Hi,

This is a recap of Week 1 for DH’s closet challenge. To read more about the challenge, including
the rules, click here.

Stats for Week 1:

5 bottoms (dark and mid wash skinny jeans, camo print skinny
jeans, black skinny jeans, mid wash bootcut jeans)

1 hoodie

2 toppers (poncho and fleece -gear for riding)

3 knits (grey, leopard, horse print)

1 white shirt

2 LS T’s

3 tanks

1 Thermal layer (Uniqlo heattech)

1 scarf

2 workout outfits (top and bottom)

Reflections:

The closet was very bright without all the clothes in there
to block the light. And peaceful because
there was NO clutter.

I selected mostly skinny jeans. Knowing that I’ll be heading into winter
during the challenge, I prefer to sport jeans tucked into boots in colder
months. I did keep one pair of bootcut
jeans just to have a little variety.

I wore less bottoms than I expected. If I had preplanned the week, I would have
guessed;7 bottoms and 7 toppers. Instead
I noticed I did not mind repeating bottoms for work and the weekend. And I even repeated a pair as riding gear. I don’t expect that to happen too often, but
it was nice to reuse a pair of jeans instead of pulling out a separate “riding
only” pair.

It’s not cold enough to layer heavily yet, so I’m not
pulling out blazers yet.

A solid top is very versatile. I repeated the grey knit twice in one week,
partially because I could pair a scarf to change up the look.

Timing of laundry is important. A mid week wash instead of waiting til the weekend,
meant I was able to repeat tops more often. I doubt I’ll be able to wash mid
week all the time, but it’s something I’m keeping in mind.

Selecting tops was difficult at first, I wanted to make sure
I picked the most versatile one’s so I could keep the overall number
small. That felt like cheating, so instead
I selected 7 current favorites.

And here are photos. I'll try to snap the outfits this weekend.

Edit to add: here are the first week of outfits.

Thanks for reading!