January 31 x 31 Challenge

For the past few years I have really been leaning in to that whole "new year, new you" January reset/"detox" vibe. I have done dry January for three years I think, and eaten vegan for the past two. It's such a good way to relax after the stress and overindulgence of the holiday season! My philosophy is "January will be miserable no matter what so I might as well go all in." Does this sound super ascetic of me?

This year I'm adding another element for additional misery! (But I love it.) If you aren't familiar with the 10 x 10 Challenge, it's a capsule wardrobe challenge where you wear the same ten pieces for ten days. There are loads of examples on Pinterest! You can also do more days and more clothes, i.e. 14 items for two weeks of outfits, etc. I'm doing mine for the whole month of January so it will be 31 items and 31 days--phew! Here's my wardrobe; I've marked the items that are off the rack and linked to the blog posts of the handmade items:

Outerwear:

1. Pink coat

2. trench coat - rtw

3. leather jacket - rtw

Layers:

4. Memento Mori sweatshirt

5. grey sweatshirt - rtw
6. black sweater - rtw

7. cream sweater - rtw

8. camel sweater - rtw
9. navy sweater - rtw

10. black cardigan - rtw

Tops:
11. black ogden
12. nude ogden

13-14. white tee (2) - rtw

15. grey tee - rtw

16. blue peter pan granville
17. gingham granville

18. mariniere

Bottoms:

19. black Ginger jeans

20. selvedge Dawn jeans

21. black distressed Ash jeans

22. black Rae skirt (unblogged?)

23. leopard Rae skirt

Dresses:

24. leopard dress

Shoes:

25. black Adidas sneakers

26. black Cole Haan heels

27. L. L. Bean Signature loafers
28. White sneakers
29. Dr. Martens boots

It's about half and half handmade and ready to wear, basically because almost all my wovens are handmade and all my knits are purchased (and I don't have any handmade shoes). It's also a little bit generic--lots of blues and black and white, as are many of the capsule wardrobes on pinterest--it's just so easy to start from there! This is definitely not a capsule with tons of personality, but hopefully that will make it easy to mix and match with for the whole month. I have been documenting what I wear every day on instagram, but of course, January is the worst month for lighting! This is a bit like Me Made May, I suppose, if you only had a limited number of handmades, unlike me, who has a closet overflowing with them. Maybe I should do some destashing while I'm at it...

Have you ever done a challenge like this before? I'm excited about it!

xoxo,

allie

ps: you may notice that in fact this 31x31 currently only has 29 pieces... that's because I plan on adding a couple things throughout the month as I figure out what I am missing.

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