The other new pieces were purchased to add a touch of one of this season’s trend colours (jade) to my wardrobe. I picked this colour for three reasons; first and most importantly, I love this colour, but it is also incredibly flattering to my skin tone, and it goes beautifully with my base colour, navy. I think it is really important when curating a classic wardrobe that you add small touches each season/year of something current. Whether you add a colour, a silhouette, or through accessories, I think this can help your classic capsule wardrobe look stylish and elegant and intentional, rather than tired and dated.
For autumn, these are my 23 core items:
- grey skinny jeans
- dark rinse slim cut jeans
- dark rinse wide leg trouser jeans
- navy cropped trousers
- black cropped trousers
- navy slim trousers
-
brownish grey wide leg trousers
If I was truly being minimalist, this is where I could absolutely narrow down my wardrobe. However, I have all of these pants, they all fit my body very well, and they fit my style as well, so it seems pointless to pack some of them away just for the sake of this exercise. What it does mean is that I won’t be buying anymore pants for quite a while! You may be asking, “why no skirts?” and the answer is very simple – I hardly ever wore my skirts from my summer wardrobe, and I started to think back to last winter, and the same was true for then as well. So at this point, I’ve packed my skirts away, and if I don’t miss them, they will be sold or given away. And as the weather looks like it is cooling down for good, then the two pairs of cropped pants will be packed away until next spring/summer.
- floral jersey sleeveless dress (navy base with aqua and white)
- floral ponte sleeveless dress (navy, aqua, purple and white)
- floral print jersey short sleeved dress (lavender, aqua and grey)
- floral print jersey elbow sleeve dress (navy base with burgundy flowers)
-
navy and grey polka dot jersey sleeveless dress
The first three dresses were new purchases this spring/summer, and have got a lot of use already, but the darker colours mean they will still look great through into the cooler weather of autumn topped with a cardigan or blazer. The second-from-the-right dress is from last winter but is still in great condition, while the last dress is a new buy. This Modcloth dress is perfect for autumn – no sleeves means great for the warmer days, while the navy and grey colour means it won’t look out of place with tights and woollen cardigan right throughout winter.
- Liberty print linen 3/4 sleeve shirt (cream base with pink, blue and green)
- Liberty print short sleeved shirt (red, green and blue)
- Liberty print short sleeved blouse (navy, white and green)
- Liberty print long sleeved shirt (navy, jade and white)
- Liberty print long sleeved shirt (jade on navy base)
- burgundy lace trimmed knit short sleeved blouse
- geo print silk blouse (green, white and black)
- geo print jersey long sleeve blouse (navy and white)
- blush silk shirt
- mint 3/4 sleeve cotton sweater top
This pic really shows my colour palette, and how I add interest to what are otherwise very plain neutral pants. Again, I could narrow this down further, but having 10 tops really helps me out laundry and ironing wise. While I would love to be on top of my ironing all the time, that just doesn’t happen on a regular basis! Well, that’s my excuse, anyway, for buying so many fab Liberty print shirts!!
and my extras:
Sweaters/Outerwear
- navy linen blazer
- navy stripe ponte blazer
- navy velvet blazer
- aqua knit jacket
- navy waterfall merino cardigan
- navy short sleeved cotton cardigan
- mint cotton cardigan
- jade cotton cardigan
- navy cotton cardigan
- purple cotton cardigan
- navy merino wool sweater (replacing my old one that wore out)
- jade merino wool sweater
- periwinkle merino wool sweater
- periwinkle blue ladder stitch cotton sweater
Tees/tanks
- white, navy, coral, and teal plain scoop or v neck tees
- navy and white tanks
- navy and white stripe v neck tee
- navy, white and red striped tee
If you want to discover more of my 10 Item Wardrobe, then check out these:
Can I Achieve a 10 Item Wardrobe
10 Item Wardrobe Versatility
My Summer 10 Item Wardrobe
1 Shirt from Summer to Autumn
Update to Summer Wardrobe
What I Wore Wednesday
PS: the items I’ve used in the polyvore collages are often not my exact items. The pieces that are exact ones are all the shirts except the blush silk, and all the dresses.
