How Gabriella Gofis' "In-Between Outfits" Changed How I Shop

Happy 4th weekend!! What did you do yesterday?

Favorite episode alert: I am seriously so excited for today’s post because ever since I first saw Gabriella Gofis talk about the “in-between” outfit, it has lived in my head rent-free. If you haven’t read her original post on it, you should, but the gist is this: it’s not the meeting outfit and it’s not loungewear. It’s everything in between — what you’re actually wearing for errands, school pickup, coffee runs, plane rides, working from home, the days that don’t feel exciting enough to document but are most of your actual life. Gabs started sharing hers after realizing she’d repeated the same outfit a few days in a row and almost didn’t post it because it felt too ~unspecial~ for the gram. Then she realized that was exactly the point — it’s repeatable, it’s realistic, and it’s the realest thing we actually reach for when no one’s watching.

As a serial overdresser, the idea made me really take a closer look at my wardrobe. So of course I had to have Gabs came on the podcast this week to give us her best tips on how to elevate our every day wardrobes and make them feel equally as special. After all, those are the pieces that carry us through our every day life. They deserve the spotlight!

To me, Gabs is the epitome of effortless chic. I genuinely don’t know anyone who can style a track pant or a full sweatsuit the way she does. When I throw on loungewear, I feel frumpy — like I’ve given up for the day. But when Gabs wears a sweatsuit, it’s styled to perfection. That’s not an accident, and it’s not about the clothes themselves. It’s a skill I desperately needed to understand, and the tools she uses to shop these outfits, build them, and curate a closet that’s both wearable and still so clearly hers. She moved to LA from Chicago, and that shift is basically the origin story of her entire POV — LA forced her into a kind of ease and repetition that, instead of feeling like settling, became its own signature style.

She’s also behind a sister series called Gaps in the Closet, which is basically inventory-taking for your wardrobe, and the two ideas work together: you can’t dress well in the in-between until you know what’s actually missing from it.

So let’s get into everything I took from her playbook, and how I’m bringing it into my own closet.