Speaker 1: Episode one, eighteen Tips for creating a capsule wardrobe you'll
Speaker 1: love for years. Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast, where
Speaker 1: you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity, race and liberal
Speaker 1: your life. Here your host Jen and Jill. Welcome to
Speaker 1: the Frugal Friends podcast. My name is Jen, my name
Speaker 1: is Jill, and today we are talking about having less clothes,
Speaker 1: fewer clothes not on your person, but in your closet.
Speaker 1: I mean, but either way, I mean the climate. I
Speaker 1: guess it's really hot in Florida, so a lot of
Speaker 1: a lot of the clothes here are smaller. I don't
Speaker 1: know if that's a good thing. How to do this
Speaker 1: thing of less, less clothing in your closet, clothing choices,
Speaker 1: capsule wardrobe, it's a big topic. Everybody's got their take
Speaker 1: on it. Here you go, we're gonna throw ours in
Speaker 1: the mix. Exactly. We both have had capsule wardrobes in
Speaker 1: different forms for the past several years, and so we're
Speaker 1: going to talk about that and how to make it
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Speaker 1: to buy new clothes. So let's dive into our first article,
Speaker 1: thank you yours. I see that look on your face.
Speaker 1: I'm just like not understanding, but going with it. I'm on,
Speaker 1: I'm along for the ride. If you have had a baby,
Speaker 1: you understand. It's I'm still working on getting back into
Speaker 1: my pre pregnancy clothes, which is people that just get
Speaker 1: there without trying. But it's why a capsule wardrobe could help,
Speaker 1: so that you don't have to buy as many clothes
Speaker 1: to keep up with your carbon take. I know I'm
Speaker 1: about to give up and just like go out and
Speaker 1: buy new clothes, like I'm done with like body shame old.
Speaker 1: So I'm excited for today is second article specifically, but
Speaker 1: the first one is from Courtney Carver, and we had
Speaker 1: her on the show UM a while ago. I should
Speaker 1: have looked up the name or the number, but we
Speaker 1: we had her talking about minimalism, and this is her
Speaker 1: article on how to build a capsule wardrobe because she
Speaker 1: actually created project three three three and that is all
Speaker 1: about having thirty three items and using only those for
Speaker 1: three months. And so to me, that's a little like
Speaker 1: more extreme than a capsule wardrobe, but still a cool
Speaker 1: challenge to try if you want to. Yeah. I like,
Speaker 1: first of all, this specific article that we're talking about
Speaker 1: today and that we're sharing in our show notes goes
Speaker 1: through how to how to build a capsule wardrobe, not
Speaker 1: necessarily what you're going to have in it, but the
Speaker 1: process of it. But I also like how she goes
Speaker 1: into some definitions and some reasons for doing this, UM
Speaker 1: and my own abbreviated version of a definition of a
Speaker 1: capsule wardrobe is just a small collection of useful clothing
Speaker 1: that you love. Like at its core, that's what it is. Certainly,
Speaker 1: there's all sorts of people who go into different numbers
Speaker 1: of how many clothing, what type of clothing, what exactly
Speaker 1: are the pieces and articles of clothing, whether whether you're
Speaker 1: doing seasonal or if it's just all year, this number
Speaker 1: of clothing needs to last you. Like, there's all sorts
Speaker 1: of approaches, but at its core, we are talking about
Speaker 1: a small collection, useful, meaning like it's functional and hopefully
Speaker 1: there's some longevity to it and you really like the
Speaker 1: clothing rather than having twenty five you know, different types
Speaker 1: of the same article of clothing, none of them really
Speaker 1: work for you. We're talking we've paired it down, use
Speaker 1: the clothes out work for us, and then we love. Yes,
Speaker 1: and I found the episode that Courtney was on, this
Speaker 1: episode fifty nine perfect yes. Sorry alright, So, uh, let's
Speaker 1: start with her top three reasons to build a capsule wardrobe.
Speaker 1: Um So, the first one is to figure out what matters?
Speaker 1: I love. I love all three of these reasons, especially
Speaker 1: number two. Um So, she says, if you're overwhelmed with
Speaker 1: stuff and business, you may have forgotten what really matters
Speaker 1: to you. Um how you like to spend your time
Speaker 1: and the dreams you had for your life. Living and
Speaker 1: dressing with less helps you reconnect and remember. Sometimes to
Speaker 1: figure out what matters, you have to get rid of
Speaker 1: everything that doesn't. So true and we say the same
Speaker 1: thing with spending. So like when we do know spend challenges,
Speaker 1: sometimes you have to get rid of everything to remember
Speaker 1: or to realize what really matters, what you really value
Speaker 1: spending money on. It's the same with clothes. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think it clears the clutter, so to speak, like physically
Speaker 1: and metaphorically, to kind of gain a new perspective, similar
Speaker 1: to what I think vacations can do for us. Sometimes
Speaker 1: we wonder why are vacations so different from staycations or
Speaker 1: just when I have a weekend at home, and I
Speaker 1: think part of it is we remove ourselves from our
Speaker 1: typical environment and we can get a new perspective on things.
