The Aritzia fall capsule wardrobe: 16 pieces you’ll wear on repeat

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Fall is at the doorstep and it just might be the best season for fashion. But between keeping up with trends, quick-shifting weather and unseasonably warm days, knowing just what to focus on when refreshing your fall wardrobe can be a challenge.

Rather than buying pieces at random, a better approach is to build around items that can do more than one job and work together. And when it comes to building a capsule wardrobe, Aritzia is a natural place to start. The Vancouver-founded company is known for the kind of wardrobe staples capsule dressing calls for – classic silhouettes, versatile basics and quality pieces that can be easily, mixed, matched and layered. They can take you from the office to nice dinner and from crisp September mornings to colder November commutes.

From tailored trousers and blazers to knitwear, denim and outerwear, we’ve found 16 pieces that earn a place in your wardrobe by working together. The other rule? You don’t need to buy everything here all at once. Start with a few essentials and build from there.

The most successful fall wardrobe starts underneath everything else. A few dependable tops give you the foundation for sweaters, blazers and jackets. They’re often the pieces you’ll reach for most.

Once the basics are covered, bring in the pieces that make fall dressing feel like fall.

A capsule wardrobe doesn’t need six pairs of trousers. It needs a few bottoms that create distinctly different outfits.

The appeal of a capsule wardrobe isn’t having a perfectly coordinated closet. It’s opening your wardrobe on a Monday morning and finding that most of the pieces work with one another. You can start with the gaps in your existing wardrobe, build around a cohesive colour palette and prioritize pieces that can move between occasions.

The best purchases are rarely the ones that make the biggest statement on the hanger. They’re the ones you find yourself wearing again and again (with a different sweater, a different jacket, a different pair of shoes) until you realize that a relatively small collection of clothes has given you an entire season of outfits.

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