Throughout this year of teaching (mostly online), I have learned a few tricks that helped me plan this capsule wardrobe. A long time ago, I discovered that I need exactly 3 outfits for church to have enough variety. For my current schedule of teaching math 3 days per week and English 1 day per week (making 4 teaching days per week), I need exactly 4 outfits to have enough variety. I can wear the same outfit to teach English that I wore the day before to teach math. Also, as quarantine life has continued, I've cared less and less about how I dress my lower half. Early fall, it was still a bit hot, so I was comfortable in a maxi skirt, which would also be somewhat presentable if I stood up to get something and forgot to turn my camera off. Then as it got colder, I switched to wearing jeans every day. I think it was sometime in November when I gave up completely on "real" pants and just left on my pajama bottoms. So for this capsule wardrobe, I planned a full outfit for church but only an upper half for teaching.
I started with a simple color palette: cream, teal, olive, brown, and leopard print.
First I looked at the sweaters and scarves I have in those colors. Teaching online changes all the rules, so it was more important to have a higher neckline than to be flattering around the tummy area. I even pulled a long-sleeve brown t-shirt out of my "too small" bag in the closet, simply because it is crew neck and also comfortable.
I made a list of possible combinations, then looked at them in the Stylebook app. I narrowed it down to 4 favorites, in an order without too much repetition side by side. Then I placed them on my calendar, in order, for all the days I will be teaching in Jan-Feb 2021.
After that, I chose 3 outfits to wear for church from the same color palette. The outfits didn't transfer well to just add pants/skirt to what I chose to teach in, because when people can see your whole body, it matters whether or not it flatters your tummy. Also, the neckline isn't so important. I chose a teal dress, brown dress, and olive shirt with dark jeans. Then I added a scarf to the dress outfits. I still didn't choose shoes, because it depends on the weather if it is better to wear snow boots or regular boots.
In general, I like doing 2-month capsule wardrobes, because the weather is similar enough, and I find it easier to choose a smaller number of colors for a shorter amount of time. (The only exception would be that I always have a red/green Christmas capsule every December.)
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