Speaker 1: And so this is that concept remove yourself from so
Speaker 1: much of your typical way of living and environment and
Speaker 1: maybe even what you wear to gain a new perspective.
Speaker 1: There's often realizations that can come along with that process.
Speaker 1: Mm hmm. Second reason to build a capsule wardrobe is
Speaker 1: that it reduces decision fatigue. I'm sure that this is
Speaker 1: a concept that you've heard about for but it's really
Speaker 1: this idea that if we eliminate the number of decisions
Speaker 1: that we make, we can think more clearly and we
Speaker 1: have capacity to make the bigger, more important decisions. UM
Speaker 1: that if if we're not needing to choose every single
Speaker 1: morning between fifty different outfits, we will probably be able
Speaker 1: to better parent, we will be able to better um
Speaker 1: work in our environment, at our careers, at our jobs.
Speaker 1: This isn't the only thing. We're not saying only if
Speaker 1: you clear out your clothing, but this kind of mentality
Speaker 1: where we kind of eliminate decisions that don't really matter
Speaker 1: to create space for the rest of things. And I
Speaker 1: think this is particularly a problem that we face um
Speaker 1: in in the North, as as Americans or as people
Speaker 1: who are comparatively to the rest of the world wealthy.
Speaker 1: We have so much, We have so much excess. So
Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, it's a privilege to even say,
Speaker 1: how are we going to pare down our wardrobes? Holy smokes,
Speaker 1: what a problem to have that we have so many
Speaker 1: clothing that we've got to figure out how to make
Speaker 1: our lives more simple. But I do think that we
Speaker 1: can reap a lot of benefits if we can simplify
Speaker 1: so much. It's part of why I love all the
Speaker 1: and I it's overwhelming to me to go into regular
Speaker 1: grocery stores now to realize, oh my word, I don't
Speaker 1: need twenty five different choices on peanut butter. It's like
Speaker 1: I've realized that I've now been conditioned to have one
Speaker 1: or two options, and I like that. And it does
Speaker 1: create space and freedom, and it takes less time to
Speaker 1: shop at all the anyhow, we're not talking about groceries,
Speaker 1: talking about clothing, but similar concept that if I've got
Speaker 1: less clothes in my closet, I have less decisions to
Speaker 1: make on it. Life is simpler and I'm freed up
Speaker 1: for other things. Yeah, definitely. And and and that kind of
Speaker 1: like bleeds over into the next one is that it
Speaker 1: creates more space and time for what you love, so
Speaker 1: fewer decisions you have to make, more time you have
Speaker 1: for everything else, and when you figure out what matters,
Speaker 1: that's what you can fill that time with, so frustration,
Speaker 1: less time of being frustrated I've got nothing to wear,
Speaker 1: everything's in the laundry, or you got to dig through stuff.
Speaker 1: Holy smokes. Yes, Yeah, So I found that the article,
Speaker 1: once we get into them, you know, the step by step,
Speaker 1: it felt to me a lot like meal planning that
Speaker 1: goes back to food, like you do a capsule wardrobe
Speaker 1: episode without food. I'm hungry right now, so that's maybe why.
Speaker 1: But so so, the first one on her less on,
Speaker 1: step by step how to build a capsule wardrobe is
Speaker 1: to first see, so to take out all of your clothes,
Speaker 1: your accessories, your jewelry, your shoes, put it all on
Speaker 1: the bed, get it all in your um, in your
Speaker 1: eyesight so that you can easily uh see and sort.
