How to Build a Stay at Home Mom Capsule Wardrobe for Fall

A Stay at Home Mom Capsule Wardrobe for Fall

A white background with the pieces for a stay at home mom fall capsule wardrobe laid out in rows.

T-shirt | Turtleneck | Oversized Button Up | Tunic | Sweatshirt | Cashmere Sweater | Sweater | Cardigan | Sweater Vest | Blazer | Denim | Trousers | Leather Trousers | Stirrups | Sweater Dress | Coat | Quilted Jacket | Scarf | Necklace | Crossbody | Tote | Knee High Boots | Black Boots | Flats | Sneakers |

It has been a while since I made one of these and I am way past due. Over the last 18 months, I guarantee that every single mom out there experienced being a stay at home mom at some point during those months. I will say that my stay at home mom wardrobe at the beginning of the pandemic looks a lot different than it does now.

But in the same breath, I will also say that it showed me how important it is to have truly comfortable items in your wardrobe that can be worn outside the house too.

I think what a lot of us struggled with was a) how to wear those comfortable clothes without looking like we just rolled out of bed, especially during such a high time of stress and anxiety, and b) and how to look put together with minimal effort because who the hell wants to spend a long time trying to make yourself look good.

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What I Wore This Week

I am wearing wide leg leather trousers, a black silk blouse, a black tote, and black Mary Janes.
I am wearing a red Bikini Kill sweatshirt, wide leg trousers, New Balance sneakers, and a crossbody.
I am wearing an Anine Bing sweatshirt, grey trousers, Balenciaga loafers, and a crossbody.
I am wearing a grey cashmere sweater, trousers, New Balance 327, a black tote, and a crossbody.
I am wearing black stirrups, and oversized white blouse, an oversized leather jacket, Prada Loafers, and Le Specs sunnies.

Outfit 1 – Silk Blouse | Leather Trousers | Mary Jane Flats | Tote | Necklace |
Outfit 2 – Sweatshirt | Trousers | Necklace | Crossbody | Sneakers |
Outfit 3 – Sweatshirt | Trousers (similar) | Necklace (similar) | Crossbody | Loafers (secondhand) | Sunglasses |
Outfit 4 – Sweater | Trousers (old) | Crossbody | Sneakers | Tote |
Outfit 5 – Stirrups | Oversized Blouse | Leather Jacket (similar) | Loafers | Sunglasses |

When I was a teenager we had to make our own flare jeans by opening the side seam and sewing in a triangular piece of fabric. I made a few pairs and LOVED those jeans. I wore them until the back hem wore so far up that they looked ridiculous from behind.

In the mid-2000s flares became popular again and I had a pair of True Religion low rise that I lived in.

I actually see True Religion low rise flares a lot when I am thrifting and I always wonder what I was thinking. Those jeans were LOW.

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What I Wore This Week

I am wearing a black slip dress, Anine Bing sweatshirt, New Balance 327, a Jenny Bird necklace, and a Fendi Silvana bag.
I am wearing a leather top, Abercormbie jeans, and Miu Miu flats.
I am wearing leather trousers, a blue oxford, Le Spec sunnies, an Eerlane crossbody, and Anine Bing boots.
I am wearing and oversized white button up, leather trousers, New Balance 327, a Jenny Bird necklace, and a Chanel bag.
I am wearing a black crop top, black trousers, a black blazer, Jenny Bird necklace, Anine Bing boots, and a vintage Miu Miu bag.
I am wearing an oversized striped button up, Abercrombie jeans, Anine Bing boots, a Jenny Bird necklace, and a Fendi Silvana bag.

Outfit 1 – Slip Dress (similar) | Sweatshirt | Necklace | Bag | Sneakers |
Outfit 2 – Shirt ( Iris & Ink can’t find it online) | Jeans | Flats |
Outfit 3 – Oxford | Leather Trousers | Boots (similar) | Sunglasses | Crossbody |
Outfit 4 – Oversized Blouse | Leather Trousers | Sunglasses | Necklace | Sneakers | Purse |
Outfit 5 – T-Shirt | Trousers (similar) | Necklace | Blazer | Boots | Purse |
Outfit 6 – Oversized Blouse | Jeans | Necklace | Boots | Purse |

Just the way that I love to spend my Sunday evenings on a long weekend, cleaning bathrooms. It’s probably my most hated chore of housekeeping. I loathe it.

I managed to mostly get Merle’s room looking decent this weekend though (it’s been pretty unorganized since we moved in). And Roo, don’t get me started with her bedroom…

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What I Wore This Week

I am wearing green joggers, a cropped Alice & Olivia jacket, and New Balance Sneakers.
I am wearing a black shirt dress, Everlance crossbody, Le Specs sunglasses, New Balance Sneakers, and a tote.
I amwearing a cropped tee, blue blazer, and Abercrombie jeans, with a crossbody, and blue slides.
I am wearing a Zara blouse, Abercrombie jeans, and Everlane nude Day Flats.
I am wearing black joggers, a cropped tee, and a tan blazer, with a crossbdy, tote, Le Specs sunglasses, and Vintage New Balance.

Outfit 1 – Jacket | Joggers | New Balance
Outfit 2 – Dress | Crossbody | Sunglasses | Sneakers | Tote
Outfit 3 – Cropped T-shirt | Jeans | Blazer (similar) | Slides (similar) | Crossbody |
Outfit 4 – Blouse | Jeans | Flats | Necklace
Outfit 5 – Cropped T-shirt | Sunglasses | Joggers | Blazer | New Balance (similar) | Tote | Crossbody | Necklace

I am sitting here waiting for a big storm that is supposed to come through. The wind is starting to pick up, but I am not holding my breath. So far this summer, every single time they have predicted a good storm hitting us it seems to be minimal or pass us by.

A full 24 hours of rain would be nice because I don’t think we got one of those days for the entire summer. I love rain and loathe the heat. If that isn’t any indication that I live in the wrong city, I don’t know what is.

Tom ordered us Dairy Queen Blizzards that just arrived and they immediately had to go into the freezer.

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