Closet Staples// Guide

Hello everyone! For this post, I will be talking about closet staples and how to pick staple pieces for your wardrobe.  For years, I've been buying trendy items and clothes that are more affordable. However now that I'm getting older, maturing and getting ready to go to university, I have now focused on maturing my wardrobe and buying more sophisticated pieces.

1// First things first to create a perfect wardrobe that fits your style is to get rid of any old clothes that you will not be wearing anymore. Make yourself three piles, one for items that you wish to keep, one for items you wish to donate and the last one will be for clothes that just have no more life in them and need to be thrown away.


2// After you have clean up your closet, it's time to find new staple pieces for your closet! My favourite part, who doesn't love shopping? The key to purchasing good staples pieces is that that item has to be able to go with 5 different outfits. If it doesn't, it's not a staple piece. A staple piece means that you are able to wear that piece multiple ways and that it will go well with everything. By choosing staple pieces, you are able to condense your wardrobe and simplify your life. It's a win win, you get to shop and you get to simplify your life. Some of my staple pieces are a cozy cardigan, black riding boots and a chambray shirt. They all go so well with everything!

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One of my absolute favourite stores is www.oakandfort.com. The clothes there are very simple, but are excellent staple pieces. It's also not too expensive too. I highly recommend you check it out. 

3// Sometimes when you go shopping you end up buying staple pieces that you realise aren't actually staples pieces when you get home. In this case, you can just easily return them. However, sometimes you figure this out 6 months later, then what do you do? Well, there's nothing that you can really do except for donate them but I do have a tip for you to help you figure out which pieces aren't staples in your closet and need to go. When you are hanging up your clothes, hang all of your clothes with the hangers facing outwards. By doing so, you can easily see which items of clothing that you have actually worn in a time period and which ones you haven't. After 6 months, the hangers that are still facing outwards, well you can say goodbye to those pieces.

That's it for this post, hopefully your closets will be transforming and you will be buying more staple pieces in the future.