Speaker 1: I can't stress this one enough, and I will say
Speaker 1: I've tried both methods. I've tried the get it all out,
Speaker 1: let me see everything, and I've tried the method of
Speaker 1: just like one drawer at a time. But I feel
Speaker 1: like when it comes to clothing, you have got to
Speaker 1: see it all at once because you forget what you
Speaker 1: have and you could be keeping things around that you
Speaker 1: don't actually need. Because when you're able to see it
Speaker 1: all at once, you can see, oh, this is actually
Speaker 1: how many tank tops I have or how many longsleeve
Speaker 1: shirts or sweaters or scarfs or you name it. So so, yes,
Speaker 1: you do have to carve out a good amount of time,
Speaker 1: particularly depending on how much you have. It might not
Speaker 1: all that on your bed. Let's be honest, you might
Speaker 1: need to haul all this to your living room or
Speaker 1: like the largest room of your house, but make sure
Speaker 1: you can see it all. I really I can't encourage
Speaker 1: that enough. Yeah, I love the last line. It might
Speaker 1: make you laugh or cry, but either way, you'll never
Speaker 1: want to do this again. Yeah, so it'll keep you
Speaker 1: on that trajectory, I'll tell you. Man. Yes, I got
Speaker 1: to a bad point where things were just shoved and
Speaker 1: it was overwhelming to see how much I had and yeah,
Speaker 1: not doing that again. Okay, So now that it's all
Speaker 1: laid out and you've got it sprawled everywhere and you
Speaker 1: feel incredibly overwhelmed, you've got to get to work. And
Speaker 1: number two is sort so you're gonna want to move
Speaker 1: the clothes to different piles. And these are the four
Speaker 1: different piles that you want to make. Love That one's easy,
Speaker 1: like I love it. I love it. It fits me
Speaker 1: well and where often my goodness like, don't have me
Speaker 1: depart from like my second born two. Second pile is maybe,
Speaker 1: like I think I want to keep this. I don't
Speaker 1: quite know why. I'm not quite ready to make a
Speaker 1: full decision on this, so like possibly I'll come back
Speaker 1: to it. Third pile is donate this just doesn't fit
Speaker 1: my body or my life. I never wear it. I
Speaker 1: haven't worn it in a year. We're going to donate this.
Speaker 1: And lastly is trash. I will say repurpose if possible.
Speaker 1: I hate seeing clothing go to the dump. But I mean,
Speaker 1: if we're talking like Dy's that should have never been
Speaker 1: in your closet for five years. Yeah. Um, but if
Speaker 1: it's possible to make it into rags, or if it
Speaker 1: if it can go to a friend or something like that.
Speaker 1: But yeah, that could be another pile. But mostly we're
Speaker 1: talking love it. Maybe donate and keep going until you
Speaker 1: have on through your entire pile. Uh yeah, she says,
Speaker 1: roll around on your bad get your feet up in
Speaker 1: the air, screen, drink water, eats snags, but don't stop.
Speaker 1: Like this is why you got a carve out the time,
Speaker 1: because otherwise and you're just gonna be stuck with a
Speaker 1: trash pile that just keeps getting moved around, and then
Speaker 1: you sleep there and then it never ends, and then
Speaker 1: you get tired of it, then you shove it back
Speaker 1: all in your closet again. So no, that's not happening
Speaker 1: this time. We're doing it all at once. You can
Speaker 1: see you were like speaking from like things that have
Speaker 1: actually happened in her life. This is like how I
Speaker 1: talked to myself when I'm doing this. And then you
Speaker 1: need to get the items that you're planning on getting
Speaker 1: rid of, on donating out of your house, like immediately
Speaker 1: that like that day, if possible, even if that means
Speaker 1: it's moving to the garage or it's moving into your car.
Speaker 1: But we want to avoid the time when you get
Speaker 1: so tired of seeing the piles that you just throw
Speaker 1: it back into your closet. Don't waste all the hard
Speaker 1: work that you've done. Yeah, I always put it straight
Speaker 1: into my car. Are like, I don't even let it
Speaker 1: sit in my house, So that way it's there, and
Speaker 1: I can just when I'm by a thrift store, I
Speaker 1: just drop it off. It's already either. But once you've
Speaker 1: done your initial sweep, go back through again. So now
Speaker 1: look at what is in my love pile, what's in
Speaker 1: my maybe pile? And see, okay, it are these items
Speaker 1: that I do still want to keep or is it
Speaker 1: still so much that I should go back through my
Speaker 1: maybe pile? Compare it to what I have in my
Speaker 1: love pile? Do I have similar items already that that
Speaker 1: that what was in my maybe I now can toss
Speaker 1: because now you've even got fresh eyes on things. We're
Speaker 1: probably so frustrated that you can run off of that
Speaker 1: motivation to be like, you know what, we're just we're
Speaker 1: tossing stuff. I'm not doing this anymore. Get rid of
Speaker 1: the weight or maybe you want to take you want
Speaker 1: to sleep in your bed, and then the next morning,
Speaker 1: take a real real look at your love and maybe
Speaker 1: worst case scenario. You can put your maybe not even
Speaker 1: worst case. This is a great step that you can do.
Speaker 1: You can put your maybe pile into plastic bins and
Speaker 1: put that into your garage or your attic or under
Speaker 1: your bed and sit on it for a little bit.
Speaker 1: But definitely don't keep your donate and trash piles. Those
Speaker 1: have got to get out of the house otherwise you'll
Speaker 1: change your mind exactly. Um. And then the next step
Speaker 1: is choose. So she's specifically talking about choosing thirty three
Speaker 1: items UM by category. So and this is a cross
Speaker 1: is instant in each category. This is just across all
Speaker 1: the categories. And most people say thirty to forty items
Speaker 1: is a capsule wardrobe that's not hard and fast. You
Speaker 1: you choose, there's no number. The number is not important.
