October 7, 2024
Yes, this is MY Project 2025… Nobody’s rights get tramped in this project!
FWIW, I’m flying back from New York today. I had intended to have a normal wardrobe post ready for today, but on Thursday before we left town, my computer decided to refuse to “scrub” the background from images of garments and accessories. I can remove backgrounds by hand – I used to do it every day – but I just couldn’t face it…
So I’m showing you the 20 paintings that are in the running to be included in next year’s wardrobe plan!
Chime in with opinions, thoughts, criticisms, etc. Bear in mind that I am morally obligated to include a range of color palettes in this program each year – I don’t want to do six paintings with black as the primary neutral! (well, for my own personal amusement, I might…)
Here you go – brace yourself!
love,
Janice
vicki from nz says
Wow! There are a lot of colour options in that painting collection. I think I’d rather see what you’d like to do! rather than choose for myself :) Always nice to see outside the square.
Jeri b says
Good morning all
I would be hard pressed to pick the six paintings. Right now I am preparing for the second major hurricane in two weeks to impact us. We have been fortunate so far. Many of our friends in nearby communities have been flooded and are trying to recover. And now, Milton is hurtling towards us.
While I wait for daylight to finish my storm prep, I’m trying to remember if you’ve done a post about emergency packing. I think you have, but I can’t remember when. Something like this would be so helpful for these times when we are trying to think of everything we need to do and, even with lists, can’t remember half of it.
If anyone knows where this post is, I’d appreciate a link. I’ll print it out and keep it with my hurricane prep supplies.
Everyone stay safe and have a great week!
jeri b says
I found a link I was looking for.
https://www.theviviennefiles.com/2021/06/are-you-ready-stress-dressing-for-warm-weather.html/
JoanCecile says
Oh my. YOU stay safe. My heart and prayers are with you this morning. Good job finding the list. I shall also save it for my emergency kit. By the by, I keep a backpack with necessary items ready to go at all times. Easy to grab. It is also ready in case of a shelter in place situation.
jeri b says
Good planning, joancecile!
I did have a go bag but life has been so crazy this year I haven’t kept it up like I should have. I’ll rectify that soon.
Julia says
I am lucky to live in a temperate climate – although even here in SW France we have had crazy weather the past couple of years with flooding and some scary fires last year – and I am lucky to have reached my 70’s without any hospitalization. However, I had a scare last year and thought I must have a ‘hospital bag’ ready. Needless to say it didn’t happen but I really must do it!
Hope you stay safe, and thank you for the reminder that we never know what might happen and we need to be prepared…
Ezzy says
There was another post around bug-out-bags that inspired me to write a list. I cant find the post to save my life, but I have my list. The categories were : important documents (birth cert. passport, ID, bank stuff); important electronics (phone, external harddrive, + chargers); overnight clothes; toiletries; and daily meds… under the clothes one, I added a good bath robe/PJs – a little unusual, but if I end up crashing with other people, a bathrobe just makes me feel more appropriate in my PJs. Fingers crossed for your safety!!!!
Karen says
8,9,11 and 15
Geraldine Beverley says
Ooh, I think numbers 1 and 7 are the two I like best…
Beth T says
How do you choose your paintings? I know what I like but then sometimes I am surprised by a striking image which is a bit avant-garde for me and I’ll stop and stare. So here goes. I’ve put a red heart ❤️ next to the ones that I particularly like and ✔️ next ones with possibilities:
1. Tribal sign – Frankenthaler -Pink and orangey colour scheme is a bit of a repeat of the Rothko that you are doing now.
2. ✔️Black Room – Evertz -Makes me dizzy to look at but it would appeal to people who like contrasts – several accents with black, grey and white.
3. ❤️Eiffel Tower – Delauney – a painting to hide in. Moody colours that have softness but give a sense of strength and protection. It evokes a place of safety in which to look out onto the world until you are ready to come out into the sunshine. I could look at this painting for a long time.
