Basic Work Capsule Wardrobe 40 Outfit Ideas

Outfits 1-10

Basic Work Capsule Outfits 1-10 #capsulewardrobe #workwardrobe #workwear #capsule

The links to these pieces for the outfits are found below.

Camisole • H&M | Sleeveless Blouse • H&M | White T-shirt • J. Crew | Black Boat Neck • J. Crew |
Striped Shirt • H&M | White Blouse • J.Crew | Blue Blouse • Madewell | Tan Cardigan • Mango |
Black Sweater • Mango | Grey V-Neck Sweater • Mango | Black Turtleneck • Mango | Blazer • Mango |
Grey Pencil Skirt • Mango | Black Pencil Skirt • H&M | Print Wrap Dress • Mango |
Black Dress • H&M | Light Pants • Mango | Black Pants • Mango | Trench • J. Crew |
Black Heels • Sole Society | Animal Print Heels • Nine West | Flats • Neiman Marcus |
Neutral Tote • REED | Black Tote • Tommy Hilfiger

 

I sat last night and put together as many outfits as I could from the Basic Work Capsule Wardrobe in my last post. I managed to get 40 different outfits (1 long collage at the top of the post and 3 down below) with room to make more. The point of this workwear list was to show you how you can find your own work wardrobe by using many pieces that you already have in your everyday wardrobe. Because realistically how many of us can afford to buy a whole new work wardrobe before you start a new job? Yeah, no. Maybe a few new pieces to freshen up what you have, but most people have to wait for a few pay checks before they can afford any more substantial wardrobe updates. Even then there is a chance that it might not be affordable for you depending on your expenses to income ratio. As women we can usually find a skirt or two, a few sweaters in styles and colours sweaters, a dressy blouse (maybe more than one), plain t-shirts, black pants, and a pair of dressy heels. All of these items can be put together to give you a basic work wardrobe. With the pieces from this list I made 40 outfits, so that means almost 2 months of not repeating the exact same outfit. I say that is pretty good 😉

What is your go-to professional work look?

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A Basic Work Capsule Wardrobe

Basic Work capsule that you can build using many pieces you already own #workcapsule #workwear #workwardrobe #capsulewardrobe
Camisole • H&M | Sleeveless Blouse • H&M | White T-shirt • J. Crew | Boat Neck • J. Crew |
Striped Shirt • H&M | White Blouse • J.Crew | Print Blouse • Madewell | Cardigan • Mango |
Black Sweater • MangoV-Neck Sweater • Mango | Black Turtleneck • Mango | Blazer • Mango |
Grey Pencil Skirt • Mango | Black Pencil Skirt • H&M | Print Wrap Dress • Mango |
Black Dress • H&M | Light Pants • Mango | Black Pants • Mango | Trench • J. Crew |
Black Heels • Sole Society | Animal Print Heels • Nine West | Flats • Neiman Marcus |
Neutral Tote • REED | Black Tote • Tommy Hilfiger

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What I Wore This Week

What I wore this week #ootd

What I wore this week #ootd

What I wore this week #ootd

What I wore this week #ootd

Band T-shirt • Urban Outfitters | Blazer • H&M (similar) | Distressed Jeans • H&M |
Tan Booties • Winners (same) | Purse • Urban Outfitters | Striped Shirt • Everlane | Black Jeans • H&M |
Leather Jacket • Zara | Blue Jeans • H&M | Oversized Grey Sweatershirt • Zara | Boots • Frye |
Black Sweater • Zara | Black Pants • H&M | Slip-ons • Vans

The weekends done and I am scrambling to finish some things that I hoped to have done by now. Here is my round-up of what I wore the last week. One is kind of hard to see because I had a cute photo bomber, her outfit was better than mine though 😉

  • For Mother’s Day the girls picked me out a small lime tree, a planter of potted succulents, and a cactus. Obviously they know me well enough not get me plants that require a lot of maintenance. They named the tree Neville (because Neville Longbottom excelled at herbology) and the cactus is Dan. Dan already spiked me twice.
  • We went to an awesome antique shop in Dundas, Ontario called Clappison Corners Antiques. So many great things there, and so many things that I wished I could bring home. An old phone booth I wanted to make in to a Tardis, a Suit and Armor that I would rearrange my whole place just to find room for it, and a massive bed that looked like a Hogwarts dormitory bed but cost $3695. I think the bed was a large as the entire bedroom, definitely not a small condo bed.
  • I finally found a crossbody that I liked. I popped in to Urban Outfitters a few days ago and there it was hanging on the wall in three colours giving me it’s Siren’s call. I had no idea which colour to get and since I am a “when in doubt buy it in black” kind of person. So Merle and I went and bought a Booster Juice and I sat down and messaged my favourite moms/friends from my Facebook mom group asking them which colour and it was unanimous, so I bought it in the camel.
  • Here is a healthy lifestyle check-in. I exercised 5 days last week which is huge for me because I usually end up missing one. I also ate the healthiest I have in a really long time (if not ever). I fell off the wagon a bit on Saturday night when we ordered pizza but I will consider it my cheat day. Here’s hoping for another good week and seeing some results soon.

