https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 09:59:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107871 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:53:10 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2107871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry all, I lost my momentum for posting the rest of my pictures - I took them already, I just need to clean them up and write everything up. I found some cool combinations, and some that just don't work. The general formula of 5ish tops and 5ish bottoms plus 5ish toppers/completers seems to be a really good one if you mostly wear separates and the weather is moderate. It'd make a good start on a weeklong travel capsule (someday when we're all able to go places again).</p> <p>I'd love to see anyone else's in whatever form they can share. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107124 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:34:44 +0000 Style Fan 2107124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great idea, Laura.&nbsp; I love capsule planning.&nbsp; I am not sure if I can pull mine together.&nbsp; I don't have my wardrobe here but I will see if I can use finds. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107107 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:29:23 +0000 celia 2107107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Laura</b>, I can see how this would work with your coloring(as I remember it). I think you have great outfits there.<br /><b>Suntiger</b>, those kitties are supper cute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107104 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:05:25 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2107104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So my color palette is more muted and I only did print in the tops, so there’s no ‘two piece dress’ opportunity like there is in the original. I replaced the skirt with another pair of pants and didn’t include a dress, since I only really wear skirts and dresses in the summer these days. I was aiming for a ‘cool early spring’ weight with this capsule. Since I didn’t include the dress, I can only do 24 of the original 30 outfit combinations, but I also found a few more that work. </p> <p>I just couldn't face doing on-body photos today, so I tried to do some half-decent flat-lays.</p> <p>Featuring the taupe tee:</p> <p>1)+denim moto+gray chinos</p> <p>2)+violet cardigan+gray chinos - not sure about the cardigan plus this tee together, the colors are...less vibrant than what's showing on most of the pictures but it's still kinda busy</p> <p>3)+gray moto+dark wash jeans</p> <p>4)+cream cardigan+cropped jeans</p> <p>5)+violet cardigan+blue chinos</p> <p>Additional combos with the taupe tee not from the inspiration capsule that I think work well:</p> <p>6)+cream cardigan+dark wash jeans</p> <p>7)+cropped jeans+violet cardigan</p> <p>8)+violet cardigan+dark wash jeans</p> <p>9)+gray chinos+gray cardigan - I'm not sure about the two grays together but I think they're different enough in texture and color to work</p> <p>Featuring the striped Breton top:</p> <p>10) violet cardigan+gray chinos</p> <p>11)gray cardigan+gray chinos</p> <p>12)gray moto+dark wash jeans</p> <p>cream cardigan+cropped jeans - didn’t take a pic of this one, I don’t like how the two different creams look together </p> <p>13)blue moto+blue chinos</p> <p>Additional combos with the striped tee that I think would work well: </p> <p>14)violet caridgan+blue chinos</p> <p>15)dark wash jeans+gray cardigan</p> <p>16)gray chinos+moto</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107098 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:44:55 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2107098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>kitties!</p> <p>Here are my items - forgive me for the not amazing pictures. Most of these are not new and I never had them in finds.</p> <p>5 toppers: (1) wood violet cardigan, Target; (2) gray cardigan, Target; (3) cream cardigan, BR; (4) denim blue knit moto, Caslon/Nordstrom; (5) gray knit moto, Target</p> <p>5 tops: (6) charcoal stripe Breton top, Boden; (7) taupe tee, Target; (8) blue print shirt, Chico’s outlet; (9) navy tee, BR Outlet; (10) cream tee, Universal Standard</p> <p>4 bottoms: (11) dark wash blue jeans, Nine West; (12) medium wash cropped wide leg jeans, Target; (13) smoke blue slim pants, Loft; (14) gray chinos, Lee/JCP </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107089 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:18:16 +0000 Anonymous 2107089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Think first I'd have to finish putting everything in finds. My closet is the best place to do photos, but I'd have to take everything out first...Not that ambitious yet!<br /> *watches the cats watching the squirrels on porch* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107087 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:43:41 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2107087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, nice colors Celia. I'm pulling pieces for mine right now and am leaning toward the blue/taupe/olive/pink myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107086 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:22:34 +0000 celia 2107086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, so I will go first. I just used items from my finds that are on my wardrobe currently.&nbsp; <br />The color combinations are a bit unusual but they actually look ok IRL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107078 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:49:41 +0000 Angie 2107078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great idea, <b>Laura</b>! I might participate! But at the very least cheer everyone on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107067 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:08:46 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2107067@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Celia, good question. I personally find it easier to follow if everything's on the same post but I'll leave that up to everyone's best judgment.</p> <p>I found last spring's 15/30, which uses more neutrals:&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cabionline.com/2019/02/19/cabi-clothing-spring-outfit-capsule/">https://www.cabionline.com/201.....t-capsule/</a><br />And here are a couple of the past fall 15/30s, for those of you going into fall or still dealing with cooler temps:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cabionline.com/2018/08/23/cabi-clothing-fall-capsule-wardrobe/">https://www.cabionline.com/201.....