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Home » Building a Capsule Wardrobe by Starting with Art: Alphonse Mucha Summer

Building a Capsule Wardrobe by Starting with Art: Alphonse Mucha Summer

Yes, there’s plenty more to come from Paris, after jet lag has released it’s relentless grip…This painting made me want to find things that were soft, feminine, but with a certain inner strength or control.  The expression on her face is pretty confident!

Tee shirt – Thakoon,
corduroy jeans – Current/Elliott, ankle boots –
Mango, cashmere turtleneck – Eickhoff,
skirt – 3.1 Phillip Lim, pumps – Salvatore Ferragamo

 

 

Top – Moschino
Cheap & Chic, skirt – Jenni Kayne, sandals – Dorothy Perkins, halter dress
– Missoni,
sandals – Manolo Blahnik

 

 

Dress – Diane von Furstenberg, slingbacks – Miu Miu, blouse – Aubin & Wills, pleated skirt – Alexander
McQueen, ballet flats – Givenchy

 

 

Cardigan – Eickhoff, Jeans – Current Elliott, sneakers –
Converse Chuck Taylor, jacket – Jaeger, tee shirt – Splendid, oxfords – Junya Watenabe,
pants – Haider
Ackermann

 

 

 

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10.10.12 6 Comments

Tags: blue, green, khaki, olive, peach, Start with Art
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  1. Anonymous says

    October 10, 2012 at 11:22 am

    I love the colors, this is fabulous . Welcome back from gay Paree.
    Karen

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  2. chickadeejd says

    October 10, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    Hey, I used this artwork for my Facebook profile pic sometimes! I never thought about basing outfits on it though. Interesting!

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  3. suzynjgonzalez.com says

    October 10, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    I would LOVE to see what you would do with the Lybian Sibyl! (Nice clear photo here: http://www.greatmastersdisasters.com/2012/01/08/the-libyan-sibyl/)

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  4. suzynjgonzalez.com says

    October 10, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    Oh, oh! Or my favorite Rothko!
    http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/classic2a.shtm

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  5. Lauren says

    October 10, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    Thank you! I love the way you create tonal ensembles. This is lovely and inspirational! I love these colours :-)

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  6. LeBonVoyage says

    October 10, 2012 at 11:54 pm

    Really, really beautiful and so for the autumn season! Love this post. Good luck with the jet lag — for me it is always about one day for every hour of time difference…seems to get worse before it gets better. Thank you! Susan

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