As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have a one carry-on suitcase approach to packing. I slightly deviated from that this trip.
For my actual packing I kept to that rule. However, I had to pack our costumes for the carnevale masquerade ball we attended in Venice. So I had to bring a small check in bag with four historical costumes. Packing these costumes made me really appreciate why people used to travel with trunks. Period clothing took up so much space. I will do a post on how I sourced costumes and why I didn’t rent them.
I packed for slightly over two weeks and and two countries. And believe it or not, I was able to fit everything in the picture in my carry-on bag. We started our trip in Paris and flew to Venice as our home base in Italy with a couple potential side trips planned. Both Paris and Venice are cold in February. This means sweaters and less packing space than normal. When this is the case you have to wear your chosen coat onto the plane if you want to stay within a carry-on, but, if your coat has a hood you can roll the coat into the hood and use it as an additional pillow. So for me this is no big deal.
I inevitably do some shopping while I am travelling (I always make sure I bring a folding weekend bag for this), so unless I need to keep the tags on for getting my VAT back I generally have a few additional pieces to wear as well.
With 8 tops, five bottoms, one dress and one jumpsuit I was able to create enough outfits for 16 days. Not only that, I ended up not using 2 shirts, the dress and the white pants. I just didn’t feel like wearing a dress any of the days (or using it as a skirt/sweater combo). This is two years in a row that my dress was a waste of space in my suitcase. But, you never know if you will need or want one. I also wore my jeans more than anticipated and a couple of my sweaters did triple duty because they are sooo cozy.
I unfortunately did not take individual photos of my planned outfits. So this post is short and sweet. However, I wanted to give a quick look into achieving a capsule wardrobe even when travelling in winter when clothes take more space.