves my current style.

Capsule Inspired

For the the past few years I’ve been really inspired by capsule wardrobes. As someone that constantly reaches for the same few outfits every season, it seems reasonable to have a smaller closet full of high quality versatile items. While I don’t plan on curating my own capsule, I do want to incorporate some of the basic capsule tenets into my wardrobe. Mainly quality over quantity, having more versatile quality basics/ pieces,  and having a wardrobe full of pieces that you love and wear. While I’m not going to completely purge my wardrobe, I do want to continue to eliminate items in my closet that I don’t love as I transition quality/ more thoughtfully acquired items into it.

The Vision

So what’s the style you’re going for? you might ask. Well I’ve come to the realization that the outfits and styles I’m drawn to the most are simple classic pieces with a little funk/retro/vintage/edgy flare. As I get older I’ve realized I want a slightly more sophisticated wardrobe, but also one that has fun and isn’t afraid to mix in trends. The problem is that my wardrobe lacks some good quality basics. These basics are an important part of any wardrobe but especially one that you want to curate around chic simplicity. Needless to say this is going to be a long ongoing process, but I hope to have a more curated and easier to navigate wardrobe in the end.

Inspiration

What Now?

So now that I have a basic idea of where I want to take my wardrobe the first thing I need to do is invest in some quality basics. Basics are the building blocks with which I hope to build my new wardrobe. My plan is to go through my closet and take inventory of what basics I already have, what basics I’m missing, and which pieces I need to replace. Then I’ll have a a good list of the pieces I want to acquire. All of that will be coming up in a future blog post, so keep an eye out for that one!

EPIC Thrift Haul!!

So I had kind of an epic thrifting day last Thursday. Even though the Savers I visited has been open since like October I hadn’t visited until last Thursday. It wasn’t for a lack of want, just that it’s a bit far away from my usual thrift haunts and my house. Anyway after reading positive reviews on yelp I knew I had to go and give it a shot. Since both my mom and I were off last Thursday it seemed the perfect day to check it out. I wasn’t really expecting to find anything and spent most of my time looking through the clothes. Towards the end of my visit I was browsing quickly through housewares to see if there were any cool Pyrex dishes or something and there they were, two Cathrineholm pots! I had seen the pattern before, most recently on Rachel from Smile and Wave’s post about her thrifting trip to the Ozarks,  and knew they were cool and vintage. So I giddily took the biggest one and rushed to my mom to show her my bounty. Surprisingly she had no idea about Cathrineholm enamel ware, but I knew I was going to get it so I made her guard it while I tried on the small pile of clothes I was hanging onto. Later that night I went on ebay to look up the dish and found it selling online for $50-75.00, I paid $8.00. I had no idea they were so expensive. Immediately I lamented leaving the other pot. Sometimes I think too practically, ” I don’t really need two” etc.  I knew I had to go back Friday and see if the smaller pot was still there, and it was! Anyway it was a pretty epic find in my book and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna start collecting Cathrineholm from now on. I’ve seen a ton of cool ways people decorate with them on pinterest and I’m sold.

Anyway aside from the Cathrineholm I also found this large Pyrex mixing bowl. I’ve kind of started collecting Pyrex but I’m trying to limit it only to patterns and colors I like. I don’t want to become a crazy pyrex hoarder, I don’t have room/money for that.

And this cute made in Japan ceramic deer.

This haul was a bit out of the ordinary for me because I’m usually thrifting clothes and accessories, I rarely if ever get home accessories. I’ve been making a more concerted effort though to look through the home goods aisles more frequently and with a more discerning eye. I read some thrift blogs and people find amazing stuff in the home goods sections so I knew I needed to browse those more and branch out from just clothing. Guess all that “hard work” has finally paid off. In any case I’ll definitely be paying the cathrineholm Savers another visit soon, on the list it goes.

Sorry for the lack of outfit posts. I did wear clothes last week but nothing especially interesting. It’s been unseasonably warm around here (yay) but I hadn’t really put together any good warm weather outfits and couldn’t for the life of me think of any good outfits before I went thrifting. It seems in a pinch I’m not especially creative with outfits, but making lists of outfits and having them at my disposal when I just can’t think of a good outfit seems to help.  So a couple days ago I made a list of a some good warm weather outfits so I should have more outfits to post soon.