4. ❤️Night – Rasmussen – shades of grey – an interesting concept. Ideal for stress-free dressing.
5. ❤️Wallflower – Klee – I love these colours and I’m wearing similar today.
6. Watercolour on Paper – Klee – prefer no. 5!
7. ✔️Map of Water 1 – Osgood – Another take on variations of blue, like the current Magill, but more blue-green/teal. I’m experimenting with different blues.
8.❤️Abstraction blue – O’Keefe – love these colours – reminds me of ice cream.
9.❤️ Sun, Water Maine – O’Keefe – Love the deep blue-greens in this – prefer this over no.7
10. ✔️Rest along the stream – Silsey – olive dream with a hint of pale blue – lovely picture but limited colour scheme.
11. ✔️Icarus – Krasner – not sure what this has got to do with a chap flying too close to the sun but purple and burnt orange is an intriguing combination which I would like to see.
12. Overture – Frankenthaler – if this green sludge is the overture then I hate to think what comes next.
13. ❤️River and sea, South Devon – Kortright – another painting to lose myself in. I would be sat on that cliff watching the sun go down. We really do get some incredible sunsets (and sunrises in the UK).
14. ❤️Streetlights along Klaralven River – Johansson – Sunset and streetlights – such a lovely glow. Not my colours but I really like this. Reminds me of the nocturnal paintings by Atkinson Grimshaw.
15. Cubism – Udaltsova – spiky
16. ✔️Pines by the sea – Lum – another on the shades of blue that aren’t navy. I like the painting with it’s restful blue-greys or is it grey-blues but no. 7 has more depth.
17. ✔️Composition – Karlsson – Startling but this would appeal to those who like vivid colours.
18. ✔️Bacchus – de Kooning – fresh colours
19. Hieroglyph – Gottlieb – I’d walk on by.
20. ❤️ Of – Magill – variations of purple and grey – love this.
MamaSquirrel says
The Delaunay and the de Kooning stood out to me as well.
Natasha says
Very exciting and such a lovely project to look forward to, thank you. I hope number 13 stays in the running. Have a safe trip home.
Anne says
3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16
Rukshana Afia says
My favourites are 3,6,8 . I am a sculptural ceramicist and so that is why , I guess , I go for shapes more than colours ?
Zeynep says
1 Frankenthaler: So many possibilities! But most different from this year would be a navy wardrobe with yellow & white as accents (and maybe pink) I think
3 Delauney : brown/beige/cream as neutrals with green and blue
15 Idaltsova: so many possibilities for a color palette! and interesting to look at…
20 Magill: a greyscale wardrobe with accents of soft purple
JoanCecile says
I think you could work your creative magic with all of these interesting paintings. The one that is staying with me is #4, Night, by Rasmussen. I can see an older heroine with long silver grey hair and gorgeous jewelry in these shades of grey. No black, just grey.
Beth says
1, 3, 20, 11, 13, 5
Helena Tinker says
Please use (at least) one of the Georgia O’Keefe paintings!! They are both beautiful.
Ellen Stanclift says
1,3, 6, 7, 9, 19
These are all amazing and it will be very hard for you to pick, but those above are my favorite. Stay safe and be well!
Helen says
I like Eiffel Tower and Street Lights the most. I can see all my usual neutrals with nice accents. But how you would combine them remains to be seen.
Maggie says
What a great variety of pictures! I would choose 3, 9, 10, 11, & 12 but I’m sure your choice will represent the different heroines and colour groups in a more balanced way :-)
Safe journey home!
Julia says
I have always loved green and blue so unlike Beth above, I love ‘Overture’ by Helen Frankenthaler! Also ‘Bacchus #10’ by Elaine de Kooning. However, as I am now embracing grey hair I think ‘Sun Water Maine’ by Georgia O’Keefe would be very inspirational too in the spring.
