If You Have These 8 Things In Your Closet, You Will Transform Your Sartorial Life
With real photos to prove how they’ve changed ours.
by The Candidly Team
Are we all not always on the hunt for faster, sneakier ways of looking “styled?”
We certainly like the idea of being reaaaallly well-dressed, but we’re not about to host a cinematic try-on sequence every morning in front of the mirror to make it happen.
Hacks are a weird word to use to describe our approach to looking chic, and yet, these 7 hackish things are precisely what have helped us reach new heights where getting dressed is concerned.
Each has been life-changing. Each has made getting dressed simultaneously easier and much better executed.
We won’t drone on and one. These are the 7 things that will make you look a million times more styled than you ever have before. All comfy. None labor-intensive.
Off we go!
This belt has all the striking power of a Gucci handbag, but it doesn’t disappear the moment we set it down, and while it’s pricey, it doesn’t cost thousands of dollars.
We’re big believers in owning one divine thing that can make all the inexpensive or plain Jane things we wear it with suddenly look elevated. This belt makes us (who spend 92% of our lives in sweats) look like the best, most polished, put-together version of ourselves. So, in our case, it was well worth saving for.
Because it’s such a splurge, we’ll let you know, we did find it on sale in select sizes on Gilt. We included both buttons below. And if the sizing confuses you, here’s a little guide. A size 65 in the Gucci belt is equivalent to a US size 00. Sizes go up in increments of 5, so size 70=0, 75=2, 80=4, 85=6, 90=8, 95=10, 100=12, 105=14, 110=16, 115=18, 120=20.
Price: $365
We love that an oversized sweater has a way of covering us entirely and still giving us an effortlessly nipped silhouette.
We’ll get to the dumbest, most brilliant hack for how to tuck it in a minute. But we have to start with the sweater itself. We discovered this gloriously slouchy cashmere cardigan after pining for a certain famous nearly $500 version. But this one costs over 3X less, and it is just as luxe, soft, drapey, and dreamy to move about the world in. We bought it in oatmeal as you can see above, but the color selection is incredible.
And now for the sort of genius invention that gives you the perfect tuck. Before you ask, yes, it was on Sharktank. But brilliance is brilliance, so here we are. It’s called the Tucky, and it’s a belt or actually more like a band, a simple elastic waistband we wear around our waist, tucking the bottom of our sweater into it to create the perfect shape and a tuck that doesn’t fall out at the whim of our pants. Scoff all you want, but then try it. You won’t look back.
Price: $140 for the sweater, $30 for the Tucky belt
It’s the sort of bag you toss over your shoulder without a thought, but the minute you see yourself in any mirrored surface, you get that moment of “Ooh, I actually look like I have my entire life together.” And the price is pretty remarkable!
Price: $198
The trick is to choose something with not too much bulk. Clean. Understated. Our favorite is this one from Dr. Scholl’s because it is hands down THE most comfortable sneak to ever cradle our poor tired feet.
Price: $70
If that doesn’t make you want to stroll along the Seine with all the confidence of a carefree Parisian, we don’t know what will.
Price: $49.50
Price: $138 (but constantly on sale)
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