A few weeks ago I was packing for a work trip to Melbourne. I was going for a few days and had a number of different meetings and things to do. My packing style is usually this: I think about it in my head for a while before I go and have all sorts of grand plans for capsule wardrobes and streamlined style. Naturally, this all goes to shit quite quickly and I end up frantically shoving things into my bag right up until the taxi beeps outside.
This time, though, I decided it would be different. Taking my cue from the way stylists prepare for fashion shoots, I laid out what I wanted to take and made sure it colour co-ordinated. I added shoes and accessories and I was so pleased, I took this photo to show you:
The problem? I then got distracted and forgot to actually pack my capsule wardrobe in a suitcase.
This is how it looked 48hrs later, still lying on my floor:
So I’m going to need to do some packing again soon and I need help. Got any packing tips? What kind of packer are you?
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I told my garmndother how you helped. She said, bake them a cake!
When I used to travel overseas with my husband he always used to say "Don't pack anything, buy it when you get there". "There" was Rome, Italy. He lived by that rule. He took his passport, appropriate amount of cash you can take out of the country and his little wrist held "man bag". He came back with a suitcase full of new purchases. I, on the other hand, even went so far prior to departure, of buying new clothes just for that trip. i came back with 2 suitcases. Even in more recent times when I was travelling for work, I still managed to pack a suitcase for a 2-dayer to Melbourne. There is an art to it, one which I have never been able to perfect.