I went to Italy for 2 weeks using the sudoku method and it worked beautifully.   I travelled with a carry on suitcase and that was so liberating.  No hassles with luggage at all.  I highly recommend it.

Greaat video Nancy. I loved every outfit on you and could totally picture them on myself. Those silk pallazzo pants are fabulous!

Great outfits, and it make more sense when you see how you paired them together. Thank you.

Thank you so much, Nancy. It's super easy for me to put together a capsule wardrobe now.

Great! I love the concept! Let's try this sudoku packing method! Thank you for sharing! Greetings from NYC! ❤

You look so cute and I love your interpretation of this method and the items you're modeling.  The first I'd heard of the Soduku/3x3 system is on Aly Smalls travel channel. She lines up the items a little differently so you can draw a line to link the combinations. (Maybe not all 27? 🤔) Thanks so much for the video and inspiration!

Sudoko buying is a hack for life free from 'does this look OK'?
Just returned from Italy with just a small rucksack (7kgs was the weight) and had a different outfit for every day.
Never had to worry about steep stairs and no lift, getting on trains etc as my luggage only weighed 7 kg.
Also never had to worry about looking over/under dressed as I had chosen pieces that all looked good whichever way I wore them.
Shoes - I took one pair of suede taupe sneakers for everyday, and one pair of metallic grey sandals (Wolky).
One straw fedora (Barbour), one navy pak a mac and one sleeveless thermal vest if it got cold.
Really love to travel light and have a ball! If your clothes are clean, mended and co-ordinated, I think I'll pass the style test.

What a beautiful combination you have created!  Can you tell me more about the brown flat shoes you are wearing?

Love the idea, but do I just add a dress? I really like a dress.

Hi Nancy,
I'm not sure how this works on You Tube, but I'm hoping you can answer my question in this comment. So... after watching some of your videos, I spent a few hours in my closet and drawers and was actually able to create about 6 3x3 capsules (some are not 3x3 as layers were not necessary or appropriate), but my question is: what to do with the pieces that didn't fit it, some of which are really nice and I do still wear frequently. Also, before I did this, my closet was really well organized by garment and color, but now I've got most everything sectioned off into capsules. So... a second question: do I put things back as they were or leave them in their capsules/groupings? Please advise... Thank you!
-Maddie

I so wanted to use the Sudoku packing method on the trip I’m on. However, as usual, I ended up packing much more than the 9 pieces. I began to overthink my trip, and I’ll be watching my two grandbabies, age 4 and age 4 months. I could just see getting baby spit up stains on each tshirt and needing more than one shirt each day. So I feel like I failed my packing experience this time — but there’s always next time! Thank you for your videos!

I love this roadmap for dressing, shopping and travel.  We recently traveled for two weeks. My husband wanted the BIG suitcase, his carry on and laptop case.  I helped him pack 9 pieces plus travel jeans and long sleeve shirt plus the personal items all in a the small case.  He was amazed and happy not to worry about losing luggage at the connecting flights.

You did a great job choosing the 9 items.  Showing the actual outfits really helps.  I’m inspired to at least see if I can put together a grid with what’s in my closet

I really love your outfit in this vlog because of the way all parts tie in together. The beads of your necklace take up the colour of your dress, sweater, hair and glasses. Amazing! I suits you so well and I find the necklace especially chic!

I wear dresses many of them printed fabric rather than solids, so I have top and bottom sorted already but my 2nd piece is often a waistcoat and the 3rd is either a jumper cardigan or jacket. This method still works. Yesterday I pondered over whether to buy a fleck waistcoat....black and white  with silver buttons. It was in the sale for £4!! I gambled....it works. So I'm wondering if you could do a video on similar neutrals like fleck....I have found that even leopard print mixed in is sometimes a neutral....