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Skip Cyber Monday and shop your own wardrobe

26/11/2018

We’re coming close to the end of my no-buy November challenge and I won’t lie, the staples in my wardrobe are running dry, so to mix things up I thought I’d try to incorporate a summer dress that’s been worn to death over the last two summers into an outfit for a chilly Saturday in November. I’ve started to wonder how someone can have so much in their wardrobe and yet still finds it difficult to find something to wear?

If you’ve got an answer please let me know.

One of the last snaps I got of this on our honeymoon in Bali

I bloody love this dress, I think the colour and print make it an easy one to transition into the next season, so it felt like a great foundation to start with. I don’t wear dresses and skirts enough (partly because I never remember to buy good tights to wear and partly because I don’t do enough washes in the week to wear them more than once or twice) and was in the mood to be a bit girlier than my basic go-to uniform of jumper, jeans and boots.

In order to make this challenge a little bit more interesting, I thought I’d layer it up with things I bought before this year (except for footwear – I envisaged an outfit with those gorgeous Chelsea boots I picked up in August/September and I’ll be damned if I don’t wear them over and over again) so we’ve got a completely sustainable outfit that wasn’t influenced by trend, just the trendsetter 😉

Can we just take a second to appreciate the beauty of Norton Common in Letchworth Garden City (shout out to my hometown) where these photos were taken? We drive past all the bloody time and I’ve been saying to Aaron for ages it would be the perfect place for some outfit snaps to share on here, so I was buzzing to jump out, get some snaps and run back to car soon after as it was a bitterly breezy day – wearing a dress with some tights was a ridiculous idea.

Here’s a quick overview of how old everything is from this outfit;

  • Dress: Gamiss – last summer
  • Black jumper: ASOS – two years ago
  • Scarf: New Look – three years ago
  • Khaki Coat: Oasis – three years ago
  • Bag: Mulberry – possibly older than I am (my mum found it in a charity shop when I was a kid before she gave it to me this year and it was vintage even then!)
  • Boots: Clarks – this year

Everything in this outfit (bar the boots) was purchased over a year ago and goes to show that you don’t need to be shopping the sales for the latest trends to put together a perfectly autumnal outfit, just have a dive into your wardrobe for some old favourites.

To make this post beneficial for you, I’ve put together a couple of tips for shopping your own wardrobe that I use when I don’t have time or I’ve decided to do a crazy no-buy challenge for the blog;

  • When you rummage through, find the piece of clothing you haven’t worn for the longest time – if you’d still wear it, then go for it, if not then it’s probably had its day and you can pop it on eBay. For this outfit, mine was the scarf that I bought in a New Look sale years ago but I love the autumnal colours
  • Layer it up! I put a jumper over the dress and felt like I had a new skirt, if you’ve got a shirt that doesn’t look very flattering, put a jumper over it, wear a hoodie with an over-sized denim jacket – the possibilities are endless
  • Run through every single item of one type of clothing you have. For example, I’ve made it my mission to wear every single jacket or coat I have this month. You could try wearing every pair of trousers, shirt, blazer, skirt, dress – whatever you’ve got, wear it!

How often do you buy new things for your wardrobe and how long do you normally keep hold of something before binning it off? Let me know in the comments below!

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  1. Alice says

    01/12/2018 at 12:12 am

    I am such a hoarder with clothes it’s awful. I literally hang on to them as long as I can which is why my wardrobe is collapsing haha! I usually put ‘summer’ clothes away in other seasons so I’m definitely going to try adapting them rather than just writing them off. Love those boots too!!
    Alice Xx

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    • gabriellealbon says

      01/12/2018 at 8:37 am

      I’ve gotten a lot better as I’ve gotten older and have my own flat – I can’t deal with having everything everywhere 😂 but I’m still a bit of a hoarder at heart 😉 and thank you, they’re my go-to boots this year and I’m loving them! ❤️❤️

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  2. Alice says

    08/12/2018 at 10:36 pm

    I find it so hard to get rid of clothes, even when I have a massive clear-out I tell myself that I’ll wear things and then they end up wasting space in my wardrobe for another 5 years. I do love staple pieces like your dress though that can be versatile throughout the seasons and always look cute. Love the way you’ve styled it with a jumper over the top, it looks so comfy and the brown boots are the perfect Autumn shoes! I definitely need to start actually wearing some of the things I decide to keep instead of leaving them to collect dust x

    Alice {http://www.accordingtoalicex.com}

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    • gabriellealbon says

      08/12/2018 at 11:43 pm

      I was the same until I moved out and later when Aaron moved in with me as I didn’t have the room to hoard all of my stuff anymore 😂
      I’d block out a weekend to pull everything out, ask yourself if you’ve worn it in the last X amount of years then bin it off (I won’t tell you how long as I appreciate its bloody hard 😂) but you don’t have to if you don’t want to 😂❤️❤️

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