r/capsulewardrobe • u/Same_Rock_5096 • 4d ago
Travel Capsule First ever capsule!
Like the title says, trying my first capsule for an upcoming combined business/pleasure trip to Switzerland and Italy in late October / early November. I have learned so much from others capsules, so hopefully this is at least a starting place for me! The travel will include 4 days at a conference, 1 day hiking, 1 day in wine country, 2 city sightseeing days, and 2 more business meeting days. The conference will be fairly formal for 3 days (one more casual) and the other business days I could be more casual, but figured I would re-wear my conference clothes.
The packing list:
- light pink blouse
- cowl neck blouse
- chocolate brown cardigan
- cream silk button up
- light blue cashmere sweater
- cream ribbed top
- pale yellow sweater
- straight leg jeans
- hiking pants
- brown houndstooth trousers
- grey checked trousers
- navy slacks
- wide leg lightweight sweatpants
- navy suit jacket (accidentally shown twice)
- long navy rain coat
- puffy layer for hiking
- sage green jacket
- blue purse (added to my casual / personal day outfits, other than the hiking day)
- brown loafers
- tan waterproof sneakers
Not pictured: I will also bring a hat, sunglasses, brown belt, and light gloves.
3 pairs of ‘work’ pants feels like a lot, with only one pair of jeans/casual bottoms, and hiking pants. However I’m not sure I would be OK at the conference with less, I will be interacting with similar groups all days.
The green jacket and brown cardigan are only on my outfits a few times, but I figure these will get worn more on evenings after the conference is over when I want to change out of the blazer.
Anything you would change? Ways to reduce this down? I haven’t tried packing this all yet, but prefer to only have a carry-on and personal item.
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u/TootsieFloppyFeet 4d ago
Love this! If you need to save space/want to bring fewer work pants, my suggestion would be to leave out the grey trousers. The navy slacks would work in their place for both outfits. Plus, since they're solid colored, it's less likely that someone will notice you're rewearing them. But that's only if you need the space. Your capsule is lovely as is!
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u/Same_Rock_5096 3d ago
Thank you so much! I am considering this, and may do so depending on how packing goes. I also want space to bring back souvenirs 😆 I was also thinking more and might switch my hiking pants to something that could more easily double as a casual city option - maybe pants like the Stio Pinedale Roam in the grey color.
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u/mamijami 3d ago
I really like your selections and as another person said, I’m going to save this as an example for myself. Thank you for putting the effort into this post and for sharing the details about your raincoat.
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u/SpaceBanquet 4d ago
I think this looks great, considering that most of the time will be spend indoors at the conference and meeting. Are you hokas up for the hike? Don't know how mountainous or technical your hike is?
What's the blue raincoat? It looks great and I'm looking for something similar!