November 7, 2024
This painting both delights and confounds me; I think that’s good!
This heroine is committed to the beige core of her wardrobe, and her unusual assortment of accent colors – two soft ones, three bright ones.
But there are no rules about this kind of thing, so it makes sense ONLY to choose what delights you.
Coming into November, our heroine has a lovely, wide-ranging assortment of tops:
And she owns three dresses! Maybe sometime, she’ll come across a printed dress, or a pastel one, that speaks to her. And I’m sort of tickled that she has the same pants in yellow AND orange. If you love something, there’s no reason to avoid a duplicate…
Her scarves and jewelry are pretty delectable:
And she’s the rare woman with TWO pairs of orange shoes. They’re quite different styles, so why not?
When she sets out to make necessary additions to her wardrobe, she has only some vague thoughts… a bright accent or two, something WARMER (even for a heroine who lives in a warm climate, sweaters and such might be necessary).
For accessories, she just keeps her eyes open, and her “whappage meter” turned on full blast…
Papaya cashmere sweater – Lands’ End; cotton quarter-zip sweater – L.L.Bean; bee emerald brooch – Gemondo; socks – Peper Harow; honey brown cardigan – J.Crew; ivory skirt – J.Crew; green loafers – Vionic
For some of us, it might make a lot of sense to focus on one “need” at a time, like buying a dressy suit and tops all at the same time, like yesterday’s heroine did.
But if you can remember all of the various things that you need, you can get all of your shopping done at once!
Her new clothes give her at least eight new outfits, but I will only show you eight…
Of all of the wardrobes we’re looking at right now, this is the one that would drive me crazy – I do NOT want a bunch of different colors in my wardrobe. Maybe I’m an exception?
love,
Janice
p.s. Ten years ago, I started with a photograph of books, as the inspiration for our wardrobe of the day! It’s a lovely photo…
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I don’t know if you are an exception, I do know I have a closet of many colors. Somewhere here referred to a “crayon” closet? The thing that drives me crazy on this is having both bright and pastel colors. To me that doesn’t make sense. However, it doesn’t have to. I like the overall feel of this one better than yesterday’s “dressiness”, and the one flower scarf is just amazing.
someone here – not somewhere. jheez.
I’m sure you’re not a rare exception, Janice, but I would guess there are loads of women like me who need more colour. I could probably quite happily live with a wardrobe built on today’s template, only using my preferred colours: navy, white and the cool colours on the colour wheel (plus a couple of shots of pink or magenta).
All of my bottoms and second layers are solid colours as are many of my tops. But I find I need pattern and that comes out in my scarves and tops. Paisley, stars, a few florals, polka dots and a couple of very different striped dresses all keep it interesting – yet surprisingly interchangeable – for me.
Single or dual-toned wardrobes make me feel like an exception but I know that no one is an outlier. Vive la difference! 😄