34 items. That’s the final count on my fall capsule wardrobe. A collection of dresses, blazers, shirts and pants that will see me through the next 3 months. After putting together my preliminary fall capsule last week and then sitting with those choices for a week, I settled on 34 items.

I put my emotions aside, especially for those things that I was most excited to wear, and I analyzed what my life would look like for the next 3 months. Honestly, not a whole lot different from the last year and a half, so I reevaluated any dressier items and made sure that my selection was appropriate for a lot of home time.

As a result, I made a few changes to the preliminary capsule that I had put together and the new capsule looks like this…

From the preliminary capsule, I ended up removing 8 items:

• a pair of black jeans with white stripes – they felt more summer appropriate and I have a pair of black jeans in my capsule that I like more. No need for 2 pairs.
• a pair of tan linen trousers – these also felt more summer appropriate and I enjoy them more with sandals than boots.
• a cream lace blouse – a little too dressy for what I anticipate my lifestyle this fall will be.
• a black t-shirt – I was only adding it in as a layering piece for under shirts/blazers, but I have a black bodysuit included that I like more for this purpose.
• a denim duster/dress – I have a denim shirt in my capsule, and also a denim jacket (I don’t include outerwear in my capsule) that I’m more excited to wear this fall.
• leather shorts – I might regret this decision but I’m not a huge shorts fan and I felt like I wore them a lot this summer.
• black/white checkered blazer – I’m really excited to wear the other 3 blazers that I’ve included but I wasn’t really feeling the same level of excitement for this one.
• blue zip neck sweater – This feels more like a spring/summer sweater to me. I have a marled grey zip neck sweater that I’m much more excited to wear.

And I added in 5 new items:

• a blue/green/white checkered cami and pant set that I made last week. Read more about it in this post.
• a cornflower blue wool sweater
• a brown wool sweater
• 2-toned jeans that I made back in the spring

The Final Item Selection for my Fall Capsule Wardrobe

I ended up with a lot of color and print in my fall capsule wardrobe. A lot of the items are ones that I also had in my colorful spring capsule wardrobe. The final breakdown of my fall capsule wardrobe includes the following items:

• 1 cami
• 1 bodysuit
• 1 ribbed crew neck sweater
• 1 lightweight turtleneck sweater
• 2 crew neck sweaters
• 1 zip neck sweater
• 1 cardigan
• 2 short vests
• 2 silk shirts; 1 long sleeved, 1 short sleeved
• 1 jean shirt
• 2 flannel shirts
• 3 blazers
• 7 dresses
• 1 long vest
• 6 pairs of pants
• 2 pairs of jeans

The breakdown of items, based on how they were added to my wardrobe is:

• 25 items were purchased secondhand, mostly locally and some online

• 7 items that were made by me (green/blue white cami + pants, blue/green/brown plaid dress, brown/white checkered dress, cream pants, dark green pants, 2-tone jeans)

• 2 new (the black bodysuit was bought new about 3 years ago, the brown crew neck sweater was gifted from Eileen Fisher in 2020)

If you are wondering about any of the secondhand items above, please leave a comment below.

As always, I haven’t included any shoes or jackets in this capsule. These are 2 areas that I love and I don’t want to feel restricted. Where I live, the fall can turn cold pretty quickly and having really great footwear and outerwear makes it a little more bearable.

With shoes and jackets, my entire fall capsule probably includes just shy of 50 items. I’ll share a footwear and outerwear capsule in an upcoming post.

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I think a lot of people have the misconception that a capsule wardrobe has to be full of black, white, grey and beige in order to work well. I know I did back when I started capsuling. But over the years, I’ve come to love a capsule wardrobe full of color and print. Looking at this selection of items, I can see a ton of outfits that I can make over the next 3 months.

How about you? Do you embrace color and print in your wardrobe?