Ireland Packing Guide

A Capsule Wardrobe Strategy

I love a theme, and packing for a trip provides me with months of fun outfit treasure hunting. It’s like anticipatory delight - creating a spreadsheet of outfits, reading blogs, hunting down secondhand items on Poshmark.

If you aren’t familiar with the term “capsule wardrobe,” it basically means packing items that can create multiple outfits across a color theme.

I’m as guilty as my mother was of overpacking on occasion - but not every trip calls for a giant suitcase, and so a capsule wardrobe approach helps keep my suitcase real estate manageable.

As someone who travels both for a living and as a passion, I’ve become an efficient packer the night before a trip. However, the lead up to that point takes several months.

I am creating packing guides to help others who love fashion but don’t know how to approach dressing on theme for a trip location.

For Ireland, I went with dark green, brown, black, and cream as my color palette.

I knew I wanted to layer items, because the mornings can be cold, but it warms up during the day.

I travel frequently with my Barbour jacket - it’s my favorite travel coat for wet weather and wind. Because it’s heavy, I don't pack it in my suitcase but rather bring it in the plane cabin with me.

For warmer days, I layered a vest under my Ralph Lauren blazer/hacking jacket.

My favorite accessories for travel are scarves and hats - mostly because I get cold easily and they can change any outfit. I also absolutely LOVE my reversible horse bit belt.

I like to have solid color dresses so I can pair them with scarves and different earrings so I can wear them to multiple dinners with a different look.

A belt can be used around a jacket or long sweater with a scarf to create another look.

Malia calls these earrings my “knockers,” which makes me giggle. I travel with them a lot.

In terms of shoes, I absolutely love my Aquazzura heels and bring them on pretty much every trip. They go with everything.

My Fairfax & Favor riding boots are a new favorite staple and fit right in to the countryside.

I brought tennis shoes for walks and workouts and brown loafers for days around town.

Below is a link to all these items if you need more detail:

Ireland Packing List

Pants x 4 pairs

• Jeans

• Black pants

• Brown pants

• Green pants

Shirts

• White ruffle neck button down

• Black button down

• Plaid shirt

• Black long-sleeved base layer

• Black wool turtleneck

• Undershirts x 3 tank tops

Sweaters and Vests

• Boden Embroidered Frill Sweater

• Joules Fair Isle vest

• Barbour vest

Jackets

• Barbour waxed jacket

• Ralph Lauren blazer

Dresses and Skirts

• Black Maje long-sleeved dress

• Green Veronica Beard sweater dress

• Satin midi cream skirt

• Boden tweed mini skirt

Accessories

• Wool tights - black and brown

• Hicks & Brown hat

• Flat cap

• Reversible belt

• Scarf - warm one and a silk dress up one

• Underwear and socks

• Swimsuit

Shoes

• Brown riding boots

• Black or brown loafers

• Tennis shoes

• Aquazzura heels

Happy packing, travelers!

Anne Marie