You’ve probably heard about core wardrobes.  The idea is to pick a few basic colors (often starting with a dark neutral, a light neutral, and a “color-color”) and create a capsule of basic clothing that can be mixed and matched.  Creating a wardrobe intentionally like this can reduce the actual number of garments you need.  Have you ever considered putting this into practice with your kids?

If at all possible, choose colors that are flattering to each child.  We don’t pay for professional color analysis for our kids or anything!  But we can tell, in broad terms, what types of colors are particularly good or particularly bad for them.  (Kids’ coloring is often still maturing and changing, so I wouldn’t nitpick over nuances.)  Just because they’re little shouldn’t mean they have to wear clothing that makes them look like death warmed over!

These basic pieces are the ones they’re likely to wear the most, too, so if you can stick with styles that flatter them and represent their true selves, that’s good, too.  Again, we’re not talking about nitpicky details here.  But trying to make an ultra-feminine, “girly girl” wear businesslike styles will make her feel ugly.  And making your rough-and-tumble rugged girl wear “pretty” things will cause her to feel just as out of place.  You know your kids.  Go with the general “tone” they portray with their personalities.  Here are a couple examples of what core wardrobes might look like for little girls.  (If there’s interest, I’ll try to do a couple boy ones later.  I, admittedly, don’t really have experience with that, though, being that Little Man is not quite 5 months old yet!)

Is this something you’ve ever tried?

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