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Home » Travel Capsule Wardrobe Packing with Scarves: Les Ailes de la Soie, or difficult colors

Travel Capsule Wardrobe Packing with Scarves: Les Ailes de la Soie, or difficult colors

November 1, 2014
 
What to do?  You have a wonderful wardrobe of cool neutral colors of charcoal, slate, silvery blue and ivory.  But you fall irrevocably in love with a scarf that has some really pronounced warm colors in it; how can it be worn?
 

Scarf – Hermes

 

Happily, this scarf includes lots of cool tones too – this is the color scheme I pulled together from this beautiful thing…

 
 
So the lacy wings of the butterflies in the scarf put me in a lacy sort of mood – this coat, scarf and bag all echo the lace motif without being overwhelmingly girly.  I balanced them with a really simple ivory sweater and grey trousers, as well as simple black boots.
 

Coat – Viyella, earrings – Majorica, black boots – Born, infinity scarf – Target, turtleneck – Uniqlo, black trousers – Chloe, tote bag – Artessorio

In the bag are some soft garments, in soft colors, with a touch of lace thrown in for whimsy.

Teal tee – White Stuff, gold lace bracelet – Elyona, scarf – Hermes, skirt – Sonia Rykiel, grey top – Velvet, cardigan – Uniqlo, ballet flats – French Sole

Lots of options, as usual. Soft and dressy, without a lot of heavy luggage lifting!

love,

Janice

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Tags: grey, Hermes scarf, ivory, Packing with Scarves, teal
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  1. Cornelia says

    November 1, 2014 at 12:22 pm

    This is so beautiful. I have a question concerning a skirt (especially a flared one) worn with flats. Would you wear a tonal or nude hose with that? Thights? I am tall and slender, but as much as I like my flared skirt, I always change back to a heel as opposed to flats. It seems to work with a pencil skirt.

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  2. Anonymous says

    November 1, 2014 at 12:58 pm

    Love these looks ! Classic and classy . . . thanks for keeping your readers (and me) up to date with combos we'd never have imagined just by looking at a scarf that I probably would not have even considered . . . you're a gem !

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  3. Gail says

    November 1, 2014 at 1:18 pm

    I love everything about this elegant wardrobe, Janice!

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  4. hostess of the humble bungalow says

    November 1, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    Scarves and accessories really do make the outfits zing….great choices Janice!

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  5. Gaye Rowley says

    November 1, 2014 at 10:44 pm

    Once again I am in awe of the beauty and elegance of your vision Janice. Thank you so much for putting these combinations–all of them completely wearable–together!

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  6. Eleanorjane says

    November 2, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    So beautiful! I do love those elegant, calm and cool combos. Just perfection of fabric, fit, accessories etc.

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  7. Kristien62 says

    November 2, 2014 at 11:53 pm

    I love the mix of warm and cool which seems to be where I am at this point in life. A little of this and a little of that. These pieces are lovely, and classy and something so approachable that I would love to go out and purchase every piece. Beautiful. You never cease to amaze me.

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