How To make a capsule wardrobe for travel in 5 EASY steps

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Welcome to It's the Kellys! In this video, Lauren's going to talk about how to make a capsule wardrobe for travel. If you're someone who loves to travel but struggles with packing light, then this video is for you. We're going to show you how to create a minimalist capsule wardrobe that will allow you to pack light and still look stylish.
First things first, let's talk about what a capsule wardrobe is. A capsule wardrobe is a collection of essential pieces that can be mixed and matched to create multiple outfits. It's all about having a few versatile pieces that you can wear over and over again. This concept is perfect for travel, as it allows you to pack fewer items while still having plenty of outfit options.
Lauren is going to show you how to make your capsule wardrobe by showing you 5 steps to packing a capsule wardrobe!
We hope you found these packing tips helpful. If you have any questions or comments, be sure to leave them below. And don't forget to subscribe to It's the Kellys for more packing and travel tips!
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[@ItsTheKellys]

Do you use a capsule wardrobe? How do you organize yours? If you do not use one, why? Share your responses below! Check out itsthekellys.com for Lauren’s latest packing and traveling tips.

[@thewitchef]

My strategy is neutral bottoms and colourful tops. Great tips on this video as always!

[@ItsTheKellys]

Love this!

[@raquelrodriguez5672]

Thank you. I’m a visual learner so this helps me envision the process. The clips of you wearing the outfits was super. Will be putting it i to practice next month.

[@ItsTheKellys]

Awesome! Let me know how it goes!

[@VickiDening]

Great video. I always pack a capsule wardrobe. Usually start with my shoes and work my way up. I do 3 bottoms, 6 tops & 3 dresses because I love dresses.

[@ItsTheKellys]

I love dresses too! My next trip is all dresses

[@stefanisoliman]

"Roll the fashion tape!" I love a good try-on montage😂

[@ItsTheKellys]

It was so fun to do! Do you think I should make more capsule wardrobe videos?

[@stefanisoliman]

@@ItsTheKellys definitely!

[@stefanisoliman]

@@ItsTheKellys corrected to the word I meant, haha, montage!

[@thecleaningteacher638]

Loved seeing all your options. I’m a chronic overpacker.

[@ItsTheKellys]

I’ve got you!

[@susandiekmann]

And it's really that easy! Thanks for showing your expertise and encouraging all of us to coordinate and simplify!

[@ItsTheKellys]

You’re welcome! Let’s see who can do it! I should do a packing challenge for the viewers!!

[@LokiTaviel]

Being goth, I never quite understood the work of a capsule wardrobe past something being more dressy or casual. "Oh look, I'll just wear any of my black or dark colored tops with any of my black pants."

[@VanCrane]

Mmh maybe it makes more sense for you if you wear different silhouettes in your black case 😅 Long shirt to skinny pants or short shirt to wide leg trousers, long cardigans to short dresses, short cardigans to long skirts and so on 🤔😉

[@ItsTheKellys]

Haha, I wear mostly black in everyday life!

[@deebee_412]

I love this! And again thank you for sharing where you get your pants. Brilliant to show all the outfits!

[@jodiroth5934]

I completely missed where she gets the pants. Please share!

[@ItsTheKellys]

Shein! Always

[@sheridanrobbins3956]

I like the music for your little fashion show. It fit so well.

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you! 🥰

[@SenterStuff61]

Very helpful, Lauren! I’m planning a trip to Italy and Paris later this summer and need all the advice I can get! Bought my Vessi shoes, Marino wool garments, luggage, and long haul flight comfort items. Have your packing lists. Getting READY!

[@ItsTheKellys]

Yessss! Im so excited for you! DM me if you have any questions! I’d love to help or even use you as a super example ;)

[@leahbella4]

Thanks so much for this video Lauren! I definitely need to learn to master the art of the capsule wardrobe! Hope you’re having a fab trip 😊

[@ItsTheKellys]

You can do it!

[@alicjamarie4180]

I’m going to visit my parents for 3 weeks and am only taking a personal item. I know I’ll be able to do laundry but I want to be able to make 7 “everyday” outfits plus “specialty” outfits like dinner or the gym. This video definitely helped! I’m going to wear my heavy items like my jacket and jeans on the plane 👍

[@AngieO68]

Thank you for your videos. I watch alot of other creators and yours are the best and most informative

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you so much, Angela. That means a lot to me. If there is ever a question or suggestion, please let me know!