-wardrobe/</a></p> <p></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cabionline.com/2018/08/23/cabi-clothing-fall-capsule-wardrobe/"></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cabionline.com/2019/08/22/fall-outfits-mixing-it-up/">https://www.cabionline.com/201.....ing-it-up/</a></p> <p>There's slight variation but each plan has 5ish jackets/toppers, 5ish tops, and 5ish bottoms. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2107019 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:53:21 +0000 celia 2107019@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I simply LOVE these kind of exercises, even if my results usually are a mix bag.<br />How do you propose we do this ? Individual posts or one post? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106999 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:57:59 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2106999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay, glad people are interested. Joy, I know they've done similar features for fall; don't know if there are any for winter but I'll do a search. I know I'll be adapting mine to 'cool spring' - no camis for me at the moment! Staysfit, I wonder about proportions too - often when I've tried this kind of thing before that trips me up, I end up with outfits that are OK - not so bad you'd never wear them in public - but little details are wrong.</p> <p>I wrote up a quick summary of how they've got this set organized. I find this helps me see the patterns and start thinking about what items I might use in my version.<br />Items:<br />5 toppers: yellow cardigan (1), red cardigan (2), white print long-line cardigan (3), denim jacket (4), white ‘safari’ jacket (5)<br />5 tops: black cami (6), yellow sleeveless blouse (7), black floral print long-sleeve blouse (8, matches skirt), white tee (9), black tee (10)<br />5 bottoms: blue jeans (11), white jeans (12), red jeans (13), black floral print skirt (14), red leopard print wrap dress (15)</p> <p>Outfits:<br />Featuring yellow blouse 1: 4+7+14,&nbsp; 2: 1+7+14, 3: 5+7+11, 4: 3+7+12, 5: 1+7+13<br />Featuring black cami 6: 1+6+14, 7: 2+6+14, 8: 5+6+11, 9: 3+6+12, 10: 4+6+13<br />Featuring black tee 11: 2+10+14, 12: 4+10+14, 13: 2+10+13, 14: 3+10+11, 15: 15 (as topper) +10+12<br />Featuring white tee 16: 2+9+13, 17: 3+9+13, 18: 1+9+11,&nbsp; 19: 4+9+14, 20: 5+9+11<br />Featuring floral blouse 21: 1+8+14,&nbsp; 22: 4+8+14,&nbsp; 23: 2+8+11,&nbsp; 24: 1+8+12,&nbsp; 25: 5+8+11<br />Featuring wrap dress 26: 15 (as topper) +6+11,&nbsp; 27: 2+15,&nbsp; 28: 5+15,&nbsp; 29: 4+15,&nbsp; 30: 3+15 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106985 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:26:30 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 2106985@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will try to participate, or at least follow along with great interest and enthusiasm!</p> <p>I’m thinking it might be useful to assign a title to the capsule, to help define a cohesive theme or color palette, or purpose (MOTG, Business Casual, Quarantined Smart Casual, etc.) </p> <p>I see that Cabi chose six items to feature, and built five outfits around each, That’s very helpful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106976 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:19:01 +0000 nemosmom 2106976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will definitely cheer along, and follow for ideas! If I can come up with a capsule that will work for the challenge, I will share. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106962 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:41:05 +0000 Staysfit 2106962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will read along. &nbsp;I have color capsules, a gear capsule, a shoe capsule and a coat capsule. &nbsp;I have never tried to pull 15 items and used only them to make outfits. &nbsp;It’s an interesting challenge. &nbsp;The proportions of each item would need to work perfectly with each other. &nbsp;I’m not sure how to make that happen? &nbsp;The top that works with my skirt does not work with my jeans, or underneath my blazer, etc. &nbsp;So, as you can see, this would be a monumental challenge for me! :-).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106927 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 03:41:34 +0000 rachylou 2106927@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love Cabi for their capsules! I’ll be following along. Not at home yet. Still working, knock wood... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106926 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 03:40:16 +0000 Brooklyn 2106926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We were thinking along the same lines! I will follow with interest. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106922 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 03:34:41 +0000 Jaime 2106922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Will be following along! Capsules are sort of the opposite of my wardrobe approach but I find them fun to look at nonetheless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106915 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:34:56 +0000 Anonymous 2106915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This sounds like a great idea. We are having winter weather yet, so I will cheer everyone on and look for ideas for when it warms up and wear what is warm and still available in my closet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-want-to-join-me-in-a-capsule-building-exercise#post-2106909 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 01:05:20 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2106909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I noticed that Cabi's blog has a new '15 pieces, 30 outfits' feature for spring:&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cabionline.com/2020/02/18/cabi-clothing-spring-2020-15-for-30-spring-outfits/">https://www.cabionline.com/202.....g-outfits/</a><br />I always love these kinds of features and seeing how I can adapt the formula to my own items and style. And given so many of us are at home right now I thought it might be fun to share my results with y'all and see if anyone else wants to try their own version. </p>