Did you catch my “5 tips to shop smart: staple closet items” post?

If you did, perhaps you were able to implement some of those tips and thoughtfully go through your closet. Now you’re ready to start building your staple items as a foundation for putting together countless outfits with just a few key pieces. The goal is:

“smaller closet, intentional purchases, less shopping and more joy”.

Caroline Rector

We want to enjoy our lives– not feel buried under the mental, emotional, financial strain of finding something to wear.

Because as much as I love shopping, at the end of the day it’s just “stuff” and it will never fulfill us.

So again, staple closet items are articles of clothing that stand the test of time, stylistically and in quality. They can be worn in multiple outfits in a variety of different ways. For example, here is a basic tee worn three different ways with only closet staple items.