Packing: 21 Items in a Carry-On

Packing for 3 weeks is a lot of planning – you want to make sure you have everything you need, but aren’t overwhelmed with options and forced to carry stuff with you that you don’t need. If anyone knows me – I like an organizational challenge :p.

Here’s how I’m packing for my trip with 12 (yes, 12!) pieces of clothing. Note – I’m also taking a swimsuit and a bralette that both have tops that can double as “shirts” with cardigans. Is that cheating? I don’t think bras, underwear, swimsuits, or pajamas should count towards the total even if you do hack them and wear them with outfits lol. I used the app stylebook to put together some outfit combination options – I downloaded it way back when I started my capsule wardrobe to help think of interesting outfit combinations or different ways to pair stuff – but it came in even more handy when I was doing this! Check out the app here!

One thing I tried to keep in mind when packing for this trip was that since we’ll pretty much constantly be on the move, I don’t want to necessarily wear the “bulkiest items on the plane” like people recommend. Since I’ll have to be carrying it when I’m not wearing it once I’m there, it doesn’t really make sense to load up for the flight then have a heavy bag when I change my outfit. Thus, my strategy was much different than my 5 day trip to Colorado for two people with nothing but a large purse carry on, where we wore winter coats stuffed with clothes and underwear because we could unpack once we were there.

So here goes! 12 Items of clothing, 1 Swimsuit, 6 accessories. 38 outfits and counting.

Week 1 - We'll be hitting London, Budapest, Split, Venice, and Rome

Week 2 - We'll be hitting Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre, Nice, and Barcelona

Week 3 - We'll be hitting Valencia, Madrid, Berlin, London, and Toronto

Extras - Some other fun combinations for when we change for a night out, something is dirty, I'm totally over/under dressed, the weather doesn't cooperate, etc.!

There you have it! 3 weeks + of outfits with only 12 pieces of clothing. Most of my clothing is LuLaRoe, in real life and for this wardrobe :p. Check out our shopping page here if you want to see more styles and styling tips!

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