Five Piece French Wardrobe Challenge

Have to be purchased as part of the five limit.

Five piece french wardrobe challenge.

This season i added the new complexity of trying to buy only sustainable clothes. The one where i talk about eschewing most purchases for the five piece french wardrobe challenge. It s a total cliche girl goes to paris and comes back wanting to attempt the 5 piece french wardrobe. Five pieces one season i m talking a w here for those wondering.

However coats jackets trousers skirts shoes etc. The rules are simple. The five piece french wardrobe. So with much trepidation i ve decided to embark on a new challenge adhering to the rules of the five piece french wardrobe.

This coming from the girl who would average that many new pieces to her wardrobe in one month. This is not going to be easy. 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. At the time i was a bit of a francophile.

I d romanticised the idea of curating my wardrobe in pursuit of a french aesthetic and subscribing to quality over quantity. 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. 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. But here i am attempting to be like those chic and carefree parisian women who look effortless and put together.

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. The idea is that each season you only add five new statement pieces to your wardrobe. You are given free rein to replace underwear and basics like a white t shirt for example. Only five new pieces a season this is a six month season ie.

I m already 6 months into my five piece french wardrobe challenge. Combine that with the current trend of reducing your closet and you ve got one compelling concept. 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.