Speaker 1: The important thing is that you are being intentional with
Speaker 1: your choices. Um. So she has a list of different things,
Speaker 1: and we'll go into that in the next one. But
Speaker 1: like you have to choose like jeans, dresses, skirts, like
Speaker 1: make sure you have a variety of of things you wear.
Speaker 1: Like she also has like button down shirts and blazers.
Speaker 1: I'm not going I don't own a blazer. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to get a blazer. I don't wear blazers. I
Speaker 1: work at home. I'm wearing my pajama shorts right now.
Speaker 1: So I mean that's this what people what are on
Speaker 1: people's list is not going to be the same for everyone,
Speaker 1: So be intentional. If you live in a climate that
Speaker 1: is very radical in seasons, then what a kind strength
Speaker 1: based way of describing that? Then thank you. I mean,
Speaker 1: then you'll have to go with separate capsules, so you'll
Speaker 1: need a winter capsule in a summer capsule, and you know, etcetera. Um.
Speaker 1: But first, so for me, we have two seasons. We
Speaker 1: have hot and not hot, and so I have hot, hotter,
Speaker 1: hot and hotter, so I have uh, are you to
Speaker 1: have to like wardrobes? But then I did the con
Speaker 1: Maori um cleaning and now I just have one. I
Speaker 1: don't even have separates, um. But that's kind of getting
Speaker 1: a little out of control, so I'm gonna have to
Speaker 1: like redo. But so it just it's based on your
Speaker 1: lifestyle and where you live. Yeah, and I think that's
Speaker 1: a good point. You do have to edit. It's not like, oh,
Speaker 1: I've arrived. Sometimes clothing gets worn out or it doesn't
Speaker 1: fit anymore, or we we changed careers, or we're doing
Speaker 1: something different with our lives, or COVID hits and suddenly
Speaker 1: it's sweat bands and we don't need blazers anymore. So, yes,
Speaker 1: it can shift throughout life. But the goal of this
Speaker 1: is for us at least, is to approach this category
Speaker 1: or of our lives in a frugal way. You can
Speaker 1: do a capsule wardrobe and spend a ton of money,
Speaker 1: so it's not as if this is always going to
Speaker 1: be the most frugal way of doing something. You know,
Speaker 1: some people will will do capsule wardrobe been every single
Speaker 1: season change out what their capsule is and they buy
Speaker 1: the most expensive pants and the most expensive coats and
Speaker 1: all this stuff. So there, yes, there's all different types
Speaker 1: of approaches. The way that that I do it, and
Speaker 1: I think we are suggesting for our frugal friends is
Speaker 1: that this can be a way towards frugality and that
Speaker 1: we can use what's in our closets already to keep
Speaker 1: us from spending more and more every time we go
Speaker 1: to the store. But to say, you know what, how
Speaker 1: do we aim at contentment with what's in our closet,
Speaker 1: but also make sure that what's in our closet we
Speaker 1: like and we wear, and its suits our purposes so
Speaker 1: that we can be content with what we have exactly.
Speaker 1: And I think you're describing some barriers to like and
Speaker 1: I think that's worth talking about, like what would keep
Speaker 1: people from doing this? And I think one of them,
Speaker 1: First of all, it's the seasonal thing that you've already mentioned.
Speaker 1: And so there you go. If you live in a
Speaker 1: place that has how did you describe it, uh, draft,
Speaker 1: drastic changes and climate extremes, so yes, have different capsule wardrobes.
Speaker 1: Like you don't have to do it the same as
Speaker 1: someone living in San Diego who is like always in
Speaker 1: seventy degree weather. It looks different for you. Also, there's
Speaker 1: this question of, oh, my word, you're going to take
Speaker 1: it all away from me. Like all of my clothes,
Speaker 1: I've got to give it all up. No, we're saying,
Speaker 1: let's get rid of the things that we don't like
Speaker 1: anyways that cause clutter, that we don't wear, doesn't suit
Speaker 1: our purposes, so that we can see what we actually wear,
Speaker 1: so that we can reduce decision fatigue, and so that
Speaker 1: we have space for more in our lives. It doesn't
Speaker 1: have to be thirty three items. It can be if
Speaker 1: you like that challenge, but paring down to the essentials.
Speaker 1: And no, you don't have to give it up again.
