Ooh, Runcaria - can't wait to see your photos! And that is a good thought about a pashmina. I don't really own a dressy one like that at the moment. But even though I just claimed to be moving away from scarves, I do intend to bring at least three on the trip, for warmth if nothing else.
Caro, Una, Rae, Unfrumped, Texstyle, Ingunn, Raisin - I think my revolt against skinnies may simply be a reflection of the fact that (due to weather) I have been wearing them All. The. Time. Tucked into boots, mostly, for those slushy awful days.
Oh, and Angie's cool BF outfit this morning may have influenced me a little!
Shannon, I think you are exactly right - at some point we'll turn around and want skinnies if we are into baggy now. That is how fashion works, I guess. And what makes it an endless evolution.
Angie, whatever I do, I will make sure I have booties! And an umbrella. And my trench. Do you think I should bring my tall boots as well? I have been debating that -- mid-March, the temps could be anywhere. My boots are on the warm side. But I have my older stretch Franco Sartos that are not leather (so rain friendly). And I could bring those.
Gaylene, your ideas resonate so strongly for me. In fact, I have pretty much come to this conclusion for myself as well. My thought was that I would break our year into 6 seasons, as Manidipam proposed, and rotate my closet accordingly. I already rotate spring-summer and fall-winter, but I think it would make even more sense to create small capsules for each six week period (more or less). There would definitely be some overlap of items. Some would cross over into five seasonal capsules. (I don't have very many items that work in all six, due the extremes in our weather).
Here is where the 12 for 12 schemes start to make sense to me. I wouldn't conceptualize it quite that way; I would look on it more as a proportional thing. What proportion of my wardrobe would I think it reasonable/ ethical/ practical to recycle every year? That would include items replaced due to wear and tear, and items replaced due to a need for change and "style refreshing."
I don't have an answer for that (and I think everyone's answer will differ). I am really still working on getting to a decent core wardrobe still. But I have got to the point where I look on very few of my post-YLF purchases as "mistakes" -- even if I only got a few wears from them. There aren't many items in that category after all. Some of those were thrifted in the first place. And I've learned from each one.
