Wardrobe Wars: Staying Stylish While Still Being Mom

If you are a busy mom, your wardrobe may look more like a pile of laundry, or as if a bomb has gone off in a discount store than it should. Yes, I know that moms have some very unique requirements on the clothes that they pick, and they are often limited by budgetary restraints, but that isn’t an excuse to dress head to toe in sweat pants every day! In fact, you can still look gorgeous and be dressed practically for your mom duties, as long as you follow the guidelines below.

Limit yourself

The real key to winning the wardrobe war is to limit the amount of clothes that you have. Far too many folks think that more is always better when it comes to filling their wardrobe, but this simply isn’t the case. In fact, you can have a wardrobe stuffed full of the most expensive designer labels and still not have a thing to wear because none of the items complement each other well. That is why it’s a much better idea to have a limited capsule wardrobe similar to the one discussed at shalommama.com. With 3-5 practical bottoms, tops, and, second layers like cardigans and jackets, that look good no matter what combination you wear them in.

Invest in quality pieces

To win the wardrobe war, you also need to change how you shop for clothes. Shopping can be fun, but when you are going for wardrobe essentials go alone and be prepared to try on as many different items as you can. As this will help you find the best fit.

You also need to be prepared to invest in key items at the beginning of the season for this type of wardrobe to work. That means saving money in the run up to the season change or placing your purchases on credit instead. Of course, to be granted the last option you will need a decent credit score, something that sites like repair.credit can help you with. Yes, I know it may feel a little frivolous to buy so many items at once. But remember these are your clothes for the entire season, and you won’t be able to win the wardrobe war without them. As if you don’t buy all the items now, you will limit the number of outfits you can create.  

Pick a color scheme

As mommas are pretty much the busiest and most sleep deprived people on the planet, making dressing decisions easy every day is a great idea. So to ensure that everything looks good, with everything else, no matter what’s clean or accessible it can help to pick a color scheme.

This usually consists of a base color like black, gray, or navy. A neutral hue like white, gray, or camel see thechicfashionista.com for more details. As well as an accent color of your choice picked using your skin tone as a guide like the outfits at instyle.com For the latter, you can use different but complementary shades to inject a bit of interest into your wardrobe, while still knowing what you buy will look good with the rest of the items. So winning the wardrobe war and looking great each and every day.