Speaker 1: Like I said, if you've got your maybe pile and
Speaker 1: you're like uncertain, what if I do end up wanting
Speaker 1: to wear this, put it in a bin, put it away,
Speaker 1: but get it out of sight and start to feel
Speaker 1: what it's like to live with less. Yeah, and even
Speaker 1: if you have a capsule wardrobe, that doesn't mean that
Speaker 1: you are not allowed to go shopping. You know, you
Speaker 1: can still if that's something that if you there's something
Speaker 1: you need, or if you just want to go shopping,
Speaker 1: if that is something you enjoy and you've put it
Speaker 1: in your budget, you don't have to stop just because
Speaker 1: you have a capsule wardrobe. You can add things to
Speaker 1: it and then re you know, redo it every season
Speaker 1: or year. Yeah, you can add things or even and
Speaker 1: and take things away. Rule that I made for myself
Speaker 1: once I felt like I got to a point where,
Speaker 1: all right, my closet is at its max and where
Speaker 1: I want it to be, so I can still like
Speaker 1: see everything all at once, and I don't have to
Speaker 1: like have really strong muscles to like dig through my
Speaker 1: closet and get dressed in the morning, although I do
Speaker 1: want strong muscles, but not for that reason. I made
Speaker 1: a role for myself that if I bring something else in,
Speaker 1: I've got to get rid of something. So if I
Speaker 1: do want to go to the thrift store and get
Speaker 1: like crazy good deals because that just like revives me
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, then when I bring home a shirt,
Speaker 1: I've got to get rid of a shirt. I bring
Speaker 1: home a pair of pants, I gotta get rid of
Speaker 1: a pair of pants. And so it's made me more
Speaker 1: intentional with my purchases and made me question do I
Speaker 1: really need this? Is this better than what I already have?
Speaker 1: Will this last me longer than what I already have?
Speaker 1: Is this an upgrade from that other shirt that I
Speaker 1: typically wear? Those kinds of things and yeah, it has
Speaker 1: created just greater intentionality with my spending. M hm. Good word.
Speaker 1: And so I think that can lead us to our
Speaker 1: next article, which is ten capsule wardrobe essential So like
Speaker 1: what should you have? And I have seen a lot
Speaker 1: of lists and a lot of people have a lot
Speaker 1: of different opinions. And I think it's like the people
Speaker 1: that write these are more like fashion e so they
Speaker 1: have maybe a bigger they wear more types of clothing,
Speaker 1: uh than I would. So these ten actually are an
Speaker 1: expansion of what you have wardrobe includes. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: Courtney had thirteen and this one has ten, and it's
Speaker 1: still an expansion, but we'll go through it. And like
Speaker 1: Jen said, though, this is still not this does not
Speaker 1: have to be exactly what your closet looks like. There
Speaker 1: is freedom and all of this, but to give a
Speaker 1: guideline or a template for what the experts of capsule
Speaker 1: wardrobes typically say. Here it is yes, and this one's
Speaker 1: from the blissful mind and uh yeah, so the first
Speaker 1: one I mean this, I will say first, this is
Speaker 1: my color palette. If you go to this website and
Speaker 1: see the examples, it's literally all black and then some
Speaker 1: white and gray and then one denim shirt, which but
Speaker 1: it's all black I like as well. But I will
Speaker 1: say I think that that's a barrier for people also
Speaker 1: is that they think, like, okay, capsule wardrobe, so it
Speaker 1: all has to match. Therefore I'm gonna look like I'm
Speaker 1: in mourning all of the time, and that's not true either,
Speaker 1: And definitely search the internet for your more funky fun.
Speaker 1: You can choose your color palette. I will say it
Speaker 1: is easier if you're really pouring down to choose a
Speaker 1: color palette where most things match with most things. But
Speaker 1: it does not have to be gray, black and white
Speaker 1: unless you love that. Unless you love that, everyone's like
Speaker 1: you have to have a little black dress. You don't.
Speaker 1: You don't. Maybe your little black dress is blue or
Speaker 1: red or the colors. Yeah, your dress can be whatever
Speaker 1: color you want it to be. It doesn't even have
Speaker 1: to be little. Whatever you want doesn't have to be little.
Speaker 1: A big old, colorful dress, all right. So first on
Speaker 1: this list is tank tops, So I mean, like, yes,
Speaker 1: because you can wear it under shirts over shirt though
Speaker 1: under shirts, uh, tank tops are my shirts? Right? Just
Speaker 1: tank tops a hundred degrees outside right, and and tank
Speaker 1: tops especially if they are simple can go with a
Speaker 1: lot of different things. I wear them a lot with
Speaker 1: shorts as well as dresses as well as to work
Speaker 1: out in. So you just can go from morning to
Speaker 1: noon tonight in a tank top. M h. Yes, And
Speaker 1: you want to have a variety of colors including black,
Speaker 1: white and gray or peach teal and brown. Right now,
Speaker 1: So if you're on the YouTube video, you will see
Speaker 1: that Jill is wearing pink and flowers, and she's got
Speaker 1: hoop earrings in and I'm wearing just like a gray
Speaker 1: T shirt. You've got a cute little bandana in your
Speaker 1: head because you because my hair is still really like
Speaker 1: post birth regrowing. It's still a problem, all right. Next
Speaker 1: is a short sleeve tea, so you'll want to have
Speaker 1: you can have all or one depending on your preference.
