The Ultimate Spring Fashion Essentials Every Girl Needs In Her Wardrobe

This post is all about the must-have spring fashion essentials you’ll need to revamp your wardrobe this season.

Here are the spring fashion essentials you need to welcome the new season. Warm days are ahead so we need to start prepping our closets for the rising temperatures. Finally, the spring season has arrived which means it’s time to start planning our wardrobes and swapping out the heavy fabrics for more lighter ones.

This is an exciting time of year because we can start thinking about retiring our cold weather clothing. That means tucking away our heavy knit sweaters and opting for cardigans or cotton made long sleeves. Bottoms, we can store away the heavy denim or wool lined trousers and bring out the baggier or looser fitted pants and perhaps shorts and skirts. As for dresses, well, we can ultimately start thinking about wearing those again too!

Now, if you are looking to perform a bit of spring cleaning and wanting to retain a more basic and minimalist type of wardrobe, keep on reading. First off, why is it important to fill our closets with basic and timeless pieces rather than clothing items that are currently trending? Well, simply because trends come and go where as basics are bound to last you ages. What this means is if you fill your wardrobe with the essential fashion items you won’t have to keep going through a vicious cycle of performing a closet clean out every couple of months.

A fashion tip that I always live by is quality over quantity, meaning it is best to buy the better quality clothing because they will last you longer and you will get several wears out of them. However, in doing so, it is best to buy the essential basics that you can create numerous outfits out of and wear a lot more than just a couple of times.

So, all that being said, if you are looking to revamp and enhance your wardrobe, these are the spring fashion essentials you’ll need.

The Ultimate Spring Fashion Essentials

1. Transitional Trench Coat

Trench coats are one of those jackets that you need to have because you can literally wear them for almost the entirety of the year. Seriously, they offer you the ability to wear them through the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Not to mention you can wear numerous varieties of outfits with a trench.

Style them casually or formally, either of which way you can never go wrong with this timeless outerwear piece.

Coat from H&M

Coat from Banana Republic

Coat from White Fox

Coat from Beginning Boutique

2. Oversized Moto Jacket

If you don’t already have one, you’ll definitely want to invest in the coolest jacket of them all, the moto jacket. To make it even more of a fashion statement, size up.

Jacket from Nasty Gal

Jacket from Princess Polly

Jacket from Motel Rocks

Jacket from Zara

Related blog post: Transitional Outfits Winter To Spring Edition

3. Oversized Blazer

Blazers are a great and versatile coat and all but oversized blazers are where it’s at. I feel like you can do a lot more with an extra large blazer such as wear it sporty, casual, formally, or as workwear. The styling options with are literally endless.

For example, wear them with a mini bodycon dresses, a sporty set, baggy jeans and a tee shirt, biker shorts, or trousers. Need I say more?

Coat from Revolve

Coat from H&M

Coat from Zara

Coat from Petal and Pup

4. Oversized Zip Up Hoodie

Once again another oversized jacket, are we surprised? No, not really, but I am telling you buying clothing pieces a size or two up is really a game changer. There are no down sides to sizing up, only benefits such as the comfort and style they give.

An oversized zip up hoodie is nonetheless a spring fashion essential you will want to get your hands for the mild temperatures.

Sweatshirt from Princess Polly

Sweatshirt from Garage

Sweatshirt from Pacsun

Sweatshirt from Free People

5. The Basic White Tee

You can never go wrong with the classic basic white tee. It’s simple and pairs well with literally anything. Easily layer it with any of the outerwear pieces above, or, if the weather is warmer, style it as is with baggy jeans, gold jewelry, and throw on a pair of sneakers. Outfit complete. Every girl needs a good quality white tee within her wardrobe, it is an essential with limitless styling options.

Tee from Princess Polly

Tee from Free People

Tee from Urban Outfitters

Tee from Revolve

6. Boyfriend Button Down Shirt

The classic oversized button down shirt is a must-have. Super versatile with multiple styling options.

Tuck it in to a pair of baggy jeans or jean shorts, wear it open as a cardigan, pair it with biker shorts or airy linen shorts, and if all else fails you can wear it as a dress with tennis shoes or boots and dainty jewelry.

Shirt from H&M

Shirt from Princess Polly

Shirt from Free People

Shirt from Cotton On

7. Lightweight Knit Sweater

With spring comes the excitement for warmer weather, however we are not quite out of the woods yet. There is still that possibility of having to endure some chilly days. With that being said, it is always good to have a couple of knit sweaters on hand so you can maintain warmth as the weather slowly transitions and temperatures start rising.

Sweater from Free People

Sweater from H&M

Sweater from Princess Polly

Sweater from Zara

8. Midi Skirt

Midi skirts are always a must especially during the transition seasons because it gives you just the right amount of coverage for the mild temperatures. A personal favorite are the currently trending jean midi skirts as they are a neutral basic therefore you can style them with anything! Furthermore, styling the midi skirt with a mid boots or platform tennis shoes makes for the perfect pairing.

Skirt from Anthropologie

Skirt from Princess Polly

Skirt from Pull and Bear

9. Flare Leggings

Flare leggings are an enhancement to you average pair of leggings. They are not only super comfortable but the added detail of flare gives them more of a fashion statement. These are a spring fashion essential you’ll want to keep multiple pairs of.

Leggings from Pacsun

Fp Movement

Leggings from Alo

Leggings from Princess Polly

10. Platform Tennis Shoes

Wanna elevate any spring outfit? Opt for platform tennis shoes to give off an effortless cool girl look. These shoes are not only super stylish but also extremely comfortable to wear, that is a win win situation when it comes to spring footwear.

Shoes from Steve Madden

Shoes from DSW

Shoes from Tilly’s

11. Midi Boots

Even though spring time is that one step closer to summer, there is still a remainder of winter’s presence. With that in mind, it is always good to have a pair of boots on hand until the chilled temperatures dissipate. Midi boots are the perfect spring time footwear essential as they give just the right amount of coverage to last you up until the temperatures remain high.

Boots from DSW