A summer capsule wardrobe — eight pieces, three weeks
A capsule wardrobe isn't about going without; it's an arithmetic problem. If every top goes with every bottom, four tops and three bottoms make twelve combinations. If they don't, twelve pieces make four combinations. That's the whole trick.
The eight pieces
- Three T-shirts: one in off-white, one dark, one with a motif
- A pair of straight jeans or cotton trousers
- Shorts ending just above the knee
- An open shirt as a second layer
- A pair of white sneakers
- A pair of leather sandals
The rules behind it
- Set one base colour. Sand, navy or black. Everything else falls in line.
- At most one piece with a motif. Two motifs in the same outfit cancel each other out.
- Same material, same character. A technical sports shirt doesn't go with linen trousers, whatever the colour.
- Everything has to go in one wash. Sounds trivial, but on holiday it decides whether it's practical.
Why exactly three shirts
Two are too few as soon as something goes wrong. Four is one too many, and that one comes back unworn. With three shirts you wear each one, and you can do laundry without counting.
Fabric quality matters. A thin shirt looks worn out after the third wear. A firmer shirt made of combed cotton — ours are 220 g/m² — copes better with the holiday rhythm of wearing and washing, especially when washed inside out at thirty degrees.
What to leave out
The piece you might take "just in case". It comes back unworn. Every time.
Our shirts are designed to get along with each other — muted tones, one motif, the same cut. See them under All T-shirts.