My friend Susan Cernek (who also happens to be the Fashion Development Director at Glamour) shared the best tip with me the other day: Pack in a single color scheme. “For my two-week honeymoon around Italy, I packed all blue and white pieces,” she told me. “That way, I could pack more efficiently, and mix and match.”
A bonus tip? “Pack a red dress,” she says. “Red always looks dramatic in photos, even if you’re lost, like I was here.”
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I travel a lot for work and for fun and I am a huge believer in the two color with an accent approach. Blue and white works especially well for summer. I love the red dress, but any accent color will do – hot pink ? bright yellow? and the fun thing is you can change out the accent color and stick to the blue and white basics from season to season. In winter I try to stick to a black and camel scheme again with the red accents, but you can do a dark green and look great too!
Thanks! Great tips too! I love camel color, goes with everything!
Love the red dress and minimal color scheme idea. We always pack carryon only – even for 12 days in China. All about rolling clothes and thinking through choices — such as color schemes.
Oh I love this! I’ve got my honeymoon coming up in 3 weeks and this is such a good idea! Any my honeymoon is in Italy :)
Yup, very smart indeed :)
This is such an obvious but genius idea! Love it. Thanks for sharing- will definitely be on the lookout for a great red dress for my trip to Switzerland over Christmas.
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I’m using this advice on a week long trip to Paris next month :) Probably the best packing advice I’ve ever recieved
i always thought i was crazy for doing this.
and i have a confession to make: i sort of try to LIVE in a single color scheme.
This is so genius!!
This is one ingenious idea! I would have never ever thought of this. I ALWAYS overpack for holiday.
Thanks for passing on such a great tip!!
xx
Love these packing tips for any trip! Had to share: http://minipiccolini.com/2012/02/its-friday-5/
Great post! I won’t be going on my honeymoon for over a year, but I still enjoy reading things like this! Thanks for the ideas, I love both!
Great idea! I’m always packing black shoes+handbags *AND* brown shoes+handbags to go with all my evening outfits on vacation and it really fills up my suitcase fast…
Another tip I’ve learned is to pack dresses for dinners out. You’ll look put together in all your photos, and a dress takes up A LOT LESS room in a suitcase than an entire outfit. Plus it’s so easy to throw on a dress and head out. No thinking or outfit planning involved!
I LOOOOOOVE that blue and white stripey dress!
great tips. We’re planning for a honeymoon later this year and will definitely be taking your advice!
smart girl! will definitely be doing this on future travels. thanks for sharing.
I think, you don’t have to bring all thing you need for travel because you can buy it somewhere else.
I say, pack everything! I don’t really mind lugging around a ton of bags and honestly, I haven’t yet met a woman who does. haha
Great tip!! she looks fresh and relaxed and super happy! i heart Italy…
wonderful! i’ll be honeymooning in 6 weeks! eek! :) i haven’t even thought about what to pack!
Ooh, that’s a great idea. Will def keep that in mind :-)
Great idea!
Great tip, thanks!
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