August 12, 2022
Back to School – She Wishes!!!
She’s the youngest of the 4, both in age and in spirit! When she pulled off her cap, they were delighted to see purple highlights in her hair!
editor’s note: if you’re considering adding bright highlights to your hair, I STRONGLY recommend Punky Color. I’ve been using all of the various shades of purple (plum, purple, violet) for years, and it’s easy, mess-less, and actually good for your hair! If you’re going to have white hair that takes dye well, you might as well take advantage of it…
cardigan – Splendid; hat – Gaëlle Paris; hair color – Punky Color; earrings – Neeru Goel; scarf – Bellemere New York; deep purple tee shirt – Lands’ End; jeans – Raey; sneakers – Allbirds; suitcase – Bagbase
She’s still raising younger children, so she rarely dresses up. She loves this trip each year, because she can pull out her “good” pants, and her floral blouse!
cardigan – You by Tokarska; black raspberry brooch – Pure Crystal Jewelry; grey tee – Lands’ End; scarf – Un Poco; amethyst and composite turquoise earrings – Neeru Goel; hair clips – Deepa Gurnani; floral blouse – Étoile Isabel Marant; pants – J.Crew; bracelet – Neeru Goel; bandana – Mr. Porter; sweatshirt dress – Babel; purple sweatshirt – Fruit of the Loom; bag – Sostter; pewter ballet flats – Lucky Brand; purple patent ballet flats – Repetto
Of course her dress is a sweatshirt! And certainly, her dress shoes are FLAT, but still quite nice…
Sparkly clips in her highlighted hair are so much fun!
I’m quite smitten with this – but I have purple highlights in my hair too!
love,
Janice
p.s. Seven years ago (oh my!) we had started with a beige Common Wardrobe, and then added “seashell” accents… It’s still very pretty, and timeless!
p.p.s. Yes, I’ve missed one of the Japanese 24 Seasons – it was for the beginning of autumn, and I thought I’d wait and do 2 of the cooler weather seasons back to back…
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Well, this is a surprise – just jumped on and saw this a day early! This collection would be so perfect for me. Alas. I have a self-imposed ban on adding any more purple to my wardrobe. Shall have to shop my closet – though I’m so burnt out on purple I put it all away for now. Although I don’t have young children at home, because of my work I do tend towards the more casual side of things. This is just wonderful. I kind of gasped when I saw it – both from the surprise, and the gray and purple combo. Thank you!
Love it! My salt and pepper hair has a broad white stripe that takes up the purple shampoo beautifully and gives a soft lavender highlight. I have a purple suede short trench coat from the 90s, a purple leather bucket bag that I bought in Florence, grey trousers, an assortment of purple scarves and amethyst jewellery. Definitely going to play dress up this weekend!
Well 2000 miles has gotten us to drop off day for my girl. And like this heroine, she is my first. I will still have 3 high schoolers at home. This is a tough day and it was nice to start out with a lovely wardrobe. I would wear these clothes in a heartbeat, my colors and my style. Thanks Janice.
I love this colour combination and the relaxed-but-far-from-sloppy vibe it exudes. I would love to inject more purple into my wardrobe but it’s more common than the dodo in my shopping sphere.
At the risk of sounding like a record with a skip in it, I love your four-friends series.
Happy weekend, All!
Brilliant of you to find the purple flats! Our heroine would get a lot of wear out of them if she’s disciplined about finding purple. Now, if she can find some purple boots for winter! Maybe you’ll have to revisit these ladies! (Not my colors, except for light grey, but I make a point of clicking through on items I like to look for my colors.)
Those college drop offs are tough. Always hardest on mom.
Our route from DC to upstate NY took 5 hours, some through start and stop traffic in a string of small towns. Points of interest: a great outlet shopping mall at Gettysburg (we’d already visited the battlefields 3 times.) The federal prison where some of the Watergate figures spent time. The Pennsylvania Capitol- a lavish building reflecting the state’s steel wealth. Some sad pockets of rural poverty. A stretch along the Susquehanna River, pretty, but marred by a lot of signs advertising porn shops. The Little League Baseball Hall of Fame. Pro-tip: try to plan your drive to avoid the Little League World Series. The Corning Glass Museum- truly fabulous. A detour to the Hershey Chocolate factory..fun, but it’s not delicious chocolate. And beautiful scenery along the Finger Lakes.. pretty wineries making not very good wine.
