Vacation Planning: What to take (the basics) – Part 2

Before evaluating my wardrobe and figuring out what I am going to take with me, I decided to do some poking around on the Internet to figure out what a realistic amount of clothing is for a week. I am a less than efficient packer; I tend to bring too much and then end up wearing only some, or find that I forgot something essential and my pieces are just kind of all there, not really going together. Besides which, I want to keep my suitcase manageable since I’ll be with my family and all of their stuff as well.

So what is a realistic number of pieces that I’m working towards? Four skirts, two shirts, etc.? I turned to Lucky Magazine as an option, but found that resource sadly lacking in the packing help department. Eventually, I found a packing list on the Rick Steves website that gave some useful guidelines. Finally, I went to Fashion for Nerds, a fun site that I found (where else) on the Already Pretty Lovely Links. Her example of the wardrobe that she took on a recent trip to Europe shows just how several outfits can be created from just a few pieces.

So based on all of this, I came up with the following checklist for my basics. I chose “Black and White” as my basic color theme, because I thought that it would be easy to add color to brighten it up.

3 Tops

White Tee: Banana Republic – no longer available (get the look)

Black Tank: Dreamsacks $58 (get the look)

Black and white striped tee: J Crew – no longer available (get the look)