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Home » Capsule Wardrobe Spring 2013 Accent: Linen & A Common Wardrobe

Capsule Wardrobe Spring 2013 Accent: Linen & A Common Wardrobe

February 13, 2013
 

Maybe it’s my eyes, maybe it’s my computer, but to me, this looks like a lovely pale pink. Back in the dark ages, when I was a wardrobe consultant at a department store in Des Moines (!), we used to advise EVERYBODY to buy a handful of tops in the same color as their blush.  A blouse, a tee shirt, a twinset, maybe a turtleneck – these colors can be worn with ANY neutral, and they were always flattering.  

But that was also at a time when there would always be an entire round rack of “house brand” blouses in every color of the rainbow, ditto for tee shirts and sweaters, somewhere in the store.  Now, you have to be an internet detective to find garments in varying shades of rose, pink, coral and russet…

 

Cardigan – Schumacher, sweater – Miu Miu, tee shirt – 81 Hours, brogues – Robert Clergerie

 

 

The Common Wardrobe with which we started:

 all clothes – J. Crew

 

Pantone Spring/Summer 2013

love,

Janice

 
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Tags: A Common Wardrobe, pink
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  1. Gail says

    February 13, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    Wonderful idea for flattery, tops in makeup shades. But, in your internet detection, what color name did you look for? Blush, taupe, pink? Surely not linen.

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    • Janice says

      February 13, 2013 at 12:50 pm

      Blush! Lots of people use it as a catch-all term for pretty shades of pink.

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  2. Anonymous says

    February 13, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    You are genius!

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  3. Anonymous says

    February 13, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    Blush seems to be a very trendy color used in weddings now too! My soon to be DIL is using it.,,

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  4. Sonia Hinson says

    February 13, 2013 at 7:19 pm

    Thank you for the hearts Janice. A lovely touch. Thanks for writing the blog, I love it. The first one I read every day.

    Reply
  5. sara says

    February 14, 2013 at 9:04 am

    It is a really elegant color as you show it, though I think it would make me look dead. When you say "the same color as your blush", do you mean the actual color your skin blushes? For me it would be a much more vivid coral hue. I would be very happy to spend the summer wearing either or both of your "nectarine" and "poppy red" combos. This whole series has been very inspiring!

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