Which leads to: dress for touring!
Wilbur buds are more delicious than Hershey kisses! They’re Madde in Lititz.
Jane do you live near Lititz? I’m in Lebanon County !
I am within inches of buying those shoes – they match my hair!
love,
Janice
I LOVE the purple patent leather ballet flats (and some of the other colors too). What an absolutely marvelous way to wear the matching hair + shoes bookends that would be…in purple!
I went to the Corning Glass Museum as a child. I remember it was fascinating.
Well worth a visit.
I am loving this series. It is so timely for me, as we just moved our 3rd child out to a duplex he is renting with 2 friends while he continues college. That was a tough day for me. It is one thing to move them into the dorm, another all together to move them OUT. Happily, his sister is renting the other half, so they will be close to each other even if they aren’t close to home. She even brought him cookies made with my recipe. I went home and cried, then got back to life with my one remaining child, my exclamation point.
Now this lady has got my purple! Love the choices (I’m looking at you, cardigan, purse, bracelet, flats…), the jewelry is gorgeous. She’s definitely a fun mom, which is what I aim for myself.
I am loving this series. It is so timely for me, as we just moved our 3rd child out to a duplex he is renting with 2 friends while he continues college. That was a tough day for me. It is one thing to move them into the dorm, another all together to move them OUT. Happily, his sister is renting the other half, so they will be close to each other even if they aren’t close to home. She even brought him cookies made with my recipe. I went home and cried, then got back to life with my one remaining child, my exclamation point.
Now this lady has got my purple! Love the choices (I’m looking at you, cardigan, purse, bracelet, flats…), the jewelry is gorgeous. She’s definitely a fun mom, which is what I aim for myself.
Btw, I have a FABULOUS pair of purple suede knee-high boots that I absolutely buy and dress around. I bet this lady would love my boots!
The four friends, such a fun series! This wardrobe and colors work perfectly for me. The black raspberry brooch is absolutely fabulous!
Purple and grey 😍🥰😊 I’d love to find a purple handbag. It is hard-to-find colour so grab things when you see them.
It is common in the UK for students to share a house or flat with their friends from second year onwards. These are often sparsely furnished, so they buy extra furniture in charity furniture stores, a bicycle for transport and extra equipment for their hobbies and clubs. However, all this has to be removed at the end of tenancy.
You can map their progress through university by the size of the vehicle needed to transport their stuff home. When my daughter rented an unfurnished studio for her Masters degree, we had to hire a 7.5 ton van to bring her furniture and possessions home! It’s a relief when they move out again.
The mapping their progress through the size of the vehicle gave me the laugh I needed this morning, Beth T! I also think this series has sunk into my subconscious because I was dreaming last night about my parents helping me move – what a relief to wake up at home and not surrounded by half-packed boxes :D
Love this version!!!!!
These colors go so well together! I was looking forward to seeing the purple, I love it! Everything is relaxed but I can picture the person wearing it is not careless, I like the clothes you have selected. Thanks for showing us this wardrobe, and can’t wait for the last one.
I could wear this. Purple is not in my color palette though. I am glad you have not found anything in that pink shade. I look ghastly in that color. I think it would be a hard color for most people to wear. I like this series it is such fun. I even bought things from your links!
Love this iteration. I would wear almost any of these clothes & accessories. Don’t have a purple purse, but I just bought a purple leather wallet with room for 36 credit, gift & store cards, cash, change, & my phone. Also has a wrist loop so it can be used as a clutch. My beautiful but small silver suede wallet finally bit the dust. Keeping an eye out for matching or at least coordinating shoes.
This is another gorgeous iteration of the 4 friends. We just visited our 5 granddaughters and their parents yesterday. The big fun plan at their place is our daughter and all her daughters are putting purple streaks in their hair. Even the 3 year old. Then reading this. The joy of purple!
Looking forward to seeing the next one.
Hello Janice,
I’m loving this series on the scarf by un poco. Looked at it online and found it comes in other shades. Have you thought of doing a version in the other scarf colours.
I think they would make a great option to accompany the shade you have already done.
I agree the purple is hard to find but wonderful when you get it as purple seems to go with most other colours. It is also my alternative to black as i am not keen on black.
Best regards,
Susan