Believe it or not, everything in your closet can be dressed up or dressed down. You can casually wear the dressier pieces, and your relaxed clothes can feel more elevated. I always mention how labels are flexible. Allowing you to create more without adding more while confining yourself to labels only limits your options.
It’s easy to identify ‘casual’ and ‘dressy’ items, so you’ve already covered step one. Next is using these labels to put together new outfits and learning how to get more wear out of your clothes.
Just think about the many times you’ve changed outfits because it was either too casual or too dressy or thinking you need to have separate wardrobes – one for your job and one for when you’re off the clock.
The reality is: you can create endless outfit options with clothes you have without needing to add new pieces constantly.
And knowing how to dress up and dress down your clothes is the key.
These should all look familiar, and you’ll probably already have these styles in your closet.
Next, apply the labels to create new outfits around the same clothes.
For example, let’s take this LBD. Using the above pieces, you can then strategically put together an outfit that’ll dress it up and dress it down:
Are you starting to see the potential of your wardrobe? Is your mind starting to think of all the new outfits you have but have been overlooking?
You don’t have to throw on a pair of heels to dress up a look or casual shoes to dress it down — you have options on what to add to your outfit to create the look you want.
Just think: this is only the beginning.
Next, your wardrobe basics come in different styles, colors, and prints. With every style, color, and pattern, you have even more outfits with your clothes.
Using the above examples, let’s now use another wardrobe essential but a neutral pattern:
You can create endless outfit options without spending any money to make it happen.
Your wardrobe basics are the key players to dressing up and dressing down your pieces because you can wear them with anything. And as I mentioned, they come in different styles. To help you with adding versatility to your wardrobe basics selection, I’ve created a trustee’ Rule of Three in the wardrobe basics eBook to help you add more options. These options = endless options in your closet.
If you’ve been struggling to wear the clothes you have and put new outfits around the same pieces, spending more money on new and random clothes isn’t the answer. Instead, filling in the gaps with your wardrobe basics is.
When you’re randomly adding new items in, that doesn’t mean they’ll easily pair with the clothes you’ve been struggling to wear. You’re only adding to that pile. But, your wardrobe basics will allow you to put together new outfits – both casual and dressy- around the clothes sitting in your closet.
