Fashion: what to pack for a Spring holiday

Following on from our article about what to pack for a weekend away in the UK, we decided to tackle our next challenge, packing for a Spring holiday. 

So this week I went long haul to a wedding in New Orleans. Long way to go for just a wedding, so given we would be without children for 6 whole days, we decided to make a road trip of it. Flying into Nashville we spent two nights at the home of country music before driving down to Memphis for a quick tour of Gracelands before heading to New Orleans.

One thing was for sure, with 10hr flights, stopovers and a 5hr car journey, whatever I packed had to be comfortable. I therefore travelled in my favourite denim shirt and leather look leggings

Also given my destination, my wardrobe staple just had to be jeans, jeans and more jeans...

So, I started with 3 pairs of jeans, all skinny, two ripped Gap pairs and one smarter J Brand pair for the evening. Next a series of t shirts, I love these wide necked, fluid ones from h&m made from slub jersey. They are super flattering as they don't cling and come in a variety of colours. Plus at just £7.99 each you can afford to buy them in every colour.

I also threw in some denim shorts by R13 (£108) and some smarter patterned silk W118 ones by Walter Baker (£50) just in case the weather was really good. Both currently available from the outnet.com and all to be worn with my trusty tees.

So that's the daytime sorted, onto evening wear. I stuck with jeans as my basis and packed two sparkly strappy tops (a beautiful cream sequin one from Evie Loves Toast, close up below) and a cream leather tee that I picked up in Adolfo Dominguez in Madrid recently (also seen close up below). Finally a grey jumper from Asos with a leather cutout collar just in case the weather turned cooler...et voila...I was done.

Footwear consisted of my trusty cowboy-esque ankle boots and Havaiana grey flip flops. Evening has to be heels, so my nude leather Louboutins were the obvious choice.

A capsule wardrobe for me is all about picking key pieces that go with everything else you have chosen in coordinating colours, so choose your palate and work within it. Mine is almost always neutral -  creams, greys and shades of peach. 

So that's it, I was all packed and ready to go...