Zero Waste Dressing: 5 Tips + 1 Fashion Challenge
Monday morning. It's rush hour. Coffee, shower, and... "Pfffff! I have nothing to wear!". In front of your wardrobe overflowing with clothes, fashion accessories, and pairs of shoes, you curse in frustration and mentally plan your next shopping session. Hey hey hey! What if your wardrobe hid forgotten treasures? Untried combinations? New trends to explore? What if you could refresh your wardrobe with your current clothes or change with affordable designer pieces? After these 5 Zero Waste Wardrobe tips, you won't be able to say you have nothing to wear in the morning anymore! ;)
1. Repurpose your clothes
What if this fitted strap dress was not just a simple dress? What if it could transform into two distinct garments? A tank top and a fitted skirt. Ta-da! You just gained two garments without spending a euro.
The bottom of your dresses (fitted, straight, A-line, etc.) can be worn like a skirt if you layer a sweater over the top. The same goes for a jumpsuit or a playsuit.
Another idea: the men's shirt that, in addition to an oversized shirt with a masculine/feminine effect on you, can also serve as a strapless dress with the sleeves tied as a belt.
And voilà! A men's shirt transformed into a sexy strapless dress (Pinterest)
Do you love your summer dress and refuse to stash it away in the back of the closet for winter? Wear it over a long-sleeve top (or a turtleneck).
Also read: How to wear my dresses and skirts in winter?
2. Choose original accessories
Do you want to feel like changing your wardrobe on a budget? Then, you should invest in bold accessories.
As far back as a fashionista can remember, you have been caught red-handed admiring original, colorful, or shiny accessories. But you didn't dare. You thought "no, I would never dare!" and "I wouldn't wear it often enough."
What if it was precisely THE essential statement piece to wake up your too-simple wardrobe? The one that would give you that rare and indescribable feeling of REALLY changing your look? Of being someone else for a day.
A statement piece is the guarantee of receiving compliments and questions like "is it new?" every time you wear it.
Also think about hats, jewelry, ankle socks, knee-high socks, etc.
You will be impressed by the change.
3. Zero Waste Wardrobe: rediscover your buried treasures
Are you always rotating through the same 4-5 outfits while your wardrobe is overflowing with choices? Among the 80% of rarely worn clothes, there are undoubtedly forgotten treasures. With a little imagination and a good dose of boldness, you could give them a second chance. Try new combinations: cuts, materials, colors...
Take everything out and rediscover these somewhat forgotten pieces.
Another tip if you grab the first piece of clothing from the top of the pile without thinking in the morning: establish a rotation when putting away your laundry.
Instead of putting the clean laundry on top of the pile, put it underneath. This way, you will wear all your clothes without exception.
And if one of them no longer pleases you, move on to the next tip.
4. Sell and buy in wardrobe clearance
Vinted, Ebay, Le Bon Coin, LookBook App... The wardrobe clearance platforms are multiplying for the greatest pleasure of fashionistas and fashion lovers who don't necessarily have the budget to treat themselves to designer pieces at full price.
The wardrobe clearance is made for you if:
- you often like to change your wardrobe
- you can no longer stand certain pieces in your wardrobe
Instead of keeping the outcasts for 20 years in the back of the closet, sell them, make a little money, and reinvest in the new collection from Les Petits Imprimés for example ;)
Give a second life to your clothes, fashion accessories, and shoes. Make another girl happy by finding a nice piece at a low price!
5. Get inspired by the best
Are you struggling to find your clothing style? Do you never know what to buy and what to avoid during a shopping session?
First, learn to decode your body type and your colorimetry to find the pieces that will best highlight you. But since fashion is also about having fun, learn to recognize what you like.
To rediscover the joy of choosing your clothes in the morning and wearing them all day since they represent your personality, go on a quest for inspiration.
The internet is full of current outfit ideas, trends to follow, and avant-garde clothing combinations. If you're looking for inspiration from stars, fashionistas, or fashion influencers, Pinterest and Instagram will quickly become your best friends.
Follow, pin, and easily find new outfit ideas every day from all over the globe. Observe the color combinations, materials, and cuts of clothing according to the body types and skin tones of your favorite fashionistas.
Youtube is also full of hundreds of videos with different goals:
- GRWM: Get Ready With Me
- Haul Tour: Loot after a shopping session
- Seasonal lookbooks
- Morning Routine
- Night Routine
- Room tour on the dressing side
- Daily vlogs
Bonus Tip from Zero Waste Dressing: the Fashion Challenge
How to create new outfits with what you already have in your dressing?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take on this challenge starting tomorrow morning without changing the current order of your clothes in your closet.>
- Take a piece at random (t-shirt, skirt, sweater...)
- Complete your outfit by matching the colors of the chosen piece with the rest. Or go for a complete contrast.
- In short, have fun rediscovering your wardrobe with a smile!
Have fun rediscovering your wardrobe or waking it up for cheap!
100% Zero Waste Dressing :D
