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A TRAVEL CAPSULE WARDROBE INSPIRED BY CHRYSANTHEMUMS - THE BIRTH FLOWER FOR NOVEMBER

Chrysanthemums! The Birth Flower for November

November 5, 2018

 

I've been thinking about chrysanthemum colors for weeks! As soon as the first halfway cool day arrives in Chicago, a hundred flower beds get dug up, everything in them gets tossed in the garbage, and mums are planted. Thousands and THOUSANDS of them, all over the downtown...

These are my 2 favorite colors:

I was eager to see how these colors would accent simple, neutral outfits or dresses... I went a little bit overboard on the accessories, but I like to give a range of options. These different vignettes would offer dressy or more casual ways to wear the same clothes, which is always wise!

One could wear this black dress a half dozen times between late November and the first of the ... View the Post

11.05.18 21 Comments

BUILD A CAPSULE WARDROBE IN 12 MONTHS, 12 OUTFITS – NOVEMBER 2018

Build a Capsule Wardrobe in 12 Months, 12 Outfits – November 2018

November 2, 2018

 

The purchase of a serious cold-weather coat is not something to be taken lightly! First up, a ton of people will see your coat - far more (at least in a city) than will ever see anything else you wear. And of course, coats can be expensive, so you don't want to flounder around through 2 or 3 of them to get what you really like...

To clarify what's going on here, for newer readers: I started back in January by choosing six Hermes scarves, and then assembled six similar, but different, outfits - one each to "go with" each of the scarves. Each month, on or around the 1st of the month, I add another outfit, and we continue to evaluate how each wardrobe progresses.

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11.02.18 16 Comments

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