Last week Courtney promised to talk us through how she recently cleared out her entire wardrobe and created the perfect capsule wardrobe that is now making it SO much easier for her to throw together exceptional outfits every day, AND is getting much better value for money out of the pieces she chooses to invest in.

Here's how she did it!

She loosely followed the advice we all received from professional stylist, Andri Parlett, a few months ago. You can find Andri's advice on our blog!

Here is the process she followed:

1. Review how her wardrobe will work best organisationally
2. Review the value of each item in the wardrobe and get rid of the bulk out of it - it's confusing and gets in the way of creating great outfits quickly
3. Re-organise the wardrobe in line with what works for her lifestyle
4. Add the items now missing to refresh the wardrobe and create a small, cohesive capsule wardrobe that will create hundreds of incredible outfits quickly and easily

Reviewing the organisation of your wardrobe

How many times have you lost items in your wardrobe that you just can't find or stood in front of it staring blankly trying to work out what to wear because there's too much crammed in there, it's badly organised, you can't see everything and items that should go together are nowhere near each other to evoke quick and easy inspiration?

Me? Every damn day.

And it needed to change.

As much as I'd love a beautifully organised wardrobe coordinated by colour and garment length it's a) not possible (your garment lengths and colours never align) and b) it's not practical.

You need to work out how to organise your wardrobe to best suit your lifestyle and your daily outfit decision-making process.

For me, that involved separating work wear and casual wear by sides - work wear over one side and casual over the other side. Then I stripped out everything I didn't want to wear, didn't wear or didn't add to my wardrobe so I could see the best outfits for work and casual most easily.

Reviewing each item

To review the value of each item in my wardrobe and work out how to drastically reduce the volume in there, I loosely followed Andri's process on our website but I sorted my items into the following categories:

1. Sell, donate or ditch - any item that doesn't fit, doesn't excite me or is passed it's use by date.
2. Store - Items I still ADORE but haven't worn in years. However, also couldn't bear the idea of parting with. These I boxed up to roll out over the next few years as a fresh new injection into my wardrobe. Make sure these are TIMELESS pieces otherwise in a year's time when you open the box you'll just hate them and they would have been a waste of storage but if you've had emotional attachments to them over years that have prevented you getting rid of them, they probably are timeless pieces you can safely hang on to.
3. Keep - items I still love, still fit, still in great condition and make great outfits for me at present.

• The Apero Sophia Faux Leather Skirt (about to be replaced by the Ena Pelly New Yorker Mini)
• Ena Pelly Ally Asymmetrical Leather Skirt
• Ginger & Smart Collective Leather Jogger Pants (in black and tan)
• 2ndskin Hope Leather Legging (I'm also about to add the Ena Pelly Leather Pant because I love leather pants so much there is room in my wardrobe for a legging and a structure pant)
• Ena Pelly and PE Nation logo tees and sweats
• Camilla Belle of the Baroque Oversized Tee
• Camilla Call of the Cathedral Oversized Tee
• Ginger & Smart Horizon Trench Coat in Ecru
• Elka Collective Carrie Leather Jacket/2ndskin Blake Biker Jacket
• Camilla Gothic Goddess Harem Pants and matching Sweat
• Camilla Abingdon Palace Hooded Puffer Jacket
• Unreal Fur Madam Grace Jacket

• Camilla Belle of the Baroque Double Layer Hem Skirt
• Camilla Hyped Up Hippie Full Pleat Skirt
• Camilla Hyped Up Hippie Round Neck Kaftan
• Camilla Down from the Cosmos Lace Up Racer Back Dress
• Matching sets like the SWF Skyline Set, Ralf Studios Rouge Tiger Set and Camilla At First Sight Set
• Camilla Call of the Cathedral One Shoulder Kaftan
• Camilla Gothic Goddess Jumpsuit
• (Some fresh new Ralf Studios pieces coming SOON! Keep an eye out on Thursday to see what I add to my wardrobe and why!)

• PE Nation Full Court Puffer Jacket
• PE Nation tracksuits, tees and sweats
• Camilla London Calling Round Neck Kaftan and matching bomber (doesn't sound like a "basic" does it but these two give you SO many styling options they'll become a real staple of your wardrobe and you'll throw them on to go anywhere or do anything so they become such a handy "basic" as well as looking fabulous and making you feel wonderful!)

So go on, get in there, edit your wardrobe, add in what you need, and rock your capsule wardrobe this Spring/Summer!

Lots of love

Courtney xx