Five Piece French Wardrobe Challenge

Five piece french wardrobe challenge.

Five piece french wardrobe challenge.

Five pieces one season i m talking a w here for those wondering. It s a total cliche girl goes to paris and comes back wanting to attempt the 5 piece french wardrobe. However coats jackets trousers skirts shoes etc. The five piece french wardrobe new year wardrobe challenge chanel jacket last seen here aquazurra sandals available here and here isabel marant flana jacket worn here chanel earrings worn here celine bag worn here available here and here last year i mentioned the five piece french wardrobe on the blog and to.

But here i am attempting to be like those chic and carefree parisian women who look effortless and put together. This season i added the new complexity of trying to buy only sustainable clothes. The concept stems from the idea of a capsule wardrobe a way to organize your closet based on the essentials which became popular in the 1960s and 70s. The idea is that each season you only add five new statement pieces to your wardrobe.

Its been liberating i can now put together an outfit in less than 1 minute flat as well as difficult when i see new things i want but i m already at my 5 item limit. Yes you read right. This is not going to be easy. Only five new pieces a season this is a six month season ie.

Although the movement gained a lot of traction in 2014 we thought we d revisit the concept as it feels especially current at the time of capsule and uniform wardrobes and because we thought you may find. So with much trepidation i ve decided to embark on a new challenge adhering to the rules of the five piece french wardrobe. You are given free rein to replace underwear and basics like a white t shirt for example. The five piece french wardrobe.

Have to be purchased as part of the five limit. The 5 piece french wardrobe is simply a better way of creating a capsule wardrobe and no your wardrobe isn t limited to just five pieces. Five piece french wardrobe challenge 5pfw i think i first discovered the five piece french wardrobe after reading lessons from madame chic by jennifer l. The rules are simple.

Combine that with the current trend of reducing your closet and you ve got one compelling concept. At the time i was a bit of a francophile. This coming from the girl who would average that many new pieces to her wardrobe in one month.