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What to Wear in Greece and Belgium

What to Wear in Greece and Belgium Outfit Options 1-10 #packinglight #travellight #traveltips #travel

Outfit 1 – Tank | Jeans | Leather Jacket | Sunglasses | Tote | Booties
Outfit 2 – T-shirt Dress | Hat | Crossbody | Sandals
Outfit 3 – Striped Top | Black Pants | Tote | Converse
Outfit 4 – White T-shirt | Shorts | Sunglasses | Crossbody | Sandals
Outfit 5 – Maxi Dress | Scarf | Tote | Converse
Outfit 6 – Wrap Top | Casual Pants | Hat | Crossbody | Sandals
Outfit 7 – Blouse | Jeans | Leather Jacket | Tote | Booties
Outfit 8 – T-shirt Dress | Knit V-Neck Sweater | Sunglasses | Crossbody | Converse
Outfit 9 – White T-shirt | Black Pants | Cardigan | Crossbody | Sandals
Outfit 10 – Wrap Shirt | Shorts | Tote | Sandals

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What to Pack for Greece and Belgium

What to pack for Greece and Belgium Packing Light List for June #packinglight #travellight #traveltips #travelTank • H&M | White T-shirt • H&M | Wrap Top • Mango | Striped Shirt • H&M |
Cotton Blouse • Madewell | Pullover • Madewell | Knit Longsleeve • Mango |
Cardigan • Mango | Leather Jacket • Mango | T-shirt Dress • Madewell | Maxi Dress • H&M |
Denim • Madewell | Black Pants • H&M | Casual Pants • Mango | Shorts • H&M |
Bathingsuit • River Island | Hat • Madewell | Scarf • Vera Bradley | Sunglasses • Ray-Ban |
Sandals • Everlane | Sneakers • Converse | Ankle Booties • Sam Edelman |
Tote • Mango | Crossbody • Patricia Nash

It probably seems that all I am posting are packing lists lately, but I recently got flooded with requests and I am trying to get them all posted in time for each individual’s vacation. It’s keeping me busy 🙂 I am trying to get through all my June requests asap since we are now into May, because I hate being a last-minute packer and it’s always good to too a packing dry run in advance.

This request is for a 14 day vacation that will cover both Greece and Belgium in June. These two cities have very different weather and temperatures so she was having some difficulty trying to figure out what to pack when you have temperatures ranging from 13°C to +30°C. I call this my mom list because this is what I would pack on this type of vacation with kids. The clothing options are casual cool, easy to wear, and comfortable.

I kept everything fairly neutral so they would all go together more easily. Aim for cotton, linen or other materials that are cool and will breathe in the heat. The long sleeve cotton blouse can easily be left open over tanks and tees, or with the sleeves rolled up and knotted at the waist over dresses and swimsuits. The options are limitless even when you don’t bring your whole closet to choose from.

I decided on 6 tops, 2 pullovers, one cardigan, a t-shirt dress, a maxi dress, one pair of jeans and black pants, one loose cropped pant (I thoroughly enjoy these pants and want them), a swimsuit, and a pair of shorts. A light jacket is recommended and for me I would bring my leather jacket because that is my go-to staple (other options may include a jean jacket, a blazer, or even a trench).

I decided only one pair of sandals were needed along with a canvas running shoe, and a pair of ultra short booties. The accessories are basic and include a foldable hat, a bright coloured scarf/swimsuit wrap, sunglasses, a tote, and cross body.

She asked that I use my Alaskan Cruise packing list as inspiration because it reflected her style best, so I tried to stay within the same style and inspiration. She also will be travelling with her children and won’t have need to any evening wear, so these pieces are going to lean more towards casual.

I will be supplying the outfit options for this list in next post. I hope it can give you some ideas. Thanks for the request!

Have you ever packed for different climates in one trip?

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What I Wore this Week

What I Wore This week #ootd

What I Wore This week #ootd

What I Wore This week #ootd

What I Wore This week #ootd

Leather jacket • Zara | Girlfriend Jeans • Gap | Black Tee • Madewell | Slip-ons • Vans
Pink Blouse • H&M sold out (similar) | Jeans • H&M | Black Sweater • Zara
Black Pants • H&M | Purse • Urban Outfitters (on sale) | Booties • Winners (same)

I have had seemingly good luck with find things at Winners lately especially in the shoe department. I first found my Fryes which are my holy grail of shoes, and last week I found these tan booties for about $35. I mentioned that I needed to add some colour variety to my shoe selection because everything is black so I though a nice tan pair would be a good start. Next I am aiming for something leopard and something red. The heel on theses boots is quite low, and they are very easy to walk in. I have issues walking in heels. I think it is more of a self-conscious people are watching me so watch me trip sort of thing, but issues nevertheless.

Apparently I only took three pictures this week of what I was wearing. Whoops. Sometimes the days all blend and I miss a day here and there thinking I took one when I obviously didn’t. I also walked out of stores twice this week without taking my bag of merchandise with me. Memory issues. I did manage to get a couple of shots of the new girlfriend jeans this week (top two photos). I also received my new striped boxy tee from Everlane which I am going to try on to see how many things I can wear it with over the next few days.

I told my husband that the weather this week was looking like it would be nice because he was/is working outside a lot. He got up at 2:30 am today to go to work (he is in film and sometimes they start filming waaaay early) before you could tell what the weather was going to be like. I woke up to cool, overcast, and rain many hours later. He just texted me to let me know how miserable it was and he was basically working in a cold mud hole today. I feel bad that I forgot to mention there was a 70% chance of rain.

This weekend we did one of my favourite things, going to the flea markets and antique shopping. It’s not always successful but I found a few things this time like an old ABBA record that has all the good songs, and a vintage leather, weighted jump rope that is in awesome shape and will last forever. My regular run of the mill jump rope doesn’t even compare unsurprisingly. They definitely don’t make things like they used to.  I decided that this week I was really going to kick my ass in gear to get it ready for summer. When we went grocery shopping today I loaded up on only good things to cut out the temptation. That decision proved to be wise  because I was already pilfering through the cupboards looking for some kind of snack foods tonight. Ugh. I m my own worst enemy and have zero will power. I am trying the early to bed early to rise thing as well to see how that plays out with fitting exercise in better because I am truly running out of excuses. I am remaining hopeful.

Anyone else on the getting fit for summer train?

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