Spring is officially here – and although in some parts of the world it may feel like it’s been around for a while, and in others it seems as though it might never come at all, the change of season is a great opportunity to overhaul your closet. To reorganise, ditch the rubbish and generally renew your racks so you’re ready for the new season and summer (!).
Spring is a great opportunity to embark on a a full on wardrobe edit, and hopefully you’re acquainted with my Six Step ‘Wardrobe Rehab’ process. If you haven’t fully reviewed your wardrobe in a while no doubt you will be in need of some serious organisation – so head over and get amongst my six steps – I promise you it will help.
Bearing in mind the change of season, in addition to the wardrobe rehab posts, here are a few extra tips to help welcome spring into your wardrobe.
Pack It Away – Make room in your closet for your spring clothes by packing away all your winter clothes – that includes coats, 400 knotted pairs of tights, warm boots and whatever you won’t wear. This might go without saying but sometimes I forget to do this and find myself wading through winter bit and pieces for months.
Try Summer/Spring Clothes on – Make sure you try on all your summer gear to make sure it fits and looks great, this is great time to do a mini cull if you’re not going to do the full on wardrobe rehab.
Review Colours – Need to stock up on a few coloured pieces for the coming summer? Now is the time to check if your wardrobe needs a few pops of colour.
Clean spring/summer accessories – Pull out items like your gladiator flats, hats and other things you probably haven’t worn for 6 months and give them a good polish/spruce up so they’re ready to go when you’re running out the door.
Check Basics – Do you have all the singlets and tees you’re going to need for summer? Stock up on simple basics which will probably be the basis for your wardrobe in summer.
Organise – Fold, hang, completely rejig – now’s the time! Ideas on how to do it here.
Check Basics – Do you have all the singlets and tees you’re going to need for summer? Stock up on simple basics which will probably be the basis for your wardrobe in summer.
Organise – Fold, hang, completely rejig – now’s the time! Ideas on how to do it here.
Make a Summer List – Look carefully at your wardrobe once it’s nice and organised and see if there is anything you need to create better spring/summer simple outfits. Shorts? Mini skirts? Summer dresses? This is a great opportunity to create a list that will focus your shopping for the coming months. You will likely be able to find some of the things you need in thrift stores (where you’ll find me most weekends) so make sure you check out there first.
Looking for inspiration for your Spring/Summer wardrobe? To help you I’ve picked a few favourite blogger and streetstyle outfits that felt very much appropriate. Pastels, florals, white and pops of colour – these will come as no surprise to you! Must remember to get myself a fedora in every colour asap!
Jess from Tuula Vintage | Liz from Late Afternoon
Mandy from Oracle Fox | Shea Via Cheyenne Meets Chanel
Kendie from Kendie Everyday | Andy from Style Scrapbook
Would love to know if you have any other spring wardrobe edit tips!
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great post! thanks for the tips!
xo, Tina
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AMAZING OUTFITS 🙂
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I need spring pastels in my wardrobe NOW. Especially a mint coloured skinny!
xxx
London Last Night
Great inspiration, gorgeous outfits!
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Lovely pastel colours!! I like it!!
xoxo from München
La Vie Quotidienne
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Great tips. Now I just need to get off my couch and into my closet!
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This is a fab post, I love the way you’ve featured other bloggers (give me some new ones to follow too) and it’s such a good topic as my wardrobe is BURSTING.
Great feature x
Mel
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such good tips! i was about to put away all my winter clothes but now its cold again!
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This is like a mini spring lookbook!
Gorg pictures, pastels are how I’ll be entering the spring alongside some bold prints 😀
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xo
These are excellent tips!
xoxo
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Great post – I’m definitely inspired to start editing my closet like a beast. One frustrating thing about my current wardrobe is that the colors I’ve tended to choose don’t make for a lot of mixing and matching. I’m trying to pick a reasonable palette that works for my skin tone/style and stick to it, more or less, when shopping. Easier said than done, given the equal yumminess of neon, other brights, and pastels!
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I’ve been reading your blog for a while, and truly I admire what you’re doing here 🙂 Thanks for reminding your great Wardrobe rehab. It helped me a lot last time I did it, and now- since I’m moving out to a new apartment in 2 weeks I have opportunity to use it once again. 🙂
Love all those soft sweet pastels. I totally will give a shot by pairing my mint green with dusty pink this spring, if spring ever comes to this corner of the world. We just got some snow/rain mixing for the past 2 days. Yuck.
And personally I wouldn’t pair minty green with harsh black like that girl with leather jacket did…Pastels, to me, work much better with soft neutrals like white and kahki.
