https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 09:15:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-312238 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:49:02 +0000 Carole 312238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Barbara, Joy, Cheryl and Cilleena for chimming in! I just bought new hangers and am planning to really get in there and reorganize by clothing type and color! My new hangers should help keep everything tidy... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-311762 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:44:13 +0000 Cilleena 311762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never really had my clothes organized other than grouping my jeans together, dress slacks together, stacks of solid colored tees, a shelf for pjs, a shelf for workout gear. After reading this thread, I went to my closet and arranged everything else by color schemes. All my black jackets, tops, cardigans, and similarly colored tops, did the same for teal, purple and pinks, red/burgundy or coral, browns or warm tones, navy and other blues and white or cream. I still have jeans, pants, layering tees, dressier items that won't work with jeans separated. Most of my wardrobe is casual because that fits my lifestyle. The color grouping really helped me to see where I could add some things and what I had many of already. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-311628 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:44:09 +0000 Anonymous 311628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another thing that helps me is to plan outfits the night before. Planning for the week would also accomplish the same thing. I'm more motivated to take a little more time to look for pieces that haven't been worn much and figure out a way to wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-311625 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:36:25 +0000 cheryl 311625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I dont have capsules but i like many others hang by type of item. I dont hang by color i hang by most recently worn at the back, that way i know things toward the front of a section need to be worn to change things up and keep it interesting. I do keep all my logo type tees in drawers as well as all my jammies. I love the capsule concept in theory but i feel that would limit me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-311509 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:21:45 +0000 Barbara 311509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Carole,</p> <p>I group like items together: shirts, jackets, skirts, dresses. Colors are more casually sorted within the like items; there's a LOT of purple in my closet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-311022 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:42:17 +0000 Carole 311022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Barbara, do you group all colored items together, for example black tops, skirts pants, together or do you keep like items together? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-311000 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:21:45 +0000 Barbara 311000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carole, thanks for posting that Red book article link. </p> <p>I don't really have capsules, per se, but I do group similar clothing together. Workout clothes and lounge/sleepwear are stashed away, but everything else that I wear is organized by color so I can SEE it and therefore wear it. I rotate seasonal clothes to different closets, but most everything is still visible. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310913 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:10:05 +0000 Carole 310913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kate, that makes total sense. </p> <p>To come up with my spring capsule, I layed everything out and played around with all the combo's. I took pictures so I could remember what I came up with, but now that it's time to put everything away, I don't want everything to get lost in the closet, if you know what I mean. Seems I have so many things I have neglected to wear, because I couldn't see them buried in with everything else. More and more I'm determined to have a fine tuned, streamlined wardrobe. Just having a hard time figuring out the best strategy for me! Thanks for your insight! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310884 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:25:45 +0000 Kate 310884@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carole, what I do to keep my remixing possibilities open is go to the capsule, grab the items I want, and then look at the rest of my wardrobe. For example, I only have a couple items in my fancy capsule that absolutely cannot be dressed down to be work appropriate. So if I have a fancy occasion, I start with the fancy capsule, pick out a dress, and then go to where ALL of my cardigans and jackets are and figure out which to wear. Similarly, if I know I'll be lounging around the house all day, I'll get a really casual top out of the capsule, and then maybe pair it with jeans from my everyday wardrobe. </p> <p>Again, it helps that I shop for versatile items, so the vast majority of my clothes aren't in capsules because they can work in a smart casual/business casual setting, but many can be used with capsule items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310806 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:16:04 +0000 Carole 310806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kate, Chewey and Mo-I have things organized like you, but like Lynne, feel I will be missing opportunities to work the items into rotation if they aren't all together. I guess my closet is getting too big!</p> <p>Maybe just documenting the different possiblities in pictures could help me recall the outfits I have worked out is the best way to go, and organizing like Joy, with all like items together is still the most efficient way.</p> <p>Thanks for your help you guys! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310767 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:20:21 +0000 Anonymous 310767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do pretty much what Kate, chewy and Mo do. In my closet I have all like pieces together (all pants, all cardigans, all buttondown shirts, etc.) hung from lightest to darkest colors. In the past I've kept dressy capsules together but found I could be wearing some of those pieces dressed down. Now only the most formal items are in a separate place and a dressy skirt may be paired with a turtleneck or silk wrap blouse with a jean skirt and worn to church or a restaurant dinner. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310765 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:16:25 +0000 rae 310765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I keep everything separate: work capsule, weekend, party, off-season, workout. I like schema. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310756 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:55:18 +0000 Lynne 310756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love some of the remixes on this link - thx. </p> <p>Similar to the above, I keep sleep, sport, super-casual, and formal capsules separate. The rest is grouped by type...although I am sure I have not identified a lot of the mixing opportunities I have. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310753 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:51:44 +0000 Mo 310753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do sort of what Kate does, by lining my clothes up from most casual to fanciest within each category (shirts, then skirts, then dresses), with casual in the middle and fancy at the outer edges. Since I wear mostly casual styles the bulk of my daily wear is front and center. But the only real capsules I keep separate are exercise wear and loungewear. Or if planning a trip, I will lay all those clothes out on a bed separate from my closet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310752 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:51:42 +0000 chewyspaghetti 310752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have sleep capsules and workout capsules together in dresser drawers, but my closet is organized by item type (which does mean that my summer dress capsule is together). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310749 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:45:12 +0000 Kate 310749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It depends. Basically, anything that I could wear to school/work is just my general wardrobe. I consider the rest as capsules. I keep my fancy capsule together, my exercise capsule together, and my super casual capsule together. I can pull things from the general wardrobe to work with the fancy or super casual items, but most days when I'm getting dressed I'm headed to campus, and so I don't want to even look at the capsules because they simply won't work for what I need. So my fancy and casual closet items are stored on the far side of my closet, and the rest of my super casual things and workout wear are in a drawer without my everyday clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/those-of-you-with-a-wardrobe-capsule#post-310741 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:32:16 +0000 Carole 310741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been having fun putting together a spring wardrobe capsule all inspired by these shoes and this Redbook article, </p> <p><a href="http://www.redbookmag.com/beauty-fashion/tips-advice/update-your-wardrobe#fbIndex1" rel="nofollow">http://www.redbookmag.com/beau.....e#fbIndex1</a></p> <p>But I'm wondering how others organize the capsule in your closet, do you store the clothes together? </p>