[@kim.thebaldbeauty]

I just got tuned in to the term “capsule” with packing. Right now I have 6 swimsuit tops and 6 bottoms…36 😅 I’ll never need this many but now I have options. YAY!!!🎉

[@trinitypainting8930]

Well you ate amazing at packing and l love your fashion team lol.. that was funny

[@danakolpin1289]

Very good advice on the capsule packing

[@ItsTheKellys]

Glad it was helpful!

[@wulfbana]

Hi Lauren! Love your videos, they're really cool and helpful! I've always wanted to find out a simple, no-fuss way of making a capsule wardrobe, but every video out there explains it so mysteriously that I almost feel like it's a form of magic only the initiated should know... thanks for showing the actual process! Happy travels ♡ p.s. you look fantastic in your outfits, all of them were great choices!!

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you! I hope it was understandable! If anything is confusing, I’m happy to help even more! I’d love to focus on this stuff alot more :)

[@wulfbana]

@@ItsTheKellys It was very understable! Thank you!! And it would be lovely so see more of this stuff, matching outfits and colours really does look like a game haha

[@ItsTheKellys]

I was thinking about making examples for several types of trips, even if im not actually going on any!

[@wulfbana]

@@ItsTheKellys oh nice!!

[@maenevarez]

So helpful! I went to CA this past weekend and had a hard time because the weather changed from the coast (freezing) to inland (warm & sunny), but I managed to make it work with what I had. In 1 med packing cube I fit 2 dresses, 2 shirts, 1 long cardigan. I folded 1 pair of dark jeans on top of everything. Still had room for my toiletries bag, clothes steamer, and curling iron! That NEVER happens! On the plane I wore joggers, Tshirt and pullover sweater, and brought my jean jacket. Packed way too many shoes, but they were all sandals, and fit in my personal bag's shoe garage, so let's not talk about that! Now I have to pack for San Mateo in June for work ! 😬😳

[@ItsTheKellys]

Girl, I’m so proud! I remember you talking about this months ago!

[@lynettewilson254]

Another great video thank you. Have a wonderful trip.

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you!

[@amay7457]

I keep trying- thank you for the inspiration.

[@ItsTheKellys]

I’ll keep helping any way I can!

[@DrWho-h1e]

You are the queen of packing, l try to apply your great steps to pack my suite cases

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you! Hopefully it works well for you

[@RoamSweetRoam.]

This is one of my favorite videos that you've done!! Great job! I love the tips. They're so helpful. Have a fantastic trip!

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thanks so much! I want to do more of them for sure

[@sue6083]

Great video, I need to do this! 🙈

[@ItsTheKellys]

You can do it!

[@jennylan6070]

Ur amazing!! 🤩

[@morelaftr]

Just ordered the Brawnwyn undergarments using your link for an upcoming trip to Thailand. 🤞🏻that they will fit well!

[@ItsTheKellys]

Let me know how you like them! 💕

[@LadyWinterHawk14]

Would it still be 4 bottoms and 6 tops for a 3x(24-26) and 2x(22-24) size women ? Thinking of the double sided one.

[@ItsTheKellys]

It depends on your style, the clothes, and how you roll or fold!

[@CJ-um1dp]

Loving your videos. Just subscribed! ❤️

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you!

[@jordanmcmanus8640]

Just found you and love your videos! This was very helpful. I was wondering what you like to wear on the plane? Especially when the plane is cold and you are flying somewhere warm like El Salvador?

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you so much! I actually plan to do a video on this soon. I always wear a comfortable (yet stylish) pair of black wide leg pants. That are cozy and comfortable for the plane; yet easy to pair with other tops for multiple outfits. I pair it with some sort of comfortable (yet cute) shirt and I always bring a lightweight cardigan that goes with my capsule wardrobe. I tend to run hot at the airport and during boarding, and cold on the plane.

[@amyburri4280]

Great video! I have traveled this way for years and am working on converting my friends…I will share your link😉. I was wondering if you would share some of your favorite stores that you shop at for your wardrobe?

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thanks Amy! To be honest, I do mostly SHEIN and old navy! Haha

[@tone03tone]

I love your videos! Could i get info on the flowy striped pants that split on the legs and looked like a skirt? Also, the other striped pants? Were they both Shein?

[@ItsTheKellys]

All of the patterned things were from SHEIN :)

[@joannesantanello6167]

Live my vessi shoes!

[@mylo2619]

Lauren, could you please do a packing tutorial for men? I’m retired Navy and think I pack well. BUT! Since I travel for business and pleasure, and being a taller guy, my clothes are a bit heavier and I normally take several pants and shirts for options, shoes, etc. Thanks in advance and looooove your channel.

