How to plan holiday outfits
Outfit planning normally happens in a notes app or a camera roll, completely disconnected from the holiday it is for. Then you pack for a schedule you are half remembering.
Deciding against the actual plans is faster and results in less luggage.
Plan against plans, not against days
Not every day needs an outfit decision. The ones that do are the evenings out, the one smart dinner, and anything with a dress code.
Attach the decision to that specific plan rather than to a vague Thursday.
Use the forecast, but only where it exists
Reliable forecasts run about two weeks ahead. Inside that window, deciding on linen for a 31 degree Tuesday and something warmer for a 19 degree evening is straightforward.
Outside it, do not let an app guess for you. Pack for the season and adjust in the last fortnight.
Coordinate with the group
The reason to make outfits visible is not vanity. It is that two people in the same dress on the main night is a genuinely deflating thing that is completely avoidable.
Everyone writing down what they are wearing settles it two weeks out, while people can still change their minds without it being a thing.
Deciding more means packing less
Most overpacking is hedging. You pack four options for one night because you have not decided, and then wear the first one anyway.
Deciding at home, with the plan and the forecast in front of you, removes the hedge.
Repeat things on purpose
Nobody on the holiday is keeping track of what you wore on Tuesday. Planning outfits per plan makes it obvious where the same thing can do two jobs, which is where the weight savings actually come from.