Speaker 1: But v neck, scoop neck, and crew neck. Again, you
Speaker 1: want to have a variety of colors black, white and gray, yes,
Speaker 1: or yellow shark sure, that's the same thing. Um, what else?
Speaker 1: I want to say, a little green green? Yeah? Yeah,
Speaker 1: but those are yeah. I mean I'm literally wearing a
Speaker 1: gray scoop neck right now and it's beautiful. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: what am I wearing? Crew neck? Um? I think you're
Speaker 1: in crew. Yeah, it's a blouse. It is a blouse,
Speaker 1: and it's an embroidered blouse, and I love it and
Speaker 1: it works for me, and I wear it with a
Speaker 1: lot of different things. But yes, I do especially like
Speaker 1: t shirts, especially your plain teas, because they can go
Speaker 1: from very casual to a bit more professional depending on
Speaker 1: what you pair it with. If you do pair it
Speaker 1: with a nice cardigan or a blazer or or some
Speaker 1: dress pants versus putting it with your yoga pants or
Speaker 1: your shorts. So I think that particularly some good teas
Speaker 1: are good. Now, this is another thing. This does not
Speaker 1: give us license or permission to go and buy all
Speaker 1: of these things because we think we need them because
Speaker 1: a cute blog made them look cool. Uh. You don't
Speaker 1: need all three of the different types of Next, you
Speaker 1: don't need all the different colors that they say that
Speaker 1: you need. Just look for what you already have, uh,
Speaker 1: and pare it down to your favorites. And maybe you
Speaker 1: would get to the end and say, you know what
Speaker 1: I am missing kind of an essential tea or an
Speaker 1: essential card Again, fine, and maybe that replaces like three
Speaker 1: other things that hardly work. Yeah, But so I will say,
Speaker 1: like so the next two on the list, um are
Speaker 1: long sleeve teas and blouses, and so I don't own those,
Speaker 1: Like I don't really have any reason to wear a blouse,
Speaker 1: like I don't do business meetings. The business meetings I
Speaker 1: do do or with other people in their pajama shorts
Speaker 1: and then a long sleeve tease. It just doesn't really
Speaker 1: get that cold here. And so I do own more
Speaker 1: tank tops and more T shirts because I don't own
Speaker 1: these other things. So that's another reason to just do
Speaker 1: you whereas I do, I have like a good amount
Speaker 1: of my wardrobe is what I can wear professionally, um,
Speaker 1: when I am with clients or doing training, So uh,
Speaker 1: that that's a good portion of my It's it's why
Speaker 1: jen you see me wearing this shirt that like looks like,
Speaker 1: oh my word, you're so dressed up. It's so funny
Speaker 1: because I will get together with people in the evenings
Speaker 1: and we're like, you always look so put together, And
Speaker 1: it's really not that I'm trying. It's just that this
Speaker 1: is my wardrobe. I have four shirts, I've got three pants,
Speaker 1: I've got a couple of skirts and a couple of dresses.
Speaker 1: And that it's it's comfy for me. I've found things
Speaker 1: that are comfortable to me that I really like, but
Speaker 1: I can wear it both professionally. That just takes me
Speaker 1: into the evening as well. So it's because I have
Speaker 1: a capsule wardrobe that I now look put together, and honestly,
Speaker 1: I don't mind that. Now. I'm like, great, I can
Speaker 1: just be all day and something that I really like.
Speaker 1: And it looks like people think that like I try,
Speaker 1: which is nice. Yes, I am known for trying. Whoa,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh. All right, let's let's breeze. You've got sweaters,
Speaker 1: of course that depends on climate, but having a few
Speaker 1: typical like sweaters that work for you. Um, they say
Speaker 1: black dress again, like Jen said, doesn't have to be
Speaker 1: a black dress. Certainly, they can be paired with a
Speaker 1: lot of different things. Um, you're not in a box
Speaker 1: with the type of shoes that you need to have
Speaker 1: and purses and accessories. But address find find a dress
Speaker 1: or two that you really like and works. Yeah, versatile dress. Um,
Speaker 1: then we've got cardigan. That's something that I do have
Speaker 1: a few of because that's you know, our winters are
Speaker 1: kind of cardigan winters. Um, But blazers. The next one
Speaker 1: don't have them, don't have any blazers. I actually do
Speaker 1: have one because I got it from my friend. I
Speaker 1: will say that, but it's kind of it's a sweater material,
Speaker 1: so it's just like a fancy sweater. So maybe you're
Speaker 1: getting some things that are versatile in that way, like
Speaker 1: a blazer that's kind of like a sweater. And the
Speaker 1: final two are jeans or ankle pants, you know, your
Speaker 1: typical kind of lounge around but also be able to
Speaker 1: go out on the weekend. And then they say black
Speaker 1: skirt again, I will argue, skirt of some sort, uh,
Speaker 1: if you want, if that's your style. If not, then
Speaker 1: add in a few more pants or jeans. Done, that's
Speaker 1: your list. That's in there, is your ten. But for
Speaker 1: like me, it's still like six T shirt pants. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they like they didn't mention shorts like the different like
Speaker 1: they didn't mention your lounge where either. So I do
Speaker 1: think sometimes when people talk about how many things are
Speaker 1: in their capsule, they're they're not including loungewear, pajamas, work,
Speaker 1: grunge clothes like actual kind of like manual labor clothes.
