#alternativecapsule

I have those with shorter sleeves stored away right now. I do not like wearing them with a jacket, dunno why.

Included Pieces

While starting my winter capsule I included all five longsleeves in it, but in February I stored one of them away, because I did not wear it that much. It is a bit fancy and all of its features are not shown with a jacket on top. So I leave it for spring and summer season.

black rollneck, thin fabric

black rollneck, knitted,slightly thicker fabric

black and white striped

blue and white checkered

grey with buttons and sewed in lighter grey opening (stored)

Both rollnecks are from H&M more than five years old now. I have mentioned before, that I do have to mend the thin one because of several holes in the sleeves, which I have done today. It looks much better right now, but I really have to replace it this year, when I am ready to do so... and have some spare money. The fabric is viscose with a bit of elastane.

The striped longsleeve was bought in 2018, when I started thrifting. It was my first find and I really love this one. The fabric is very light and smooth (100% viscose) but still thick enough for colder temperatures. It is from a German brand called Steffen Schraut which I did not know before.

I found the checkered longsleeve online last year. It is from the French brand PetitBateau and made of 100% cotton. Originally the top is from their young adult collection, but I think it fits me very well.

Lastly, the top I stored away, is from IrieDaily and is made of 100% cotton. It is very thin and smooth and I know I will wear it a lot with warmer temperatures coming back to us.

Fabric issues

In my last post I talked about my problems with non-organic fabrics. All my tops and shirts are made from cotton or viscose, which are wearable for me. I’d love to test out linen or tencel, but I could not lay my hands on a piece made from them, yet. I also own a longsleeve made from 100% Merino wool from Icebreaker. I only wear this one for really cold days when I go for a walk, otherwise it would be too warm for me and I’d start sweating like hell.

How I wear them

Jumpers and Hoodies

I have three jumpers and one hoodie in my winter capsule. On the picture I have taken in January there still is my Ravenclaw jumper shown, which I have given away by now.

blue jumper, normal fit, American Cotton, thrifted

dark blue jumper, loose fit, Only, thrifted

dark grey jumper, loose fit, H&M, more than 4 years old

green hoodie, with a Alice motive done with bleach, H&M, thrifted

All of them have different fit and style to them, which is great, but means, that there are some restrictions when it comes to the combining options. I have talked about that in the post before.

Jackets

On the following picture there is also an item, which I have given away in the beginning of February.

blue hoodie jacket, Primark, 6 years old

black hoodie jacket, H&M, more than 5 years old

grey knitted hoodie jacket, H&M, thrifted

brown grey shirt jacket, Bench, thrifted

I went to Primark twice. I bought the jacket and a dress on my second visit and was a shopping companion on my first one. I have never visited Primark again, unless the jacket really holds well, as I must say. Although it contains polyester, I wear it very often. I hope that I will be able to find a jacket in the same color with better quality and made from cotton once.

The black jacket is one of my favorite pieces which goes with everything I have, so I reach for it as often as I reach for the blue one.

The knitted hoodie jackets were an online find from last year. I bought them both, because I thought that it would be better to have them in two colours. Unfortunately, the white one started getting sweat stains after some wears which I could not get rid off... so it has to go. I keep the grey one, but I am not sure of it, too. I do not know if it is the fit or the fabric, I do not like to wear it as much as I expected to.

The shirt jacket is a tricky piece. It has a very loose fit and I cannot wear it often, but when I wear it I love how the outfit turned out in the end.

Blazerish problems...

Moreover I had this Blazer in my wardrobe at the beginning... but I already knew then, that I’ll fail to wear it... and so it happened...

I did not wear it... I have not worn the Blazer more than five times since I bought it second hand in 2018. It is a beautiful piece and it totally sucks, that I did not feel comfortable in it, but what can I do?

Wearing Blazers always feels odd for me, it is like wearing a costume, like being another person, cannot describe it better. Looking formal is hard for me. That is why I decided to buy this Blazer, because it has a more loose fit and is made from Jersey, but the problem remains.

Restrictions made...

I feel like I am restricted to lesser options than my clothes should give me. I know that this is due to the fact, that my trousers are in different styles and my tops do not go with every one of it, if that makes sense.

For example:

I combine the checkered longsleeve with my grey skinny jeans and the blue cords. I tried the combination with black cords (see below), but I did not like it that much. As for the top is blue white checkered I do not like the combination with my blue jeans... So only two options to wear this one.

Same goes for my jumpers and hoodies...

The blue ones do not look great with blue jeans or chino jeans in my opinion. As for the green hoodie has a smaller fit it only looks good on me with my skinny jeans.

And so on...

Morning styling issues...

That in my mind makes it difficult to chose an outfit in the morning and feeling well dressed. My feelings, or more defined, my current constitution decides what I want to wear in the morning. I sometimes check the weather forecast to make some changes if needed, but that is unlikely. And at the moment my constitution only tells me that I look awful in everything I own. The last days I just wore a jumper to avoid any further implications thinking about a proper outfit instead. 

Conclusion

I have not figured out how to deal with this problem right now. If I’m lucky enough, it will vanish and everything will be fine again... but if not, I really have to take care of it. My storage does not contain any further options to make some changes, giving my wardrobe a whole new look or something like that.

Regardless, I wrote down every piece in my wardrobe and made a tally sheet:

Longsleeves

black rollneck (5)

knitted black rollneck (2)

striped longsleeve (2)

checkered longsleeve (5)

fancy button longsleeve (1)

Tees

Rey (Star Wars) (2)

Leia (Star Wars) (1)

42 (2)

Stephen King (2)

Tomte (3)

NERD (2)

Jumpers

Alice (2)

Ravenclaw (2)

light blue (3)

middle blue (2)

Trousers

Chino Jeans (6)

blue Jeans (8)

grey skinny Jeans (7)

black Cords (4)

dark blue bootcut Cords (4)

Jackets

black hoodie (6)

blue hoodie (3)

white knit hoodie (1)

grey knit hoodie (2)

shirt (2)

Blazer (0)

Numbers in parenthesis show how often I wore the piece last month. As I took a look at the outcome, I realized that there is some room for changes...

The following items will be removed from my capsule by now:

fancy button longsleeve (1) (stored)

Leia (Star Wars) (1) (donate)

white knit hoodie (1) (donate)

Blazer (0) (donate)

And I already changed this one with a grey jumper:

Ravenclaw (2)

I love the Ravenclaw Jumper, but it has some Polyester in it and I could not bear  wearing this kind of fabric. That left me with 30 pieces for my winter capsule wardrobe.

The fact that I did not wear my tees that much does not worry me, it’s too cold for them ;)