From my minimal wardrobe

We're still enjoying Summer around here but today I'm taking a look back at some of my favourite Spring looks. 

This is both an exercise in record-keeping (for me) and a bit of inspiration - hopefully, for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere who are getting closer to Spring. 

At the end of this post I tell you a bit more about my process of record-keeping but first I want to take you through the outfits.

It's worth nothing that these are all work outfits. I think I have now well and truly cemented my tendency to wear mostly trousers in warmer seasons and skirts in the cooler months.  

I am also still going for the colour palette that I had identified in my Winter wardrobe last year during my incursion into minimalism. 

Almost two years have passed and I'm still using my Cuyana tote everyday and I love it. I actually look forward to it. It's counter-intuitive. We've been made to believe that it will be boring to have the same handbag (or anything else really) every single day. 

But I've experienced the exact opposite - including not even feeling lust towards "it" bags. Considering I had a financial plan in place to purchase a couple of those, I see this as an incredible achievement. It must have helped that I bought a durable item that fit my needs and my style.

Finally, most of these outfits have transitioned into Summer with only minor changes - cooler footwear and removal of outer-layer. The exception being the bottom right outfit where the faux-leather leggings are simply too warm so, over Summer, I've been wearing the green top with the black trousers instead.

This process of keeping a visual record of my outfits has been essential to help me define my style and build a functional wardrobe.

I am now at a stage where I'm very happy with my wardrobe and am confident about my style. Items are working better together and even though I have fewer things (e.g., four pairs of trousers as opposed to eight), I don't feel that there's a limit to how many different outfits I can create each season.

You would think that a smaller wardrobe is hard to stay fresh and exciting, but every week I seem to find a new way to mix and match and I thoroughly enjoy the creative process.

Over the last year or so I've been printing and organising my favourites by season, helping me understand what I have and how I use it. I have enough of these now to create my own lookbooks which I use for easy reference either on those busy mornings or when time comes to replace an item.

I've previously used Social Print Studio's photo books, as it's so easy to create with my Instagram photos, and I am now ready to put together one of those for a year worth of work outfits.

Having things digitally is great for sharing but when it comes to organise things for my own personal use, I'm still very much a hardcopy person - there isn't an app that gives me as much of a sense of control that a book does.


Do you use any apps to help you navigate your wardrobe? Or do you go old-school like me?

Also, would love to know which outfit is your favourite and, those of you up North, what are you most looking forward to wearing again this Spring?

Thanks for reading!