This year of capsule wardrobes started on a high note, but by now, Summer, I’m kinda blah on it. At the beginning of the year I felt rejuvinated about my caspule, lately I’m unmotivated for anything that takes me out of the house. Even thinking about leaving the house fills me with ennui. While making my capsule I have to think about where I’m going and how I’m going to use the capsule. All I really want to wear these days is biker shorts and a tank top. Loungewear, cutoffs, oversized tees. But the reality is that I do need to leave the house sometimes. So here’s what I came up with for my Summer Capsule Wardrobe.

10 t shirts - AA green crewneck (10+ years old, ethical), elephant band tee (6+, local artist), ford crop (vintage, thrifted), minutemen tee (10+), Happy Bday Sandwiches! (handmade, thrifted, 10+), grey hypo color (vintage), grey AA crewneck (10+, ethical), california raisins (vintage, thrifted), talulas cream tee (5+, local biz), talulas pool party (local biz).

8 tops - talulas baseball (local biz), white sheer geo print (thrifted), white floral (thifted), white longsleeve (10+), linen floral (thrifted), silk floral (vintage), holey stripe (10+), xx.

8 tanks - circle flower (10+), unicorn (5+), green stripe (found), floral crop (10+), grey (10+), black (10+), Surf crop (10+), xx.

2 sweaters - grey cardigan (vintage, hand me down), green (5+).

4 dresses - silver (thrifted, ethical), black and white (5+, ethical), bird (8+, small biz), xx.

2 skirts - black (10+, small biz), blue short skirt (5+).

3 pants - black “linen” (5+), blue joggers (hand me down), xx.

5 shorts - cut offs (vintage, thrifted), levis “cut offs” (3+), white (5+), grey biker (5+), anchor (vintage, thrifted).

6 jeans - white (thrifted), green (thrifted), teal (thrifted), everlane blue (sustainable, ethical?), fray bottom (thrifted), xx.

I left a few blank spaces in there, bc I haven’t had a chance to go thru all my back up clothes, yet. I wanted to leave room to find a few more items and shop my closet. That leaves this capsule right around 50 pieces, which is pretty normal for me.

I kept a similar color scheme to spring; cream, peach, green, denim, white, teal, some black and of course, grey. I love how my three masks fit perfectly with my capsule. As always when making this post, I finalized and took out a few pieces. Getting everything out of the closet to photograph and count always brings the capsule into sharp focus and shows what doesn’t quite fit, or inspires for a few more items.

I didn’t include shoes in this capsule bc I have only been wearing an old pair of flops that have recently died (RIP), and an old pair of vans that are on their way out. Since my flops are no longer, I’ve been taking the opportunity to go bare foot more.

I’m interested to see how this capsule serves me for the next little over 2 months. Did you make a Capsule Wardrobe this season?