May 26, 2021
They’re having an anniversary party… and this year, she can go!
She will leave after work, spend all day Saturday and Sunday with her relatives, and then go back to work on Monday morning!
Life got much easier once she realized that she could wear the same cardigan and skirt on Monday that she wore on Friday, and that NOBODY would notice…
Since the party is during the weekend of the Solstice (more or less!), she’s using this as her inspiration:
The big constraint for her in warm weather? She will NOT expose her arms. Not to anybody, for any reason, unless it’s a moment of true intimacy…
Everybody has something that concerns them, right?
scarf – Salvatore Ferragamo; earrings – BaubleBar; black cotton cardigan – GAP; crossbody bag – Madewell; serenity blue linen tee – J.Crew; black linen skirt – J.Crew; sandals – Hush Puppies
But she loves to wear sandals, and she really rather enjoys bare legs!
necklace – Kirk’s Folly; scarf – PJ Studio Accessories; nail polish – Le Mini Macaron; earrings – Kate Spade; linen shirt – J.Crew; white linen muscle tank – J.Crew; cool violet tank – Boden; bag – Mali + Lili; white linen-blend crop pants – H&M; dress – J.Crew; print top – J.Crew; pink sandals – Sanctuary; gold sandals – Kate Spade New York
Even though her arms will be covered, she won’t be terribly overheated because she’s wearing linen!
She’s got it all assembled, and she’s pretty confident that this is going to work just fine…
Here’s what she has mapped out to wear, including a spare outfit – how smart is that?
Who’s traveling this summer? I will be tucked up at home, I’m quite sure!
love,
Janice
p.s. Four years ago, we visited a heroine who was heading off for a spa weekend with friends; that sounds SO appealing…
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The minute I saw the pie chart colors I knew I was going to like this – and I do! Not real wild about the dress – but that’s just personal preference. I could deal quite happily with everything else. Not quite my usual colors, but I seem to be getting there, adding more blue to my colors this summer.
Thank you Janice!
We will be doing our usual road trip to visit the in-laws 7 hours away and take in some of the sights in that part of the province. We’ve got a condo and hotel rooms, so we should be pretty safe. I can’t wait!
Lovely wardrobe – too soft a palette for me, but I can see my mother wearing this and looking great.
Such a beautiful pallette! I will easily wear this, except that white is a disaster for me: I cannot for the life of me keep it clean. Perhaps I will change it for a soft grey. But I do love the accent colours.
Oh these are my colours. However, I’m seeing dark blue on my screen rather than black.
I’m probably going to have a similar wardrobe for my birthday trip in June staying in a hotel and a cottage. This will act as a packing checklist, thanks Janice. Though it won’t be sandal weather just yet.
I too like the tops of my arms covered, and find 3/4 length sleeves are a good compromise. I haven’t tried on my special event summer clothes since summer 2019! I suspect that some won’t fit because of lockdown weight gain but I hope I can get into the dress I bought for my son’s undergraduate graduation last summer (cancelled).
Love the Salvatore Ferragamo scarf. It would be great to see a Starting with a Scarf based on this. The crystal necklace and the bag are fabulous.
The pretty nail varnish has reminded me to book a pre-birthday manicure.
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We’re headed to Cape Cod. A funeral is the prime cause, but since we’re driving from the Midwest, we’re making it into a full week vacation. I’ll be wearing black and lavender with accents of light grey and denim blue — and I can’t say enough good things about how I learned to pack from this website!
Love the Ferragamo scarf! These are great colors for a summer trip. I once bought a beautiful Ferragamo scarf at the airport on sale for a greatly reduced price, the silk is so substantial and luxurious.
I have a wedding in southern Virginia in June…with all its humidity. Semi-formal, so you can imagine the challenge of finding a dress. I’m dismayed by the websites with their wedding guest suggestions: very short, very revealing. They look more like what you’d wear to a wild weekend in Vegas at age 25!
After having to cancel our vacations, we purchased an Airstream camper last year. Due to the backlog in production, we received our new Rig in March. We have 6 different camping trips lined up for this summer and fall of varying lengths, covering six states. Right now we have one trip under our belt dodging the birth of 2 new grand babies born six weeks apart.
We had a big road trip a few weeks ago, so we’ve planned a long weekend out in winery country in our state. I’ll need to keep these pretty colours in mind for warmer weather because we’re a couple of weeks away from winter here.
I love these pastels. I don’t know I would wear any of the black though. I would substitute khaki or light tan for the clothes, and some rich brown sandals as a less visually weighty alternative.
Until we are allowed to get a second vaccine dose, no travel for me. A deck chair and a pile of books will be my escape.
Hi Janice and Everyone! Love the color combinations, and the analysis of when to wear them!
We are planning a road trip to Wisconsin and Minneapolis/St Paul at the end of June. btw….If one is traveling to an area where a fellow VF follower lives, is there a way to contact them-?