I keep banging on about it here, but only the other day I was looking at my treasured copy of ‘Georgia O’Keefe Living Modern’. Her sewing and wardrobe were absolutely exquisite and I am sure hold lessons for many of us.
jeri b says
Packing done, so on to a fun exercise before sunrise . Beth t, I love your in-depth insights. You always make me think a little bit more.
3 has enough color to hold my interest
I think 6,9,& 13 have similar colors but 13 has much greater variety. 13 would suit my senses better. 18 would be my choice for a gray core wardrobe. I’d love to see how to work in the bright colors. While all gray can be beautiful, it overwhelms me sometimes. The lovely blues, yellows, and greens would make a huge impact to me. 8 would be a pretty, soft wardrobe. I would enjoy seeing how the colors in 11 and in 15 would come together in a cohesive group.
So my picks 3, 8, 11,13,15,18. I always enjoy seeing what you come up with, even when it’s not something I can wear.
Shelby Clark says
1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 20
Margo says
Good morning, Janice.
You weren’t kidding about looking for neutrals other than black. I thought I would have a hard time choosing favorites but I must say that i had a hard time finding more than 2 that I liked. After looking at them again I decided that I liked #’s 1, 3, 5 and possibly 15.
But I would be hard pressed to design a wardrobe using these save for number one.
I am trying to build a capsule wardrobe based on black, camel/beige and off white. With the popularity of animal prints, it seems like a good choice. I’m in the process of cleaning out bins and bins of clothes in a variation of sizes that I’ve accumulated as a result of my never ending battle with the scale. It is an overwhelming task. But this time I’m throwing out the plus size clothing since I’ve come to the conclusion that saving them is a subconscious message to my inner self that I will once again fail to keep the weight off. I’m also chucking the work clothes I’ve been keeping for the past 7 years after I retired.
Down 34 lbs and another 20 to go. I love fashion and planning clothes especially for travel. This time, though, I am trying to be more disciplined in my choices for both what I keep and purchase.
One question is do we keep the same colors for all seasons? This past summer I used navy instead of black for my base as well as bright white. I enjoyed using the tighter palette and hope to continue streamlining both my summer and winter clothing.
gillian goodwin says
I would love to see what you come up with for 1, 3, 9, 11, 14 and 18. I think it is a nice mix of murky and bright, warm and cool, color and neutral. Thank you so much for all you do, I look forward to every post!
Katherine Douglass says
Fabulous colors in these! I vote for 3, 4, 6, 10, 16 and 19. I love my greens, blues and yellows!
Safe travels home!
Lora says
I like #3- Eiffel Tower, #9-Sun, Water Maine and #16-Pines the best. I’m finding my wardrobe is having more chocolate brown, dark gray and green (not olive or Kelly green, more of a soft medium green). If you ever find something that ties those together in interesting ways with a suggestion of another accent color, that’d be great :)
Catherine says
3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 16
Ange says
Number 1 is similar to the Rothko, but more color choices so I’m hoping you include it.
I adore number 3 with it’s balance of black and brown.
Number 9 would be fun for the coastal, beachy vibes.
Number 11 with its mix of brown and cream for neutrals also has my vote.
I would love to see 14, but wonder if those colors would be hard to find in clothing.
Number 20 is lovely also.
Well, there’s my 6. I feel like we’ve seen a lot of blues and olive and sage green this year. I’m hoping to see a blue green instead of the yellow greens next year. Which is another reason for 3.
I’m glad that I am not the one who has to make the final cuts. These are all beautiful and, thanks to you, I can pick the different styles of each of the ladies represented by these paintings.
Rebecca says
Wow Janice! So impressive. I don’t know how you will choose. FWIW, here are my quick thoughts:
• The Frankenthaler painting feels too much like the Rothko from this year – black, white pink and touches of orange.
• Love the Black Room by Gabriele Evertz. It also has a sporty feel to me (maybe the colours but also the stripes reminiscent of a ref jersey) – maybe this heroine owns a gym, or is a soccer coach, or a professor of exercise physiology who spends half her time in the gym and half her time in the office?
