Common Wardrobe Archives - Page 13 of 13

A Common Capsule Wardrobe, with purple

If you have brown eyes with a purple ring around the iris, you're a witch. Or at least that's what they believed in the village in which she was raised. So, she decided to run with it...

Earrings & ring – Monica Vinader, stud earrings – Scully & Scully, watch – Triwa Dandy, necklaces – Lisa Stewart,

bracelet – Amanda Rudey, belt – Romwe, cashmere scarf – Faliero Sarti, square scarf – Hermès, ballet flats – J. Crew, bag –

Furla, paisley scarf – Liberty London, purple penny loafers – Yves Saint Laurent

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A Common Capsule Wardrobe, with black & white

She's an art director. Well, she's a color savant - she can identify a Pantone shade at 20 paces... and when she gets dressed, she doesn't want to even THINK about colors!

Striped scarf – Soaked in Luxury, watch & jewelry – Georg Jensen, tote – Jil Sander,

checked scarf – Sonia Rykiel, high-tops – Converse, pom pom scarf – Diane von Furstenberg,

string knot belt – SPACE, boots – Acne

The series is going to wind down at the end of the week, as I move on the start planning for my trip to Paris (2 weeks from today!). But the Common Wardrobe will reappear maybe once a week for a while, until I feel I've exhausted my creativity in this framework. ... View the Post

A Common Capsule Wardrobe, with hot pink

It's been her favorite color since she was three years old, and she sees NO reason to give it up as an adult...

So are we weary of this idea? Frankly, I know many people who dress exactly like this, and I have at least six or seven more iterations of the theme available, if you're interested in seeing them...

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A Common Capsule Wardrobe, with blue eyes

From a distance, you would never imagine that she has blue eyes. Once you've seen her up close, you'll never forget...

Jewelry – Kenneth Jay Lane, scarves – Hermès, backpack – Nike, boots – Marc by Marc Jacobs, bag – John Lewis,

striped socks – Paul Smith, loafers - Madewell

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A Common Capsule Wardrobe, with romance

She could have walked straight out of a John William Waterhouse painting... and she rides a scooter everywhere (wearing a rose-printed helmet).

Camel & pearl bracelet – Amadeo, angel scarf – Dolce & Gabbana, ring & stone necklace – Alexis Bittar, pearl

drop earrings – Carolee, stacked bracelets – Dorothy Perkins, bib necklace – Stella & Dot, calla lily earrings – Annette

Ferdinandsen, watch – Anne Klein, pearl flower stud earrings – Romwe, ankle boots – John Fluevog, tote bag – Valentino,

rectangular scarf – Allsaints, ballet flats – Christian Louboutin

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A Common Capsule Wardrobe, with amber

When they called her "Carrot Top" as a child, she thought they were saying "Karat", and thus grew up believing she was crowned with a precious metal... Now, all of her accessories match her glorious hair and eyes.

Bracelet – Modcloth, ring & earrings – Kenneth Jay Lane, square scarf – Liberty London, leopard amber bracelet –

Romwe, beads – Linda Lee Johnson, stud earrings – Goldmajor, belt – J. Crew, bag – Maison Martin Margiela, oxfords –

Dolce Vita, paisley scarf – Etro, ankle boots – Aldo, chunky necklace – Kenneth Jay Lane

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A Common Capsule Wardrobe, with silver

September 7, 2012 She has a silver grey bob, a sharp tongue, and she was winning advertising awards before most of the people in the room were born... This is The Common Capsule Wardrobe she adores.

Paris scarf – Christian Lacroix, silver jewelry – Elsa Peretti for Tiffany, tote – Jimmy Choo, ankle boots – See by Chloe,ballet flats – DKNY, grey ruffled scarf – Yuh Okano, tie dye scarf – Mulberry

love, Janice

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A Common Capsule Wardrobe, with marcasite

She's tiny, and her accessories are all old-fashioned or romantic. She's also the smartest person in the room... This is how she accessorizes The Common Wardrobe.

Jewelry – Judith Jack, watch – 1928, chiffon flowers scarf – Alexander McQueen, tote bag – Betsey Johnson,

socks – Topshop, rectangular scarf – Gucci, oxfords – Dieppa Restrepo, pumps - J. Crew, lace tights – Dorothy Perkins

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A Common Capsule Wardrobe

September 5, 2012

I used to work in advertising, and thus I have hung around with some of the most eccentric, exotic and extraordinary people imaginable.

Flash back to a large conference room in a major European city (this happened at LEAST three times...). The room is full - a couple of hundred advertising professionals from around the world. There are amazing haircuts, astonishing eyeglasses, jewelry you've never seen before or since, scarves of every possible description, tied in every way you could envision. Shoes? The mind reels just at the memory. And the socks were a thing of beauty...

But the most interesting thing, to my mathematical, always analyzing mind, is that literally 90% of the people in the room, male ... View the Post