A wardrobe built around owning less on purpose — fewer garments, bought more slowly, kept only while they earn their place.
A minimalist wardrobe is a philosophy rather than a method. The goal is fewer possessions; how well they combine is a separate question.
This is the distinction that matters in practice. A minimalist wardrobe can be badly matched, and a capsule wardrobe can be fairly large. Owning twenty garments that go with nothing is still a wardrobe with nothing to wear.
Choose it when the volume itself is the problem. Choose the capsule method when the problem is that nothing goes together.
A capsule wardrobe is a method for making clothes combine. A minimalist wardrobe is a decision to own less. They overlap but they are not the same choice.
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