• Love the Eiffel Tower by Robert Delauney, maybe has similar colours to Watercolor on Paper by Paul Klee? I’m loving the smoky blues and greens.
• Love the Street Lights along the river. Gorgeous colours.
• Definite yes to the Hieroglyph by Adolf Gottlieb. The teal, black and white are great, with tiny touches of yellow.
Can’t wait to see your Project 2025! Ha!
Wendy says
You’ve found a gorgeous grouping and I’m sure you’ll choose six great paintings.
It would be wonderful if we could follow one heroine who lives mostly in skirts and dresses and who wants a dressier wardrobe than most.
Just a thought!
Dame Eleanor Hull says
Seconding Wendy!
MmeP says
What a lovely and varied bunch! If I were choosing — based simply on the ones I’d like to see a wardrobe made out of — I’d pick:
– 5 Klee Wallflower (my absolute favorite of the bunch)
– 8 O’Keefe Abstraction Blue
– 6 Klee Watercolor on Paper
– 4 Rasmussen Night
– 20 Magill Of
– 16 Lum Pines by the Sea
Lorraine says
If I choose strictly by color palette:
#2 For the variety of accents
#3 Love the greens
#6 Creamy and dreamy
#8 Love the pastels with a dark color – I hope it is navy
#13 Great colors and contrast
#14 Unusual palette for clothing
#18 Again, great colors with gray
#20 A striking contrast
Too difficult to choose six! I do have a request that one of the heroines live in a warmer climate.
Thank you for assembling these paintings. And a great study for myself as I dislike some paintings, but enjoy the colors!
Maria says
oh, very nice selection.
(1 would be too close to this year’s painting for me.)
My favorite is 3 (Eiffel Tower) with brown, gray, dark blue and dark green.
I would also like to see:
20 purple, gray, b/w.
19 green sage, b/w, yellow
17 black, purple, curry, reddish brown
11 orange, pink, brown, beige
8 pink, blue, turquoise, but there are some that have a similar pastel color scheme.
So 3, 8,11, 17, 19, 20
There would be something for everyone.
Pipsqueak says
Wow, so many fabulous choices! But FWIW, here are my picks:
#1: it is similar to the Rothko color wise, but different in terms of feel, so it would be fun to see a different take on that wardrobe
#3: the brush strokes are so bold and the palette is so lush, it’s amazing
#4: my ABSOLUTE FAVE, simple and elegant, but not sterile in any way. Would love to see but with no black in the wardrobe
#5: Very light and delicate
#8 & #9: I love both O’Keefes but if I had to choose, the edge would go to #8
#18: LOVE THIS! Bold and energetic but somehow the palette strikes me as very light and airy
Hope you enjoyed New York, Janice!
Michelle says
The softness of 3, 10, and 16 appeal to me.
B says
I’m currently wearing a lot of navy so would especially love to see Abstraction Blue this year.
Lori says
2, 3, 8, 18, 20.
Ezzy says
Oooh, what fun! I like 8, 12, 14, 17 … and Night (since you’ve done a “shades of blue” and “shades of brown”… why not a “shades of black/gray”).
What a lovely selection of paintings!
Thanks as always for all that you do :)
DMA says
River & Sea, The Pines
Dame Eleanor Hull says
5, 6, 8, 13, 14, and a wild card!
Scottie says
Frankenthaler always. Klee for sure. Gottlieb. Udaltsova, Krasner!
Vicki says
As a soft summer (coolish, medium light to medium dark, and muted), I would choose 5, 6 (the Klees – you could even combine them), or possibly 16. I won’t try to speak for anyone else. I was just thinking the other day that I would like to get to neutrals of blue and gray shades (with a natural linen-ish off-white for summer as well) with colors ranging from muted green through blue to purple, plus pink. Blue works both ways, depending on how it is worn. I HAVE to have variety in my closet; I would cry if I didn’t have options within the necessary grayed down tones!