Hit the Thrift Store for Your Next Capsule Wardrobe

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Capsule wardrobes are a hot topic these days. The urge to declutter one’s closet and simplify one’s style is shared by many people. There has been a surge in blog posts and slideshows striving to help overwhelmed individuals determine their colors and essential looks, but unfortunately, many of these focus on what must be added to a wardrobe in order to make it complete. In many of these cases, creating a capsule wardrobe – supposedly an act of minimalism – is actually quite expensive.

Earlier this year, I wrote a post called “4 steps for creating a capsule wardrobe,” in which I outlined an approach used by fashion blogger Caroline at Unfancy. One of my readers complained vehemently:

“How is buying new clothes every 3 months ‘minimalist,’ in any sense of the word? Buying 4-8 new items each season is another way of saying that you throw out 16-32 garments every year, correct? That’s MAXIMALISM. Minimalism would be to buy your 37 garments, making sure to choose high-quality ones that will last for many years, and that you won’t tire of on a whim, and then you won’t have to throw them out every 3 months.”

The reader is right. It’s silly to be forking out loads of cash for brand new clothes on a regular basis to create and maintain a so-called ‘minimalist’ capsule wardrobe. But the truth is that you do need basic, versatile pieces in order to use fewer overall. So what’s the best approach?

Shop at a thrift store in Destin, FL!  This is the advice shared by the experts, and I have to say it resonates with me. The experts say that interest in thrift stores is growing, with 60 percent of people buying second-hand clothes. 

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