Inspired x
Wow what beautiful outfits. Great tips too, I definitely need to take stock of what I’ve got and make room for spring. Thanks for the tips!
xx
Joliemacherie
We just moved to a new apartment, so I am right in the middle of this process as I’m trying to unpack and put away all of our clothes. I definitely get stuck at the culling step, I have serious issues with parting with items! Even if it’s something I don’t like that much, or haven’t worn in *years*, I feel guilty about giving it away, like it’s wasteful (even for items I’ve had since high school), and I might wear them *someday*. Right now it’s particularly hard because I’m re-entering the workforce after over a year out, so I have a closet full of clothes that don’t pass the 6-month/12-month have-I-worn-it test because I’ve been home all the time, while also being unsure of what I’ll start wearing as I become more active this year! Arg!
I think the Trying Things On tip is the best thing for me right now. It’s too easy to just assume something still looks good or fits without actually checking, but that would be a really good way to give myself that final push for getting rid of something!
Thanks for the tips, I really enjoy reading your blog!
I love the shot of Andy! So pretty. I love to keep my personal wardrobe very small since I sell vintage online and already have a TON of clothing around. These colors are all so perfect for spring!
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I still have about two months before I need to do this (Northern climate…) but this was a really good post about it!
all lovely outfits. I always mix up Jess and Liz from the first photos. lol
Its not even spring in New Zealand and I want to throw out so many clothes a restart!
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beautiful inspirations, love the floral pants the most <33
Love,
Nee
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i love that post and i love that blog!!!!
so inspired!!!!!
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I will be definitely following those steps 🙂
xx
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Love these, and my wardrobe definitely needs some rehab!
Just thought you should know, there is only one “e” in Kendi (of Kendi Everyday). You spelled it right in the link though 🙂
Great post – love all these bloggers too! Spring is definitely all about the pastels and florals, nice work 🙂
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i love all these sweet looks and pastel colours! Pretty!
very helpful! THANK!
Awesome collection of photos. I follow every one + you on bloglovin 🙂
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Gosh, love the Spring vibe <3
WITH LOVE,
LINSEY – POSE-BLOG.COM
Today I wanted to clean out my closet a bit so your tips came just in the right second. Thanks for that! 🙂
I would add that anything you’ve been keeping nostalgically from last summer be given a good hard look – if you’re keeping it saying ‘Well, I might wear it again,’, YOU WON’T!
Get rid of it now, before it becomes a white elephant.
It’s good to be ruthless now and then.
spring is everywhere, love to see the people!
I see so many pastel colors for this season <3
cheers!
Style, Pose, and Tell
Love the pastel color. So refreshing and it does really perfect for the spring/summer season.
Angelwynxx ❤ ♡ ❤
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Yellow is my favorite colour.
See my new pastel look in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md-0DPHtnyU&context=C45040ccADvjVQa1PpcFM9-WKduSIgbjEaKAaYhq8D9Op3FLCO8Lk=
I love mint ♥
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You gorgeous thing! Thanks for throwing my in the mix – your edit is perfection!
Luv,
Friend in Fashion
http://www.friendinfashion.blogspot.com
x
I love this post! Xoxoxo.
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So ready for spring colors. I need to clean out my closet soon. I love all the colors that are out right now for spring.
floral pants! i love floral print for spring and summer, i never get tired of it…ever!
I really need to do this! love the photos too
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Great ideas, thank you, it is such a great accomplishing feeling to change over to spring clothes… Take a look at my website for wardrobe management!
I love those floral pants! xx
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Great post 🙂
wonderful post!
wish you a nice weekend <3
lovely greets
maren anita
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beautiful outfits!!!
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your blog is so inspiriiing! following you now 🙂
great colors. Check out a day in Malibu && Beverly Hills. xx
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Omg your blog is awesome-just found it!
Just been sent in your direction by my Mum, Orsola de Castro of From Somewhere, who recently met you in Honk Kong. She was raving about your blog and I can see why! Wonderful stuff!!
Spring is in the ear! loving the looks!
Very inspire!
I’m living the pastel mood.
Great tips, it is best to get rid of unwanted things before we get new, and to pack away everything else so it is not clutter in the way.
I try to go through my clothes at least twice a year and take unwanted items to the second hand stores. In this case, spring, as I unpack my previous spring and summer clothes I ask if I will wear it again, and if not I put it in a bag to give to charity, to take to one of the second hand stores in the area so they can resell. I hate throwing things in the garbage.
Great blog, so excited for good weather and a change of clothing. Oddly though, it snowing here as I write this.. after weeks of melting and great weather.. sign.. its spring, but nobody knows it.
Fun fashion blog – enjoyed.
Your posts are amazing, love that kinda stuff. Wardrobe recycle is my thing too, have a blog From my Mamas closet, it is not in English, but you can check it out anyway 🙂
http://izmaminogormara.blogspot.com/
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