5 piece french wardrobe. self-experiment.

This will be a hard one – or easy one, not really sure about it myself yet. But I can say I am a little bit of a shopping addict, I just love buying clothes and unfortunatelly I do “rash” shopping, also I tend to end up at H&M and I am pretty sick of Vienna’s uniform (H&M) – and that’s what I want to change or limit. But what is my actual point? Well I had the idea to have a determined clue what you want to buy within a season (i.e. 6 months in the fashion world). And there are a lot other bloggers who started to take up this idea a while ago – it’s called 5 piece French Wardrobe.

source: www.whtvr.dk

5 Piece French Wardrobe
The principle behind the 5 Piece French Wardrobe is only buying 5 timeless and higher quality pieces within one season of the year – this means 10 items of clothing a year. It is supposed to be orientated at the classic, simple and timeless style of French women and aimes to build a solid classy wardrobe.

The Rules

• Basics don’t count – white tees etc. are always allowed
• shoes do count – except if they fall apart or have to be replaced
• accessoiries don’t count, except if they cost a lot more than usual
• socks and underwear doesn’t count
• the rest does

source: afterDRK

What is also needed…
The basics – you won’t be able taking part in that “experiment” without having a solid basic wardrobe. But what exactly is a solid basic wardrobe?
Well, afterDRK has the solution – in the following is noted what a basic wardrobe should consist of – the grey lettered ones I have already.

tops:
Black, grey and white loose t-shirt
Black, grey and white tanktop
Little black t-shirt dress, also in white
White or cream blouse, I would recommend getting it in silk Black blazer Chunky cardigan Simple jumper

trousers//skirts: Black skinny pants Skinny jeans Black skirt Shorts

jackets:
Leather jacket Trenchcoat Wool wintercoat

shoes:
Black pumps
Ankle Boots Ballerinas/ Sneakers

accessoires:
Gold or silver watch
Black leather bag

The Wishlist
In the following, I put together a wish/want/need list – consisting of 20 pieces. Definitely too many for the 5 Piece French Wardrobe, but as some of the items are rather reasonable in price, others can be diy’d or count as basic wardrobe items – I will be able to cut the list down a bit.

For one the Turband and 1991 shirt can be made into a DIY project, the reasonable things would be the Asos necklace, H&M lace top & striped tights. Some basic wardrobe pieces have crept into my list too like the shorts and bandeau. The creepers count more to next season’s list – so I can tick them off for the time being.

Kat’s 5 Piece French Wardrobe List

• high waisted jeans (Cheap Monday)
• Casio Watch
• Hat
• wedges
• “blouses” – I’m cheating a bit here

My goal
My goal of this whole experiment is to limit myself better, to buy more deliberate and forward-thinking. Another thing I want is to find my very own style, which I always had but I want to be more consistent within my style. I tried to figure out in which clothes I feel the best in, I wear most  and are the most versatile to combine. As you might have already noticed Alsion Mossheart’s basic style is a big influence – music in general and thats why my favourite clothes are either dark, denim, lace, leather, velvet or sheer. The most important in fashion for me is to express oneself – not just simply following trends – your own personality is the key.

…I’ll keep you updated!