Capsule travel wardrobe: Family wedding

Earlier this month we flew to Virginia for 10 days to attend my brother's wedding. The trip coincided with a cold front that plunged temperatures into the high 30s and low 40s. I needed to pack for casual hanging out with family and friends, two weekends at church, a rehearsal luncheon and a wedding. 

From left to right, here's what I packed:

Top row: a store-bought dark gray sweatshirt, my burgundy wool Blackwood Cardigan, two Renfrew cowl-neck tees (one striped rayon jersey and the other navy French terry), a RTW scarf, my Blank Slate Peppermint PJ pants, and a cotton Plantain Tee that I use as a PJ top.

Middle row: A RTW navy blue cashmere cardigan that used to belong to my grandfather,  my red and navy plaid hacked Gallery Tunic, my DIBY Club Anna skirt and a pair of RTW Gap jeans, my black rayon McCalls 6996 cardigan, the green lace dress I bought to wear for the wedding, and my metallic knit Lisbon cardigan.

Bottom row: A pair of black cotton RTW leggings, a pair of Liana Jeans and my blue flowered Appleton Dress.

So that's:

1 set of pjs

4 tops

4 cardigans (two dressy)

2 dresses

1 skirts

2 pairs jeans

1 pair leggings

If I hadn't been going for a wedding, I would have left out the dresses and the two dressy cardigans, for a total of 11 items. But I needed something to wear for the rehearsal luncheon as well as for the wedding.

And here's how I wore them:

All of these tops and cardigans were made before I lost weight, so I altered both Renfrews, the M6996 and the Lisbon cardigan the week before I left on the trip. In all cases I just nipped in the side seams from the hem, up past the armscye, ending a few inches down the sleeve.  The Blackwood and the hacked Gallery Tunic are well fitted in the shoulders and didn't need to be altered; they're just a little slouchy, which I like.

We had left all of our heavy jackets at my father's house in Virginia when we moved to Bogota, so we did not need to bring those along.  I wore my brown riding boots and packed a pair of leopard print heels to wear with the green dress. I also ordered a pair of black heeled booties to arrive at my dad's house because I needed something to go with the blue dress and my black heels had finally died after 15 years of wear. In the end I never wore my leopard heels - I decided to wear the booties with the green dress too, because it was so cold on the wedding day!

I was pretty happy with this capsule. I felt like I had everything I needed for sufficient variety. I only liked to wear the navy cowl neck with the Gap jeans, and not with any of the other bottoms I brought, but I don't own a lot of warm clothes anymore so I needed to bring it for practicality's sake.

And that about sums it up. As always, thanks for reading, and see you next time!