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Here are 5 secrets of the core wardrobe essentials you must have in your closet. Don’t miss this chance to elevate your wardrobe game.
Because this topic came up in the Radiant by Design membership a few weeks ago, I want to talk about wardrobe essentials today. We have weekly challenges over there that are a little bit different from the daily challenges in the free group.
It’s great because it lets you focus on a single challenge and really get into it so you can play around with it in a few different ways. This is an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the procedure so that you can explore these various style and wardrobe challenges in various ways. I believe it was about a month ago that we did a wardrobe essentials challenge which brought up the question “What are wardrobe essentials?”. I wanted to present wardrobe essentials in a novel light today. You might be surprised by the things I’m going to say, but I can guarantee you that there won’t be a chambray shirt in here. I want to share five wardrobe essentials that every single woman, regardless of what she does, needs to have in her closet. If you haven’t heard my chambray story, I’ll tell it at the end.
Additionally, if it’s cold outside or you want to layer, you might want to add additional completer pieces. Your closet requires nothing from your wardrobe. You do not require a cocktail dress, a button-up shirt, or any of these items unless you, the individual I am speaking to, require them. For me, multiple dresses are a wardrobe necessity. I frequently don three or four distinct styles of dresses. That belongs in my closet and is a necessity for me. Cardigans are also an essential thing for my closet. But blazers are absolutely not essential.
Core Wardrobe Essentials: 5 Essential Things Every Woman Should Have (that may shock you)
1. Clothes
Clothes are the first core wardrobe essential. Clothes are the first and most important thing that every woman should have in her closet. This is a no-brainer. Maybe you thought I was going to say something revelatory here, but no. You have to have clothes in your closet. We have to get dressed, which is why I say this so jokingly. I know that if you were to go to Pinterest or any of these visual platforms and type in wardrobe essentials or capsule wardrobe, you’d get an image that has these things. The truth is that not all of those strategies are effective. Those lists of essential items don’t suit everybody’s body, taste, or lifestyle.
As a result, I can’t give you a list of essentials because you have to figure this out for yourself. Struggling with self image and style?
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2. Shoes
The second essential for your wardrobe: Shoes. The second wardrobe essential is shoes. You can’t wear bare feet anywhere. There used to be signs that said “no shirt, no shoes, no service.” I no longer see those very often. Perhaps it’s because everyone now wears shoes. You can get a little more specific here when it comes to shoes, especially because shoes can have so much personality.
They can be such a different way to elevate plain basics in your wardrobe if you have them. I would say at minimum you probably need four pairs of shoes in your life. If you don’t have four at least you’re probably missing a few. I won’t tell you which four to purchase or what you need most. I used to wear heels every day when I was twenty-something, but that time has passed. Now my feet can only handle flats all day long. I do love to wear slip-on sneakers around the house. I can wear a wedge, but that’s about as high of a heel as I can go without feeling like I’m going to break something, drop a child, or have a terrible catastrophe happen with my shoes.
3. Accessories
Core wardrobe essentials #3: Accessories. The third thing everyone needs to have is accessories. Earrings, necklaces, and bracelets are all examples of jewelry that fall under this category. You could wear a broach. Although they aren’t quite as trendy, they really do enhance your outfit. They give a lot of sparkle and shine and can share a lot of personality. Regarding personality, that’s exactly what your wardrobe’s accessories do. That’s why it’s essential because it allows you to showcase who you are. It allows you to be honest and forthcoming about the things ould even go with some occasional statement items of clothing. They can sort of be an accessory, especially if they don’t match well with lots of other things in your closet. It would work like a unique accessory.
4. Cohesive Color Scheme
Core wardrobe essentials #4: Cohesive Color Scheme. The next wardrobe essential is a cohesive color scheme. If you walk into your closet and it looks like a rainbow of a lot of different colors and shades, you don’t have a cohesive color scheme. I don’t know where you are with your closet planning, structure, and wardrobe building, but if it looks like a rainbow of a lot of different colors. This is because it’s hard to make your clothes match each other when you have too many colors in your closet. I’m going to be honest with you and say that once upon a time, I did not like the idea of having a very cohesive color scheme because I desired all the colors and variety because I could always talk about starting with color because it is the best place to start. I also did not like the idea of having a color scheme that was extremely cohesive. It’s the only thing you can do that won’t take a lot of knowledge and will make your wardrobe go a long way in a short amount of time. You can do so much with it. You can use it to buy new things or declutter your wardrobe.
Choosing about four neutrals, two or three signature colors and a couple of accent colors throughout the year helps you hone in and focus. When you walk in the door, your closet will be stunning because
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5. Style Goals
Core wardrobe essentials #5: Style Goals. Although theoretically, I suppose you could print this information and hang it on the wall in your closet, the final wardrobe essential cannot be stored in your closet. Sincerely, this would probably benefit you, and you could even stick it on your mirror. The final requirement is either to have style objectives or a clearly defined sense of style. There are these quizzes you can take online that’ll tell you what your style is. I don’t recommend this because they’re just going to give you some words and the words don’t tell you anything if you don’t know what to do with them.
This very intentional way of showing up, how you look in the world, and what you want to communicate to other people. Once you have a bunch of these words all jumbled together, you come up with a one-word concept, which becomes your style goal. Usually, I suggest thinking of three of these. Like color in your closet, having a clearly defined sense of style will help you. It gives you a lighthouse for your style. For honing in, finding what works for you, and for having cohesiveness through everything. Style goals and having a defined sense of style will do the same exact thing
Final Thoughts on Core Wardrobe Essentials
That’s a wrap on wardrobe essentials. There’s no chambray shirt here. That was one of those things that I tried repeatedly. I think about three of these shirts in different styles and colors trying to fit myself like a square peg into that round hole because it was essential. I felt like I had to follow the rules and do this perfectly. that everything I wore had to be perfect. It’s never perfect by the way. However, I continued to pursue this idea until I realized it was not for me. This isn’t even a maybe or a nice to have. That moment for me was the one where I realized that That’s not what style is about. It’s not about being cookie-cutter, it’s not about being like everyone else. Because it does not exist in that capacity, it is not about gathering things or designing the ideal wardrobe. It only exists the way that you define it, and you have to do the work to define it.
I could never find myself in these capsule wardrobe recommendations.
Who exactly do they serve? As somebody who does this on the backend side, I understand trying to create something that looks visually stimulating to promote on Pinterest.
Who, on the other hand, comes up with these rules? individuals who work nine to five jobs in the city? Who are you? Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. Do you like neutrals, even if it’s you? Do you adore black and beige? Do you want to wear beige and black all the time? Cohesive, not only in the way it looks and the way it’s styled but in the fact that it is cohesive with who you are. The person that you are, the individual that you are, and the beautiful woman that God created you. Perfectly unique like nobody else on earth. Because that person is the one we all want to meet, talk to, and get to know, let them shine.
Related Wardrobe Essentials Have you seen those lists of recommended core wardrobe essentials?
Do you have them in your closet, or do you think they aren’t for
the translations I have suggest that the man and his wife were naked prior to the fall, and only wore fig leaves after it. Then God clothed them in skins. That would suggest “Thank-you Adam and Eve for making the fig leaf and other clothing necessary,” rather than putting the fig leaf out of style. If this is just pedantic, ignore me: I ask in case I’m actually missing something! I was likely firing off in thStacey Herndon says:e podcast ha. Exegetically we have to wear clothes bc of that original sin and their realization of nakedness.
