Style manifesto, part 3. The List.

I mentioned The List a few posts ago, without explaining. Bad Jay. The list, as you can see, is part om the Manifesto. In order to keep The Space in my wardrobe, I work with a list. The list contains items of clothing that I feel are missing in my wardrobe, and thus deserve to take upp some of the Space. I try to not by things that are not on my list, but last week I bought a red cashmere jumper. It happens. And nobody likes a list fascist.

The list, at present, is as follows:

1. Grey cigarette trousers. Light weight wool, preferably.
2. Dark blue jeans. Also of the cigarette variety.
3. Brown brogues with a little heel.
4. Winter coat. Wool, that hits precisely below the knee, has a pipe neck, detachable hood, and a belt. Oh, and it needs to be bottle green. This one might take a while.


The reasons these things are on my list, is that they would complement my wardrobe. If I had brown brogues, for example, I could wear my skirts more often, since I only have one pair of heeled wintershoes, and I want to wear heels with skirts, and I don´t want to wear the same shoes two days in a row because my cobbler tells me not to. Wow, that sentence should just be taken outside and shot. But you get my point.


The List might not work for you, but for me it is escential. It keeps me from buying things just because they are pretty, or have a bow on them. It keeps order in my wardrobe, and thus it keeps order in my life.