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you! And for sure! Brian is dying to be in more videos, so this will give him a good excuse :)

[@elainejohnson321]

Loved the capsule theory!!! What suitcase was used in this video? Carryon or personal item (under the seat) suitcase? Thanks, your video is so informative. E

[@ItsTheKellys]

This was the level 8 aluminum carry on (full aluminum- now called the Gibraltar) featured in the video. It’s a normal carry on size, not under the seat. I have reviewed that, and done an update video on it

[@cressidaonthego]

Would you be so kind and tell me where is the beautiful hat from ??? Thank you , great video

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you! Target, but the men’s section, oddly enough! Got it recently so go check it out!

[@Visaliaipa]

I know your husband travels with you at times…..would love to see a capsule wardrobe for men. I always tend to overpack.

[@ItsTheKellys]

Hey this is Brian! We’d like to work on a capsule wardrobe for men, but I already wear a capsule wardrobe everyday so everyday would be the same outfits. We did make this video for men going on a cruise. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jISzp4qPlpunpNk

[@elmrkm]

Great video! Question: I’m not on any other socials. Is there a way to upload your IG short format content here? I feel left out 😂 I noticed you packed your Level8 carryon but your credit was on Spirit. Are you paying for your carryon? Have fun in El Salvador.

[@ItsTheKellys]

I’ll try to! IG has weird things with audio and their reels. I’ll work on it when I get home. I ended up traveling in my Monos hybrid carry on and my july tote. I had to shoot a lot of brand content and has to travel with more than just a personal item this time. And yes I paid too much 😂😂

[@elmrkm]

@@ItsTheKellys Understandable. Just wanted you to know I was paying attention 😉

[@ItsTheKellys]

Thank you 💕💕

[@eclairtreo]

@@ItsTheKellys Same here, thank you a million times for at least trying to get the IG content over here. I also feel like I would love more content from you.

[@ItsTheKellys]

@@eclairtreo Aw thanks! What would you love more of? I’d love to know :)

[@dantesanders6645]

I’m curious. When you get to your destination, do you unpack?

[@ItsTheKellys]

Depends on the hotel and how long I’m there. On this trip, I did unpack!

[@jenniferanngarcia2496]

I'm flying Frontier Airlimes... Could I use the bag that you're demonstrating for that one personal item? Also, what's the size of your bag that you use

[@ItsTheKellys]

If you're doing only one personal item, it needs to be 18 x 14 x 8 or smaller. I have several videos on that subject, with lots of bag examples, in my personal item playlist. I also suggest this video: How to pack personal item only on a budget airline kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZu8kqWLgbiJeKc The bag I'm using here is carry on size, about 22 x 14 x 9

[@morgenkelly8642]

Any advice for a trip that will be 5 days business and 5 days sight seeing in the UK in March?

[@ItsTheKellys]

My video tomorrow is packing for business and sightseeing! You will just have to make the wardrobe for the appropriate weather.

[@tanyas6643]

Ha! In some ways I’m like you… and in one I’m not. I always envision myself on the trip… so clothing will make that happen. I’m also keeping to a color theme, depending on location and activities. (Darker, muted or neutrals for more city trips that could involve fancier restaurants. Brighter and funkier colors for something more casual, like a beach area or lots of parks.) And I also always start with the bottoms and then select the tops. But where I differ is with patterns. I prefer a solid bottom and a solid or patterned top. 😜

[@ItsTheKellys]

That’s okay! At least you have a strategy 😆

[@tanyas6643]

@@ItsTheKellys 😝 I am a planner! I hate “winging it”. I start working on my packing, 2 weeks before travel day. (I’m married to a man that’s a “night before the flight packer” who often ends up forgetting important stuff or overpacking and that adds enough stress.)

[@lulubelle525]

THANK YOU

[@ItsTheKellys]

You’re welcome 💕

[@lindabourketempleton4040]

I’m doing four cruises back to back , Japan/Alaska,transatlantic,United Kingdom/ polar regions, and Italy, France and Spain next year for 56 days starting and ending in Melbourne Australia, in may next year and I need help with packing, and formal wear is needed twice on each ship..

[@joannesantanello6167]

What about a cruise to alaska!! With a formal night???

[@ItsTheKellys]

I haven’t done a cruise to Alaska, so I don’t feel like I should be giving expert advice yet :) but once I go one day!

[@johannarodriguez3155]

Please let me know if your vessi shoes are comfortable. I ordered a pair to take with me to Greece.

