Summer Capsule Wardrobe List: 15 Easy Capsule Wardrobe Outfits

As promised in my recent article, “Summer Capsule Wardrobe 2025”, one of the main benefits of a capsule wardrobe list is your ability to make numerous outfits from the same pieces. I had such fun creating a whole bunch of looks! I thought it would be helpful to present them to you in several batches over the next few days. See what you think. Please comment below on your impressions of the first 15 capsule wardrobe outfits. Also, if you scroll to the bottom of this post, you will see clickable photos of all of the items in all of these looks.

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What Items are on my Summer Capsule List?

Here are the items I started for my Summer Capsule List (If you click on the highlighted words, you will go to that item’s site for more details):

Pants

  1. White Jeans
  2. Mid-wash Blue Jeans
  3. Blue Linen Pants or Blue Striped Linen Pants
  4. Olive Joggers or Olive Ankle Pants
  5. Navy Chinos

Shorts

  1. Blue Shorts or Blue Linen Shorts
  2. Black Linen Shorts

Jackets and Cardigans

  1. White Linen Blazer
  2. Striped Lady Cardigan
  3. Olive Utility Jacket
  4. Black Cardigan or Black Cardigan
  5. Jean Jacket

Dresses

  1. Black Slip Dress or Black Slip Dress
  2. Black Dress or Black Dress

Tops and Tees

  1. Blue Striped Shirt or Blue-Striped Shirt
  2. White Long-Sleeved Shirt
  3. White Short-Sleeved Shirt or White Short-Sleeved Shirt
  4. Black Tank (or Tee)
  5. White Tank (or Tee)
  6. Navy Striped Tee
  7. Flag Tee
  8. Navy Tee
  9. Striped Sweater Top (don’t miss the 10% off coupon)

Accessories

  1. Brown Cross-body Bag
  2. Small Tan Quilted Bag (20 % off)
  3. Hand-Woven Straw Bag
  4. Beige Hand-Woven Bag
  5. Black Tote
  6. Silver Loafers
  7. Cream Loafers
  8. White Sneakers
  9. Tan Mary Janes
  10. Tan Flat Sandals
  11. Tan Slide Sandals
  12. Black Flat Sandals
  13. Nude Sling Back Pumps
  14. Straw Panama Hat
  15. Hat (watch for 28% off coupon)
  16. Turquoise Drop Earrings (25% off coupon)
  17. Silver Beaded Bracelets (20% off)
  18. Gold Beaded Bracelets (20% off)
  19. Bandana (lots of colors!)
  20. Black Hawks Cap

8! Olive Linen Pant Looks (from My Summer Capsule Wardrobe List):

In this first capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list, I am wearing a navy striped Breton tee under a blue jean jacket. I added dark sunglasses, a brown cross-body bag and tan leather flat sandals.

| Olive pants | Striped Tee | Jean Jacket | Brown bag |Sunglasses | Sandals |

I love olive pants for summer and fall, and linen is a great fabric in the heat. For this classic outfit, I paired the olive linen pants with a striped J.Crew tee, a jean jacket, sunglasses, tan leather sandals, and a brown cross-body bag.

In this flat lay, I paired olive joggers, a striped tee, a jean jacket, brown purse and tan mary janes.
In this flat lay, I paired olive joggers, a white tank, a jean jacket, brown purse and tan slides.
In this flat lay, I paired olive joggers, a black tank, a black cardigan, black crossbody, and black sandals,
In this flat lay, I paired olive joggers, a white big shirt, a brown crossbody bag, and tan slides.
In this flat lay, I paired olive joggers, a white short-sleeved shirt, a black crossbody bag, a Blackhawks cap, and white sneakers.
In this flat lay, I paired olive joggers, a white tank, a black crossbody bag,, and white sneakers.
In this flat lay, I paired olive joggers, a black tank, a black cardigan, tan strraw bag, and tan slides.
In this flat lay, I paired olive joggers, a white tank, a grey crossbody bag,, and grey sneakers.

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7! Navy Striped Lady Jacket Looks (from My Summer Capsule Wardrobe List):

In this 8th capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list I paired straight leg blue jeans with cream bit loafers and a wicker and rattan purse, all with a navy striped lady sweater.

| Striped Lady Jacket | Jeans | Loafers | Bag (similar) |

A lady’s jacket is such a classic piece. This one is reasonably priced and has beautiful buttons. It looks pretty worn open or buttoned up. I added a wicker and rattan bag (sold out, similar here) and cream-bit loafers.

In this third capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list, I paired a navy striped lady jacket with a pair of white jeans, cream loafers and a wicker bag.

| Striped Lady Jacket | White Jeans | Loafers | Bag (similar, here) |

In the look above, I switched the blue denim jeans to white ones from my capsule wardrobe list. Of course, you could also wear white trousers or a white skirt instead.

In this 9th capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list I paired navy chinos with tan mary janes and a wicker and rattan purse, all with a navy striped lady sweater.
In this 10th capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list I paired navy chinos with tan mary janes and a wicker and rattan purse, all with a navy striped lady sweater. I added a nvy tee under the sweater.
In this 11th capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list I paired dark wash blue jeans with tan loafers and a wicker and rattan purse, all with a navy striped lady sweater.
In this 12th capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list I pair white jeans with tan mary janes and a tan bag with a chain strap, all with a navy striped lady sweater.
In this 13th capsule wardrobe list I pair white jeans and a white tank, tan slingback pumps, with a chain strap, all with a navy striped lady sweater.
In this 14th capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list I pair light blue shorts, tan slides, a tan crossbody bag with a chain strap, all with a navy striped lady sweater.
In this last capsule wardrobe outfit from my summer capsule wardrobe list I pair light blue linen pants, tan slides, a tan straw bag, all with a navy striped lady sweater.

Now that you’ve seen the first 15 outfits from this summer’s capsule wardrobe, which are your favorites? Tell me below. Also, stay tuned for the next batch in a few days. I am having a ball coming up with lots of cute looks for you!

Below are photos of all the items in my Summer Capsule Wardrobe. They are all clickable, and when you click on them, you will see all the product details.

Happy Summer Capsule Wardrobe Outfits Planning and Shopping!

XO,

Dr. Julie

PS Here are a few more posts for you to enjoy:

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One Comment

  1. I just bought that flag white tee hoping to have it for the upcoming 4th and many years after. Your outfits are all great but especially like seeing them on you as my body is as far from a model’s as possible, sadly. LOL

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