European Capsule Wardrobe for Moms

UPDATE:  After making the video the weather forecast changed, so I added:

• A long-ish Raincoat (invaluable)
• Long Sleeve Sleep shirt (used once)
• Switched pajama shorts to track pants

VERDICT:  Wore every item, however Probably didn’t need:

• Blush V neck (one white shirt was good enough)
• Denim button down
• Gray sheath dress
• (only took one scarf, though I considered two.  One was plenty)

FAVORITE OUTFIT: Stella & Dot Gray Long Sleeve Shirt with Gray skinny jeans, Black ballet flats and Pleather drapey jacket.  On cold days, layer with v neck tee and scarf. 

BEST PURSE EVER I CAN’T BELIEVE I FORGOT TO MENTION: Black Crossbody Travelon 

People are so inspiring if you know where to look!  These days of social media are wonderful and awful.  I try to keep it positive, and have joined some facebook groups to get tips to travel with kids.  Let’s face it… kids add a level of stress that is sometimes difficult to navigate with travel!

So in preparing myself for our upcoming France and Belgium trip, I began researching how to minimize luggage.  Luggage is such a stressor!  How to minimize???? In these FB groups, I got tons of tips about One Bag Travel.  Whoah.  Really?  ONE BAG?

Now, I won’t be having one bag.  I’ll have one carry on rolling bag and the personal item bag.  But at least nothing checked! (I don’t think…. we still have to bring car seats so…) Tons of these moms however have done it.  Tons of these moms have shared their capsule wardrobe.

I felt like I got so many good tips I thought I’d share what I found for our trip to get a mix of travel-friendly clothes to mix and match while in weather ranging from 50-80 degrees with possibly some rain thrown in the mix (aka, my Capsule Wardrobe!)

In the video I say something about only having the jeans as bottoms.  You may also notice I have leggings.  The leggings are for airplane and workout use only.  Athleisure is a no-no unfortunately, but on the plane and while exercising it’s perfectly appropriate.  Scroll past the video for a list of most of items and all the way down to my checklist for clothes.  Also click the description below in YouTube for links.  Hope this helps for your next trip!:

• Rolling Backpack: (detachable backpack removed)
• Dansko ballet flats: (flat milled full grain)
• OluKai sneakers
• Waypoint Scarf
• Eagle Creek Belt
• Floral Dress
• Gray Sheath Dress:  Not the same, but similar
• Large Carryall Personal Item Bag
• Gray Long Sleeve Top
• Banana Republic Chambray Button Down
• Blush V neck
• White V neck
• Thank a Pollinator Tee
• Black Jacket (not the same, but same brand and is similar): 
• Jeans: (similar, same brand:)
• Leggings 

Minimal Toiletries for Travel Tips

Easier to make a video than a blog post, though maybe later I can expand if anyone has questions!

Check out this video of how I took my normal sized toiletries and found a functional way to organize and minimize them on the go.