It’s nearly home time and you have a few more hours left for one last lap of the city before collecting your luggage. You are in dangerous territory of outfit repeating (not that there is anything wrong with that) so it’s time to think on your feet.

Outfit pictured above: NAVY V-NECK JUMPER [similar] by RAEY, LAMBSWOOL CREW NECK JUMPER [gifted] by SUNSPEL, WIDE-LEG COTTON TROUSERS [gifted] by RAEY and ORIGINAL ACHILLES by COMMON PROJECTS

Photography by MATTHEW SPADE

Packing light should be practical, not limiting. Freeing and not restrictive. Frequent flyers may have this down to the very last strand of their toothbrush, but for everyone else the last day may leave you with limited options. A winter short-haul trip will challenge you to pack wisely for anything over a one-night stay. For the half-day I had in Copenhagen before flying back, let’s just say a little improvisation was in order.

In a post I shared the other week I spoke about the importance of packing colours that all worked together. This way of packing really comes to the fore where you can come up with more than just two outfits. So for today’s blog post, the outfit is made up of the past two days with a slight change up in styling. I took away the Studio Nicholson shirt mid-layer, meaning the Sunspel jumper received some prominent airtime (quite rightly so) and the outfit felt different even though it was still the same everywhere else.

Yet what made this feel fresher and newer was that improvisation I spoke of. A quick check of the weather app pre-trip had told me that the weather in Copenhagen was relatively mild for the time of year. What I hadn’t checked however was the ‘feels like’ temperature. With this realisation very much in mind when landing, my thoughts turned to travelling sans scarf.

This left me turning to my RAEY jumper to fill the void. While it probably didn’t provide the same amount of coverage, tying it up and over the shoulders definitely added some extra warmth and again, something different to an otherwise similar outfit of a couple days ago.

Repeating what goes on my feet is not uncommon to me. Actually quite the opposite. Most definitely, common. I did not know how much to stress this unplanned play on words, but if it is not clear already then I have no hesitation in wearing Common Projects over and over again. Pictured here is my oldest pair of three years: much loved, scuffs and all. The aged appearance of my trainers fills me with a real air of reassurance in how I go about my buying habits. CPs come with the initial high price point, but I can safely justify them with a cost to wear ratio which could easily be in <50p territory right now.

And that was my final outfit for a final walkaround. It has been great recapping what I wore during my travels for the trip and I hope you’ve been able to take some inspiration from either a packing aspect or just how I’ve styled each look. It’s really rewarding to be linking to the same items and brands again and again. It feels right.jbicon