Speaker 1: So again, you gotta make it work for you, which
Speaker 1: is also sometimes what I'm wearing throughout the day, so
Speaker 1: you know, but you know it's not grunge e oh
Speaker 1: and I can always make work for me. Yes, the
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Speaker 1: to talk about so what you always wear and what
Speaker 1: you never wear? But people say that you should. Yes,
Speaker 1: what do you think I've been really vocal about it
Speaker 1: so far. I guess we could probably guess what Jen
Speaker 1: always wears, so Jill, So why don't you start out that? Okay, So,
Speaker 1: things that people say you should have in a capsule
Speaker 1: wardrobe and that I agree with, or that I do
Speaker 1: always wear, like cardigans and scarves are pretty standard for me.
Speaker 1: And it really doesn't matter this season, uh, Winter, winter, Spring,
Speaker 1: some of all. There you go. You're just gonna get
Speaker 1: singing somehow every episode. That is all that we're allowed to.
Speaker 1: Otherwise it's gonna sound too much like the original. So
Speaker 1: and I have my winter scarves and my summer scars.
Speaker 1: I've got my more cheer I just like them. I
Speaker 1: feel like it dresses up my outfit. It's also I
Speaker 1: travel a ton, and I find that scarves are really
Speaker 1: helpful in case the plane is cold. I mean, granted
Speaker 1: my travel has gone down the tubes, so maybe I
Speaker 1: can get rid of my scarves nah, but they help
Speaker 1: as like maybe a blanket or you can wrap it
Speaker 1: around you as a shawl. I just feel like they're
Speaker 1: so versatile. Tile and I love them, and cardigans, Holy smokes,
Speaker 1: where would I be without you? I feel like I'm
Speaker 1: giving a speech like the Tony's I don't even know
Speaker 1: what the Tonys are, But to cardigans and scarves, I
Speaker 1: don't know what I would be or who I would
Speaker 1: look like without you. Doesn't matter the season, You're always
Speaker 1: there for me. Yes, So would you say that scarves
Speaker 1: might be your signature accessory? Like, what would you say
Speaker 1: is your signature signature? I don't think I'm to that
Speaker 1: level of fashion to say that. I've got like it's
Speaker 1: just something that you're always wearing, like it's your go to. Yeah, sure, yes,
Speaker 1: maybe that most people don't wear all of the time.
Speaker 1: I'm not wearing a scarf right now, but yeah, it's
Speaker 1: it's a staple for me and maybe something that that
Speaker 1: sets that doesn't set me apart. People wear scarves. I
Speaker 1: like hats too. I don't have a ton of them,
Speaker 1: but I wear scarves more sure, sure, Gen, for the
Speaker 1: sake of this conversation, Yes, and okay, I would say
Speaker 1: my signature accessory would be pearl earrings. They are really
Speaker 1: my go to. I don't wear a lot of jewelry
Speaker 1: besides my wedding rings and my pearl earrings. That's kind
Speaker 1: of my go to my safe space because they go
Speaker 1: with everything great on you, thank you, And I would
Speaker 1: love to wear like I used to wear a lot
Speaker 1: of hoops. I used to be much more adventurous with
Speaker 1: my fashion, um, and then you have a baby. Now
Speaker 1: I don't go out much, So that's that I think
Speaker 1: would be my signature. UM. And also athletic war. That
Speaker 1: is because I work out three to four days a week,
Speaker 1: and so I just figure I'll just wear what I'm
Speaker 1: going to work out in during the day too, because
Speaker 1: nobody sees me. So that's the difference though between you
Speaker 1: and I feel like most of the rest of people,
Speaker 1: like people are just wearing athletic where as if they're
Speaker 1: about to work out and it doesn't actually happen, it's
Speaker 1: different if yes, I am going to the gym and
Speaker 1: I'm wearing athletic wear versus this is just I'm not like,
Speaker 1: you're probably not going to find me working out. But
Speaker 1: this is what I thought you meant, Like other people
Speaker 1: don't stay in their house. That's the difference between you
Speaker 1: and other people, like other people go outside. No, no,
Speaker 1: I was giving you a compliment about you working out,
Speaker 1: but yes, so something that I feel is always on
Speaker 1: these lists of capsule wardrobes that just confuse me. I
Speaker 1: mean it's not that I don't wear these things, but
Speaker 1: I also don't feel like they should count in the
Speaker 1: overall number of items that you have. And first of all, jewelry, Now,
Speaker 1: I don't wear a ton of jewelry, and I have
Speaker 1: crossed over to saying I pretty much want my jewelry
Speaker 1: to be real because I do want to pare down.
