Building a Capsule Wardrobe by Starting with Art: Chapter 2 of Still Life with Apples by Henri Matisse

An hour later, she was the first, and only, Commercial Relationship Coordinator in the entire company. It is a position with a  somewhat nebulous job description, but one which is going to be PERFECT for showing her diplomatic skills to their best advantage!

Remember, this was her work wardrobe:

Turtleneck – Polo Ralph Lauren; fossilized coral earrings – Pamela Huizenga;
tweed
sweater
 –  Ermanno Scervino; bakelite and peridot bracelet- Mark Davis; orange cardigan- L.K.Bennett;
 green cardigan – White Stuff; green crystal earrings – Slane; orange bag- Marni; orange ring
 – Roberto Coin;  hot pink
Flamingo Party Hermes scarf; pleated
panel blouse – Schumacher;
 navy cashmere cardigan – J. Crew;fire
opal pendant – Cathy Waterman; print
blouse –
 See by Chloe; navy silk blouse – L’Agence; navy dress – Planet; orange sweater – Joseph; 
 navy
pleated skirt – J. Crew;  peridot ring – Michael Aram; paisley scarf – Ralph Lauren; 
 orange blouse – Stella McCartney;  navy fluted skirt – Tibi;grey dress – FennWrightManson;  
suede wedges – Tod’s; grey wrap skirt – Joseph; navy patent pumps – Jimmy Choo;
 fluted skirt – Iris and Ink;anthracite suede pumps – Prada; navy sling
backs – L’Autre Chose

Which was based on this painting and color scheme:

 She finally felt that this was the right time to break out a new, and heretofore unseen, facet of her personality. Within her there was a brightness, and a strength, which she had downplayed in the past, in order to fit into the organization. Glimpses of it had been allowed to shine through, but never before had she felt comfortable enough to really unleash that light inside of her that she KNEW would make her a success in her new position.

So, some careful, deliberate, slow, and meticulously planned shopping was in order; I’m surprised that she didn’t buy more pieces from the earring designer, who made a handful of pieces in this gorgeous blue. (her credit cards are in tatters…)

Cardigan – Ermanno Scervino; brooch – Swarovski; scarf – Hermes
Flamingo 

Party; earrings – Anna Beck; blouse – Derek Lam;
orange print blouose –  

Thakoon Addition; handbag – Florian London; skirt
– Cacharel;
pumps – Bella 

Vita; dress – J. Crew; tile print skirt –
Dolce & Gabbana; white blouse – 

Kai-Aakmann

Her much larger managerial wardrobe now looked like this:

And she had, with seven garments and a few accessories, added literally dozens of new outfit options to her work life. This is just a sample of her new possibilities:

If anybody ever caught her without her glasses, it was going to be blindingly apparent that she had extraordinarily blue eyes… If they thought she was distracting before…

love,
Janice