{"id":29765,"date":"2019-11-01T11:01:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T03:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/server1.webstudio.com.sg\/~staging\/ypsg\/?p=29765"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T03:01:21","slug":"does-anyone-notice-when-you-repeat-outfits-i-wear-a-capsule-wardrobe-for-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server1.webstudio.com.sg\/~staging\/ypsg\/does-anyone-notice-when-you-repeat-outfits-i-wear-a-capsule-wardrobe-for-2-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Anyone Notice When You Repeat Outfits? I Wear A Capsule Wardrobe For 2 Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat should I wear tomorrow?\u201d is the new \u201cwhat should I have for lunch today?\u201d \u2014 at least for me, a few of my girlfriends, and perhaps a significant proportion of the female population. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hear me out as I deep dive into whether less can still be more by introducing to you, a capsule wardrobe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The act of looking into a vastly overflowing wardrobe, yet exclaiming that you have nothing to wear has been a running joke for ages. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, it\u2019s a first-world problem that I, and many others, face on a daily basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Do You Care About Their Clothes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Inspired by a conversation I had with a group of friends, I discovered a stark contrast when it came to our day-to-day clothing choices. The females were compelled to wear a different outfit each day, lest they become a <\/span>*gasp*<\/span><\/i><\/i> serial outfit repeater.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In contrast, t<\/span>he typical guy tends to put less emphasis on what they wear on a day-to-day basis. My male friend once admitted to buying 7 different colours of the same Uniqlo t-shirt, one for each day of the week. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Our behaviour in noticing what the people around us wore differed too. Sometimes I\u2019d notice my colleagues in a memorable piece of clothing, like a tropical shirt or a printed dress, and I\u2019d think \u201cdid they wear that last week?\u201d (Sorry colleagues, I mean no judgement!) <\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently, only fellow females echoed that they too, noticed a repeated outfit. The men at the table remarked <\/span>\u201cguys don\u2019t notice this kind of thing one<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/span>. <\/span><\/i>In fact, they probably couldn’t care less if you wear the same shirt five days in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, I put my theory to the test: Does anyone really notice if you repeat your clothes? If the answer ended up to be no, then I\u2019d finally have a reason to kick my unhealthy habit of buying too many clothes for my own good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nobody asked, but I went ahead and wore the same pieces of clothing from a capsule wardrobe for 2 weeks, in the name of a \u201csocial experiment\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Is A Capsule Wardrobe Anyway?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Introducing: the Capsule Wardrobe. An extension of minimalist living, the capsule wardrobe is a collection of a few essential items of clothing that don’t go out of fashion. The objective is to combine your basic staples and maximise the number of outfits you can piece together. <\/span><\/p>\n

Essentially, it should save you time, take away the age-old “nothing to wear” dilemma and all in all, make life easier.<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea of keeping things simple in the clothing department has been around for decades, with the term “capsule wardrobe” first coined in the 1970s by Susie Faux, the owner of a London boutique appropriately-named “Wardrobe”.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, with the impending climate crisis, there’s no better time for us to play our part for the environment. Starting with the notion of a sustainable wardrobe, a small individual step can be as simple as reducing our consumption of clothes and making do with what we already have.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that we know the basics, how do we assemble a capsule wardrobe? Two words: YouTube it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fret not if you don’t have the time \u2014 I’ll break it down for you:<\/span><\/p>\n