When updating your wardrobe for Spring, there are four important considerations to take into account! Firstly, the colour of your clothes plays a big role in determining which season of the year they are most suited to. Also, the fabric a garment is made from ensures you are wearing the appropriate clothing to suit each season’s weather conditions. Sustainability and how the pieces are manufactured and distributed are also important. Lastly, the price and affordability of the garment selected also requires consideration, particularly when on a tight budget!
1. Colour
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With the changing of the seasons – so too, a great opportunity to change the colour of your clothes! While the cooler months often see us leaning towards a more drab colour palette, heavy on grey, black, brown, and darker shades; Spring is the perfect time to embrace brighter hues, fun patterns and vibrantly colourful garments. By consciously making the change over to your colour-filled and fun Spring wardrobe, you are celebrating coming out of the long winter cold.
To make a statement with your Springtime dressing, opt for bright yellows, oranges and pinks. Some fashion lovers may even choose to foray into florals, or other brightly patterned garments, mimicking the restorative, blossoming atmosphere of the Spring season.
When it comes to Spring colours, the brighter the better! Don’t be afraid to try clashing colour blocks. A fuchsia dress pairs daringly with bright scarlet heels and a red lip, for example. Embrace mixing and matching various shades of green, the colour of the season. Or try experimenting with your accessories to add a pop of colour – a lilac handbag or yellow chandelier earrings make a bold statement for Spring.
2. Fabric
Colour aside, comfort is also an important factor when dressing well for each season, and the fabric we choose to wear plays an important part in ensuring we stay warm in Winter, and cool in Summer.
For trans-seasonal months such as Autumn and Spring, layering different fabrics is essential. In the Springtime, opt for a cotton dress topped with a light woollen cardigan. Or, matching linen shirts and pants suit sets – often known as “co-ords” are a great option for the Spring, as they offer coolness and lightness of fabric for warmer days, while still providing coverage when needed, particularly when there is a cool breeze.
3. Sustainability
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Ensuring that your clothing articles are produced in an ethical, eco-friendly sustainable manner is also important. Admittedly, this is important not only in the Springtime but year-round.
Critically, we are now becoming more and more aware that many “fast-fashion” retailers produce their wares cheaply and unethically, using cheap labour and environmentally unfriendly production methods. As such, it is becoming more and more important for us to research how our clothes are made and to ensure that we are choosing fashion retailers who produce clothes using methods that align with our values.
Sustainable clothing brands can be discovered in places like this website with just a little research online, making it easy to help us choose the ethical option when purchasing clothes. By choosing sustainable clothing, you are not only helping the environment, but you are also making a difference in the way the clothing industry operates moving forward. Your clothing purchase is your vote for a more sustainable, eco-friendly future!
4. Price
Price is another consideration when choosing what clothes to wear. Fortunately, there are clothing options available at various price points, to suit almost any budget!
For those of us with money to spend, there is an abundant range of designers whose labels are known for their avant-garde fashion and luxe quality garments. Chanel, Louis Vuitton or YSL to name a few, along with Dolce and Gabbana, Balenciaga, or even Dior. However, items from these designers come with a hefty price tag!
For mid-range shoppers, Department Stores offer a variety of options, including chain stores such as Zara, Target and H&M. Shoppers can often find a bargain at these middle of the road retailers, quenching their craving for fashionable pieces at a relatively affordable price point.
But of course, the cheapest way to shop is thrift shopping, also known as Vintage. For those with the patience to sort through the aisles of their local thrift shop – there are some treasures to be found!
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Wearability
We all know the feeling of seeing something on the rack and falling head over heels for it, only to buy it and never wear it once. We all have our styles, we have our tastes, but to avoid overcrowding our wardrobes and overstretching our budgets, we need to consider whether a piece really is for us.
One way to make sure that we’re fully dedicated to owning a piece is shifting our mindsets from single items to full outfits. Rather than going piece by piece, shirt by shirt, dress by dress, etc, try to work specifically towards buying full outfits. if you can’t see something in your style repertoire making a perfect match with that item of clothing, then it’s probably best to leave it be.
None of this is to say that you shouldn’t take risks with your wardrobe, or that you shouldn’t spice up your personal style when the mood suits you. It’s just important to know what you’re going to use and what is going to become another thing that sits in your wardrobe until it’s donated to a thrift store three years from now.
Switching up your style for the seasons can take quite a bit of thought and consideration, but it’s always a fantastic journey. It allows you to not only take stock of where you are and where you want to go with your style, but it also gives you a chance to look at yourself in an entirely new light. So, do what you can to bring some new life into your clothing and bring out a version of yourself that you’ve never seen before. The world is waiting to meet them.