Speaker 1: I don't want to have a ton of costume jewelry.
Speaker 1: So I am beginning to make the crossover into everything
Speaker 1: that I wear being real jewelry, real gold, real gems,
Speaker 1: reel silver, so that it can last and it doesn't
Speaker 1: like give me infections because been there, done that, and
Speaker 1: I'm not seventeen anymore. Uh, And so I do typically
Speaker 1: I want to wear my necklace in the pool, in
Speaker 1: the shower, wherever, and so yes, however, I don't count
Speaker 1: that like if it's just constantly on my body, I'm
Speaker 1: not counting jewelry. And also sunglasses what they're just essential.
Speaker 1: Sunglasses are are not a bart of your gapsule wardrobe,
Speaker 1: like you just you need to have sunglasses. I don't
Speaker 1: need their eyes that's not that's not a capsule thing
Speaker 1: that in my opinion, Um, I also agree with the
Speaker 1: jewelry thing. And then also heels are not in my
Speaker 1: capsule wardrobe because I have some heels that I got
Speaker 1: from a friend and actually I will have to wear
Speaker 1: them in her wedding. Uh. But other than that, like
Speaker 1: skinny heels like real heels, I why why because they
Speaker 1: make you look good. I don't know. People think that
Speaker 1: they make their legs look good and then and then
Speaker 1: it makes you taller. But you don't need that. I
Speaker 1: don't need to be taller. So that's probably just a
Speaker 1: thing from my height. Like I've always been taller, so
Speaker 1: I've never worn heels, so that is a thing. I
Speaker 1: did go through a short phase where I bought some
Speaker 1: like wedges because I was like single and bitter and
Speaker 1: I was like, I'm gonna be taller than everyone. I'm
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Speaker 1: what do you think you're wardrobe is missing? Is there
Speaker 1: anything that you feel like, Oh, I don't have this
Speaker 1: thing and I should probably get it. Um yeah, Well
Speaker 1: it comes down to like I have it, but I
Speaker 1: don't fit into it right now, which is such a
Speaker 1: crappy feeling. Um So, but like, definitely some good gene shorts.
Speaker 1: Um so I have. I got some comfy shorts, um
Speaker 1: which are great, and I wear them. That's all I
Speaker 1: wear now, Like you cannot wear jeans in the summer here,
Speaker 1: so so that's where I'm at. But the pair of
Speaker 1: denim shorts I have is kind of crappy. So and
Speaker 1: I have a good pair of denim shorts that I love,
Speaker 1: They're just too tight right now. So that's that's it.
Speaker 1: So like, even if you work out three to four
Speaker 1: times a week, sometimes when you're eating like endless garlic knots,
Speaker 1: it's still hard to fit in your clothes knots. I know,
Speaker 1: it's like I have this weird so off topic, but
Speaker 1: like I have this weird you know, I want to
Speaker 1: take advantage of working out and like be able to
Speaker 1: lose weight, but then I also want to eat garlic
Speaker 1: knot It feels like you when you work out, it
Speaker 1: feels like I put in all this work. So yeah,
Speaker 1: but then I just stay the same. I think every
Speaker 1: time I think, you've got to do it for like,
Speaker 1: go hard for a while, get to what you want
Speaker 1: to do, and then you can maintain it. At least
Speaker 1: that's my thought with it. I will believe that it's
Speaker 1: just then you can work out and be able to
Speaker 1: like have a few treats here and there. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: getting there. I figured I I lived this way with
Speaker 1: spending for you know, so long, I should be able
Speaker 1: to go a few months carlic that without garlic knots. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And to be honest, I can't remember the last time
Speaker 1: I had a garlic knot but they just are so good.
Speaker 1: When I ordered garlic knots, I ask for extra garlic
Speaker 1: and oil. That's my signature. You want to talk about
Speaker 1: my signature, that's it. Extra garlic and oil, extra garlic
Speaker 1: and oil. Yeah, because I haven't seen you wear a
Speaker 1: lot of scarves, but I have seen you with a
Speaker 1: lot of garlic and oil. My signature is not about clothing,
Speaker 1: is all about food. Oh man. I hate thinking about
Speaker 1: it and planning for it and doing it, but boy,
Speaker 1: do I like to eat? Yes? Did you want to
Speaker 1: share your what you're about? Busnessing? Or should we editing there?
Speaker 1: We can end it there, Okay, the end cut