I recently travelled to Nice and had to pack the tiniest of tiny bags, a carry-on smaller than a carry-on, that HAD to fit under the seat in front of me, for the only reason that I took Easy Jet’s insane luggage policies as a personal challenge*. I had to stay for 5 days, 4 nights, and I thought I’d share with you my Earth-shattering secret for traveling light.
(Sorry I became the “fashion” (hardly) “creator” (that’s the new word for a blogger) with the least clothes on the whole of the Internet—I’m literally concerned I’ll have to stop talking about fashion here or you’ll be so tired of my normal outfits. But anyway, let’s forge on courageously.)
Here are my 5 outfits.
No, yeah, I know what you’re thinking, this is quite average. Totally.
But.
I was comfortable, never too hot or cold, and overall… Well, I had clothes on so that’s a win.
Except for this fail. Ew.
Do you see what I did? The “secret”?
The secret is that all my average outfits are hidden under a great coat (if I may say so myself).
Okay, so the secret is a coat so expensive I could have flown to Tokyo and back with Emirates first class (I exaggerate, but barely) so one could find it laughable that I saved about £200 by not checking in a bag but this is not the point, because a lot of my other coats are great (and they’re under £500) and also, this is about traveling light!
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Here is what I packed:
Make up and beauty bags with travel sizes.
Computer and iPad.
One pair of pants.
One pair of leggings.
One white shirt.
One sweater.
One pair or Mary Janes.
One pair of sneakers.
Two hats, one off-white, one black.
Three oversized tee shirts to use as layers.
Four pairs of socks and the underwear I needed.
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Voilà! I am pretty proud of myself, as you can see. I’m just not exactly sure why?
*Living in Somerset, I get to fly from Bristol, which is a small, super convenient, easy-to-access airport that mostly operates Easy Jet flights. I had always avoided Easy Jet, having been shamed many times by their very complicated and punishing luggage policies, but when I realised I’d have to start flying with them more often, I knew I had to make this abusive relationship work. I bought the special “Easy Jet Size” carry on and decided I was going to become an Easy Jet pro and make the most of it. They succeeded in lecturing me this time again, but I’ll tell you the story next time.
The last Letter was about NOT buying a dream house and realising that my joy lies is not having it all.
In the last Note, I taught you what my grandmother taught me about the art of the Moroccan scrub.
The most important thing when it comes to beauty? A good lighting!
Beauty travel sizes I packed in my tiny carry-on? Doré, of course!
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Big kiss!
It's nice to see "old" clothes outfits, rather than encouraging people to buy the latest thing. Also it proves that style isn't something that has to do with new 🤣
C'est magnifique. Now my challenge is to pack a carry on for 9 days in Scotland. I know I can do it. As a producer/writer for National Geographic... I packed a carry on for 20 days in Australia. Ohy! Ohy! Ohy! ;-D