so today is the day we're going to be
talking about my wardrobe
you can call it a capsule wardrobe a
minimalist wardrobe whatever you want to
say
if you notice i pretty much wear the
same outfits and all of these youtube
videos
and it definitely extends outside of
youtube here my wardrobe is pretty
inexpensive and simple
and to be frank a little boring but i
suppose that's kind of the point with a
minimalist wardrobe or capsule wardrobe
you know it's efficient and simple and
stylish
and effective so i figured now would be
as good a time as ever to talk about my
wardrobe and why i dress the way i do
and to kind of showcase all of the
simple pieces i own
and before we get into the meat of the
video here if you're wondering where
this sweet watch came from
a few of you already have been in the
recent weeks i've been wearing it
today's video is sponsored by nordgreen
they make really great scandinavian
minimalist
style watches i'll be talking a little
bit more about them at the end of the
video so stay tuned for that
but let's get into the wardrobe i have
eight t-shirts four black and four gray
two button-up shirts to be dressed up or
down
three pair of jeans black dark blue and
gray
three crew neck sweatshirts one black
one gray and a lightweight
heather for my activewear i have two
pairs of shorts for around the house
two for exercising and going out and two
pair of sweatpants
for my formal wear i have a gray
three-piece suit i bought for my wedding
along with a white dress shirt and a
charcoal blazer for outerwear i have a
rain jacket
heavyweight winter jacket and a zippered
sweatshirt my footwear includes black
dress shoes for formal occasions brown
boots that can work with a suit or a
t-shirt
beat up sneakers for hiking and outdoor
projects and my nike kill shots that i
generally wear every day
i also have a black and brown belt a
gray tie
a black tie and a few pocket squares to
add some interest for formal outfits
next is my mask my black five panel cap
along with my nord green watch and a
timex weekender
so the main idea for my wardrobe and
really any capsule
or minimalist style wardrobe is just to
be simple
and efficient and anyone that's not
familiar a capsule wardrobe
is essentially the idea that every piece
of clothing that you own
is going to work and match with every
other piece so it's a great way to
maximize the amount of combinations and
outfits
with a pretty minimal amount of clothing
so generally when i'm buying something
new i want to make sure that it works
with basically everything that i own
the last few years i've been really
leaning back into
more of a gray and black color scheme
right when i lost weight in 2015 and
2016
i had done a lot of fashion
experimentation
i was really heavy for most of my life
and couldn't fit into a lot of the
clothes i wanted to so
i had this rapid surge of trying new
styles and colors
and a few years later i've kind of
resorted back to my blacks and grays
that i grew up with in my teenage years
if i did my edit the way i planned on
you've already seen my whole wardrobe so
most of the clothes that i own were
either thrifted
second hand or from just really basic
places like amazon or target for a lot
of my basic
t-shirts ideally with my fuel items i
would have
all high quality top-notch stuff i do
have a few really nice pieces but the
majority of everything i own
is pretty basic or was used when i
bought it i think that's an important
thing to remember for anyone that
is you know idolizing a capsule wardrobe
or wishing they could have that you know
sweet minimalist design
aesthetic you don't have to spend a ton
of money
you really don't need to be buying
everything all at once you know i've
slowly morphed into this capsule
wardrobe over the course of many
years figure out what brands and fits
and styles that really
work and fit best into your life before
you make the plunge
and buy multiples i am someone that's
never
in a big rush for the clothes i buy i
get a lot of questions about the hat
that i wear
in these videos i wear this hat pretty
much everywhere nowadays
i spent over a year casually looking at
thrift stores before i found the hat
that i wanted to buy
make sure when you're buying something
the fit is perfect
and you absolutely love it because if
there are any flaws in that piece of
clothes that you're about to buy
you're probably going to wear it once or
twice and it's just going to sit in the
back of your closet collecting dust
make sure that you're going slowly and
intentionally with
building your wardrobe you know a lot of
this is
against that fast fashion mentality and
i know i'm a little bit guilty with my
cheap shirts here
long term as these wear out i would
obviously prefer
to get higher quality more ethically
sourced material brands
but in the meantime i'm just going to
make sure that i'm not buying in excess
you know i don't need a lot of clothes
and i'm in an especially great scenario
now personally with doing a lot of work
from home
you know my needs for clothing diversity
aren't that big and
even when i did work in a regular
workplace before i went full time with
my videography
and youtube you don't really need that
many different pieces of clothing
to get a good amount of outfits for a
proper workplace or
for casual nightly outings think also
too
with the capsule wardrobes it just
allows you to have these nice little
accent pieces
and focus on more subtleties with your
fashion
like different textures and fabrics and
finishes
and accessories like hats and watches
and things like that i'm a big fan
of you know accessorizing because the
wardrobe is more simple
you can do more things like pocket
squares with formal wear
you know watches with a t-shirt you know
nice hats things like that
another aspect i wanted to touch on is
just the efficiency of knowing that
everything that you own matches with
everything else
you don't need to waste a lot of your
brain power
on dressing yourself every day i know it
sounds simple but
i am a big fan and advocate of that you
know steve jobs uniform mentality i
think there's something to be said with
just the efficiency
of not really needing to think or worry
about what you're wearing every day and
you can free up your minds for bigger
and better and more meaningful things
before we go any further i wanted to
talk about today's sponsor that is
nordgreen they make these awesome
watches it's a minimalist scandinavian
design
i'm all about this sort of aesthetic
obviously and i'm sure a lot of you
if you're watching this channel are too
they reached out a little while ago and
asked if they could send me out a watch
to try and to sponsor one of the videos
and
after looking through their website and
catalog it was a resounding
yes for me all the watches looked really
really great and they were in a pretty
reasonable price point
most of them are going to be between 100
and 300 dollars so definitely not too
bad for a higher quality watch but
outside of the
cool aesthetics they really have some
good practices
in terms of their company they use all
recycled packaging for their watches but
then they also have a
give back program when you purchase a
watch you get a few different options
to help different parts of the world so
the first option have is to donate clean
water to a family in africa for two
months
or you have the option of providing
education for a child in
india for one month or third you can
donate to have 200 square feet
of the amazon rainforest preserved they
did actually provide me with a coupon
code it's josh
f j o s h f you get 15
off your watch if you choose to buy one
i've been really happy with mine the
last few weeks so i'd strongly encourage
if you do need to watch
go check it out so thank you to
nordgreen for helping support the
channel
and making this video possible in
summary with everything you know when
you're building a capsule wardrobe make
sure that you're going slow
and being intentional with your
purchases
you don't need to overhaul your entire
wardrobe and cull out everything with
color in it
take it slow take it easy you'll learn
what works
and fits best into your life you also
want to make sure and check your thrift
stores
you never know what gems you're going to
find this hat
was 80 new or something when i looked it
up and i think i paid 15
for it which was even expensive for a
second hand pickup but it was perfect
i know that because i waited over a year
to find the perfect hat so
go slow and be intentional and make sure
that you're checking those second hand
stores
and embrace that uniform mentality
reduce some of that decision fatigue in
your life
and i really hope that you enjoy you
know a capsule wardrobe like i have
i would love to talk to all of you about
it more in the comments
so let me know down below do you have a
capsule wardrobe or
what do you like about your wardrobe
what do you think could use improving
let's have a discussion and get that
going but thank you all so much for
watching
i'll talk to you in the next one
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