The perfect basic men’s wardrobe: the cheat sheet.

Feb 25, 2019 | 1 comment

 

A couple years ago I made a similar post with THIS overview, but for some reason I deleted that one. Maybe I wasn’t fully satisfied with the result, who knows… anyway, I’ve been thinking about making an updated version for quite some time now, so here’s my new version of the perfect basic wardrobe for men. The way to get started is basically like with my capsule wardrobe guide (that I’m sure most of you already know), so it should be pretty straightforward to get started, I hope.

If you are starting completely from scratch (or your man is starting completely from scratch), you could have a look at my 10 tips on how to build your dream wardrobe from scratch first. There’s also some thoughts on good quality and supporting sustainable initiatives in that same guide. My husband has developed a natural interest in sustainability along the way, and of course this has something to do with the fact that it’s something that matters a lot to me. The above cheat sheet is just a rough guideline and an idea of what a menswear basic wardrobe might look like (or at least how my husband’s basic wardrobe looks). As always it is very individual what the end result looks like – it all depends on your style preferences, what kind of life you’re living, what kind of job you have and what climate you’re living in as well. But for a man who likes the simple style and who is working in a rather casual work environment in an office or the like, this could be a good example. We’ve kept the colours rather classic for menswear. It’s primarily kept in monochrome colours (black/white/grey) mixed with a bit of blue/navy and green. That makes it a lot easier to put together outfits every day, because everything goes well together. I also highly recommend the Cladwell app (yep it’s available for men too!), because it’s such a nice tool to not only get a visual wardrobe overview, it can also put together nice outfits for you every day. Burgundy or a deep red is another colour that is rather timeless for the male version of a basic wardrobe, so that could easily be added as well. My husband does have more items in his wardrobe than those on this overview – he has more shirts in other patterns and colours for example, because a shirt and a pair of jeans is his favourite everyday look, so it’s nice to have some different options to go for from season to season. Then he of course has some more summer appropriate items and likewise items that are more suitable for winter, but these are more season-based and can be added/stored away from season to season. So that’s why I like dividing basic everyday wardrobes in 80% basic and 20% season.

You can learn more in the video below – and if you’re a female reading this, you might want to pass on the knowledge to the man in your life if you’d like to, haha!

Jeg lavede for to år siden et lignende indlæg med DENNE oversigt, men af en eller anden årsag valgte jeg at slette indlægget igen. Måske var jeg ikke tilfreds med resultatet, who knows… anyway, jeg har længe tænkt på at lave en opdateret guide til den “perfekte” basis garderobe til mænd, og her er det endelige resultat så. Fremgangsmåden er helt ligesom ved min capsule wardrobe guide (som de fleste af jer måske allerede kender), så det burde være rimelig ligetil at komme igang, håber jeg.

Hvis du starter helt fra scratch (eller din mand gør), så gå evt. igennem min guide med 10 tips til, at få bygget din drømme garderobe fra scratch. Der er også lidt tanker omkring kvalitet og dét, at støtte op om bæredygtige initiativer. Min mand har fået en naturlig interesse for sidstnævnte, men det er selvfølgelig primært fordi han ved, hvor meget det betyder for mig. Og så giver jeg selvfølgelig også en del viden videre til ham løbende. Ovenstående er blot et bud på hvordan en basis garderobe kunne se ud (nærmere betegnet hvordan min mand’s ser ud). Som altid er det meget individuelt hvordan slutresultatet bliver – det afhænger altsammen af personlige præferencer og ikke mindst hvilket form for liv du lever, hvilket job du har og hvilket klima du befinder dig i. Men altså for en mand der godt kan lide den simple stil og som arbejder på et kontor med afslappet dresscode til dagligt, så kunne ovenstående være et godt bud. Nu har vi holdt farverne i meget klassiske maskuline farver. Det er overvejende monokrome farver (sort/hvid/grå) blandet med blå og grøn. Det gør det nemt, at sammensætte outfits til dagligt, fordi alting passer fint sammen. Jeg anbefaler også Cladwell app‘en (jep, den kan også bruges til mænd!), da den er et super fedt værktøj til ikke blot at bygge en visuel oversigt over din garderobe. Den kan som bekendt også sammensætte outfits for dig hver dag, hvilket igen gør det nemt at klæde sig pænt på hver dag. Bordeaux er en anden klassisk farve især indenfor herretøj, så den kunne man også snildt tilføje, hvis man synes. Min mand har flere items en dem der er på oversigten her – han har bl.a. en del flere skjorter i andre farver fordi det er ét af hans go-to looks til dagligt, så det er rart at have lidt at vælge mellem og skifte ud fra sæson til sæson. Og så har han selvfølgelig noget sommertøj og også nogle flere tunge striktrøjer til vinteren, som igen er mere sæsonbaserede. Men altså dem kan han tilføje når det er relevant, og det er derfor at jeg (som ved min egen garderobe) har “indført” tommelfingerreglen om, at din hverdagsgarderobe reelt set kunne indeholde ca. 80% basis og 20% sæson.

Lær mere i videoen nedenfor – og hvis du er kvinde der læser denne guide, så send den videre til din mand hvis du synes, haha!

 

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  1. Sebastian

    Tak for den gode guide.

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