[@ItsTheKellys]

They are incredible. I have a video coming in mid May for them :)

[@johannarodriguez3155]

@@ItsTheKellys Thanks can’t wait to see it

[@spark_6710]

Yay !! El Salvador 🇸🇻!! I've been lately watching lots of videos of Central American countries & travel videos in Nicragua, El Salvador & Ecuador !! Panama ! Did you use bit coin or U.S.dollars over there !? How did you feel there as a solo female tourist ? Very interesting !! 💜🥁🐉🎤🎶✈️🇸🇻💞

[@ItsTheKellys]

I used dollars, it’s their national currency. And it was fabulous solo.

[@spark_6710]

@@ItsTheKellys I know ! But,also bit coin now ! It's great to know you felt fabulous traveling solo there !! 👌 👍There are so many female solo traveler's videos in El Salvador on KZbin I've been watching for the last two ,three weeks ! Lol. Including Panama & Nicragua. Ecuador also ,but they're in South America, I think I said Central America previously somewhere ? Lol. My bad ! I am not good at geography/ history ! I used to know Ecuadorians !! I feel bad for mixing up ! I knew it was South American country back then ,even before meeting 'em ! Lol 😅

[@lisamintzer4516]

Do you typically wash clothes when you travel? My problem is that I'm a sweater. I also cannot wear wool (it itches me terribly--I'm a knitter, so I know fibers--even a soft merino is a problem). So I have to have enough discrete outfits for each day (maybe can get away with rewearing a pair of jeans or shorts, but I usually don't rewear dresses or tops. I was able to pack for 8 days in a carry on to Phoenix (which was a record for me!), but I was visiting family, so I could run some wash. I also squeezed a lot more outfits in.

[@ItsTheKellys]

I dont. If I’m on a trip for longer than 10 days, I might, but that’s usually when I do merino (I know you said you can’t) or make sure to pack enough shirts that fold up or roll up small enough. You know yourself best. If you’re going for longer than a week and cannot rewear shirts, pack enough :) I feel like most people sweat on top, not on bottom, so try to rewear bottoms. On another note- have you tried carpe products? My husband is a terrible sweater and those products helped so much with 2 weeks in Europe heat without laundry!

[@lisamintzer4516]

@@ItsTheKellys Never heard of that--I'll take a look. Yes, shirts are worse than bottoms, but it depends (when I'm in a super humid place like Costa Rica or Mexico, forget about rewearing).

[@SmileAlwayz]

Gosh, none of my tops and bottoms match enough to create a capsule wardrobe 😥 I've been buying multiple tops to fit with one bottom. Should I be buying multiple bottoms to fit one top?

[@ItsTheKellys]

It’s all up to your style. I prefer prints on the bottom and solids on the top. But a solid bottom can match multiple tops! I also personally think that changing the bottoms really changes the outfit. For example, I could wear the same shirt and different bottoms and have completely different looks.

[@SmileAlwayz]

@@ItsTheKellys Yes, I noticed your wardrobe really looks like different outfits while mine simply looks like...'Oh, she's wearing a different top'. I don't have skirts or light, flowy pants either. I only have (work) slacks and jeans. I have a lot of work to do. 😅

[@ItsTheKellys]

@@SmileAlwayz let’s go shopping ;)

[@inezlynch9296]

Do you pack any shampoo/conditioner, etc. on your trips?

[@ItsTheKellys]

Yep! I use non liquid shampoo and conditioner from Gemz. It’s amazing, and I’m a hairstylist and I approve! Here is my review and my discount code is in the description Solid Shampoo for TRAVEL: Gemz Haircare kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6StZoZ-ZbWrprc

[@heywendywoo8661]

What do you do for pajamas?

[@ItsTheKellys]

Depends on where I’m going and who my roommates are! At most, a comfy pair of shorts and a tank top.

[@CraftsBayou]

I am gonna nail this. You are gonna help me. 🙌🏽😂🫶🏽

[@ItsTheKellys]

I got youuu

[@james22939]

You’re the best baby

[@katherinedanis4950]

What if your suitcase only has 1 side to pack your stuff

[@danakolpin1289]

Do you pack your merino wool clothes when you travel..?

[@ItsTheKellys]

Sometimes :) depends on what I want to bring!

[@nnajj01]

I have several friends who always over pack. I’ve tried to get them to minimize, they just don’t want to.

[@ItsTheKellys]

I don’t travel with those friends anymore 😂

[@shawna1974]

In theory this totally makes sense to me and looks great. When I pack in real life all rational flys out the window🤣….we travel often so I have gotten much better but I still tend to overpack. The struggle is real🫣

[@ItsTheKellys]

Noooo. Guess what I didn’t even end up wearing half of the stuff I packed, and neither will you!