How to Build a Back-to-School Capsule Wardrobe for Your Kids
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Back-to-school is upon us and beyond the backpacks and pencil cases, there’s a whole other shopping category to consider: the clothes. But unlike the annual hunt for a water bottle that doesn’t leak, fashion is the fun part of heading back to the classroom. And there’s nothing better than mixing in a selection of fresh duds while helping our kid dress to impress for those first day pics at the same time. Enter the back-to-school capsule wardrobe, a curated mix of category-specific pieces for fall, so you can build out a low-effort wardrobe, stocked with exactly what your kid needs.
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Rachel Bowie
Senior Director, Special Projects and Royals
- Writes and produces family, fashion, wellness, relationships, money and royals content
- Podcast co-host and published author with a book about the British Royal Family
- Studied sociology at Wheaton College and received a masters degree in journalism from Emerson College
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