February 15, 2021
Let’s wallow in some flowers!
Photo Floral Silk Square – Echo
This has the potential to take black and white RIGHT into spring – at least in our hearts! What lovely colors:
Photo Floral Silk Square – Echo
Today’s heroine assures me that her wardrobe is pretty classic black and white, so let’s start with a 12-piece Common Wardrobe that will see her into a few warm days:
Short-sleeved tee shirts – L.L.Bean; ¾ sleeve tee shirts – L.L.Bean; cardigan blazer – J.Crew; striped tee – Elizabeth And James; button-front shirts – Lands’ End; jeans – L.L.Bean; knit pants – L.L.Bean; skirt – H&M; dress – L.L.Bean
Now – the accent colors!
I had to splurge and show you this tee shirt, because I think the floral print is lovely…
Cardigan – You by Tokarska; tunic – Emisphere; tee shirt – Erdem
Coral! Who wouldn’t look at least reasonably good in this color? And the sleeveless top brings summer into the room, even if worn under a cardigan:
Okay, one may not be inclined to wear this cardigan every other day, but it is SO bright and fun for these long, cold days:
Twelve core pieces, plus 9 accent garments, gives our heroine a perfect 21-piece Garde-Robe du Mois, or “Wardrobe of the Month,” a term coined by Fiona Ferris in her book The Chic Closet…
How cheerful might it be to open your closet door to this?
This is lovely enough, but does she have enough options to get through a month? I suspect the answer is yes!
We still have almost 2 weeks until March; maybe I should sort something like this myself… black, white, and pink? Heck yes…
What about you?
love,
Janice
p.s. Four years ago, we added accessories to a wardrobe that was based on grey, but which included quite a few accent colors!
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I absolutely LOVE this premise! I would change the accent colours and swap black bottoms for dark denim and white as that is what I wear.
Absolutely beautiful! The lemon yellow is just a delight and looks so wonderful with the black.
What a ray of sunshine this selection is? The only colour I wear from these is the shell coral in late spring to mid summer.
I love the floral touches. Spring is definately on the way. Florals already feature in my long-sleeve tops and blouses for the couple of months then I go made with floral in the summer.
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Florals already feature in my long sleeve tops and blouses for the next couple of months plus one floral skirt. Then I go MAD with florals from late spring and summer – tops, cardigans, skirts and dresses.
I can say that floral scarves are my thing but in the summer, I also have several floral bags which I would like to create a capsule around.
It would be lovely to see some floral accesssories with this collection.
Gorgeous colours to look at but not brave enough to wear. Would enjoy seeing black white and pink and maybe black white and bitter green?
I’ve just found this Fiorelli back pack that would look great with this wardrobe:
https://www.fiorelli.com/perry-romaprint-backpacks.html
Sub in red for orange, and more of a pink for the coral and I can do this! Most of my tops are prints, which mean they can mix together with both red, yellow, and blush cardigans. Many of them also contain a periwinkle blue – and this year I’ve added a cardigan in that color. Thank you for the touch of brightness! Have been housebound for a few days in a foot of snow! I know many of you have much more than that, but Seattle isn’t quite used to it.
Sheila,
I used to live 14 miles north of Seattle in the Richmond Beach area. I still have some friends living there and she sent me a photo of your snow . I recall Seattle shutting down when there was only one inch of snow on the roads !
What a cheerful collection to brighten a cold, wet Monday morning!
I love that floral sweater (cardigan?); it is so pretty and feminine.
Janice,
A ray of sunshine this morning , even if it is only a cyber one ! While I enjoy seeing these happy colors, I could not wear such bright colors, or they would overpower me, but I sure do appreciate seeing them on those whose coloring can handle them !
Hi Janice: So happy to see the color combination, and -I- would wear the striped sweater all year ?
Love this! This woman is going to stand out and make everyone around her smile! My rule for wearing brights is just one bright piece, one print, one neutral. Don’t want to look like a walking Crayola! For those of you afraid of brights, how about colored jeans and a neutral top?
This is my favorite so far!
Lily, I love coloured jeans and trousers. They really open up possibilities in a wardrobe. In mine, I use coloured trousers in blended capsules rather than trying to be matchy-matchy. My coloured trousers are soft shades or pastels. The brightest I have are dark magenta and teal.
Amazing variety. Just lovely. As Shreebe wrote: not for verybody, but nice for those who can wear those colors. Funny enough: for the first time ever did the ads which are shown inbetween your suggestions, actually match with the colors in your pictures. One retailer hat pink dresses and an orange-black flowered dress advertised, another one a white and an orange coat. Is this coincidence? Anyway, even the dividers are (even more) lovely today. Thank you, Janice.
Greetings from Germany!
Sorry for the “pigish” avatar… ? This was just to try out if this avatar-gravatar stuff works. It does… I had seen it with oder girls on this site and liked the idea with the pictures. And I just realized that even the pigs (a special breed) wear my former favorite colors on their behinds ?.
This is probably one of my all time favorites! I immediately cheer up as soon as I start seeing a peek of spring (although this year I seem to be harder to cheer up – I think I need to check my vitamin D), and black + yellow or pink is definitely the direction my wardrobe tends to take. I will now try to be more intentional at it!
I’m Sorry but I’m not very techy–Where is the link to the scarf itself! Thanks, Mary
Just click on the words that describe the scarf – they should be a different color than the rest of the text. If that doesn’t make sense, send me a note at [email protected].
hugs,
Janice
Happy Mardi Gras to you. Saw something on the news the other day about the immersive Van Gogh exhibit at the Chicago Art Museum. Hope you had a chance to view it.
I love the vivid exuberance of this wardrobe! These bold, saturated colors look so great with black and white. And for those of us who would be overwhelmed by these colors, I think lightening and softening the whole palette down a bit to grey, white, light yellow, watermelon pink, and a soft sandstone coral or peach would also be quite lovely. Perhaps a scarf like this would fit into this more muted version:
https://elizabetta.net/products/floral-shawl-silver-gray-chiffon?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=US%20feed&utm_content=Dafne%20-%20Silk%20Scarf%20Shawl%20-%20Silver%20Grey
Black/gray, white and pink is my go-to wardrobe, but that coral is mighty tempting. Perhaps a couple of pieces to throw in now and then for mood lifting, if nothing else. Hope all is well in COLD Chicago!
A lovely wardrobe for Spring. Thank you for sharing!
Oh -refreshing. Like a glass of orange juice and a blast of sunshine. In clothing form. Spring time!