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Home » A Navy-Based Summer Weekly Timeless Wardrobe – Adding Accessories

A Navy-Based Summer Weekly Timeless Wardrobe – Adding Accessories

August 7, 2020

Let’s look at summer accessories! I love this stuff…

First up, let’s start with the core “Weekly Timeless Wardrobe” for summer that we’ve been studying for a while:

Oatmeal linen shirt – L.L.Bean; sleeveless top – Calvin Klein; Navy cardigan – L.L.Bean; white and black forest green sleeveless top – L.L.Bean;  tank top – L.L.Bean;  white lace-trimmed top – Banana Republic;  floral tee – L.L.Bean; Black forest green tee shirt – L.L.Bean;  navy pants – L.L.Bean; heritage stone shorts – L.L.Bean; navy shorts – L.L.Bean; dress – Uniqlo

To this handy, tidy little wardrobe, let’s add the bright blue accents we saw before:

Light ocean blue tee – L.L.Bean; sleeveless shell – L.L.Bean; cardigan – L.L.Bean; light blue sleeveless shirt – Banana Republic; white sleeveless shirt – Lands’ End; patchwork shorts – L.L.Bean; navy skort – Lands’ End

So our Summer heroine is going to start choosing accessories by assembling outfits from this 20-piece capsule wardrobe:

First, why NOT wear floral canvas shoes?

Navy cardigan – L.L.Bean; Light ocean blue tee – L.L.Bean;  navy pants – L.L.Bean; hoop earrings – Kendra Scott; tote bag – Mar & Sol; sneakers – Keds

This heroine got her sunglasses back in the Spring Accessories assortment, but she certainly could still use a good hat! (the crown collapses on this hat, so it can be packed – such smart people…)

And of course we all need masks… sigh…

sleeveless shell – L.L.Bean;  patchwork shorts – L.L.Bean; hat – San Diego Hat; mask – Love Changes; sandals – Josef Seibel

A pretty dress deserves some nice jewelry, and really well-made sandals (which are marked down enormously…):

dress – Uniqlo; earrings – Kendra Scott; bracelet – Kendra Scott; sandals – Cole Haan

We saw this scarf months ago, but I couldn’t resist it again (especially since it, too, is on sale!)…

Oatmeal linen shirt – L.L.Bean;  tank top – L.L.Bean; navy shorts – L.L.Bean; earrings – Kendra Scott; scarf – Echo; sandals – Josef Seibel

I think that you could wear both the shoes and scarf at the same time – they’re far enough apart on your body that they won’t clash…

cardigan – L.L.Bean; white sleeveless shirt – Lands’ End;  heritage stone shorts – L.L.Bean; earrings – Oscar de la Renta; scarf – PJ Design Accessories; sneakers – Keds

Our heroine doesn’t have a lot of green in her wardrobe, but she can certainly justify a pretty green necklace to accent even the simplest outfit:

Black forest green tee shirt – L.L.Bean;  navy skort – Lands’ End; hat – San Diego Hat; necklace – Kendra Scott; sandals – Josef Seibel

Here are the 13 accessories that our heroine now has to wear with her Summer Weekly Timeless Wardrobe – I think these look great!

hoop earrings – Kendra Scott; earrings – Kendra Scott; hat – San Diego Hat;  necklace – Kendra Scott; mask – Love Changes; earrings – Oscar de la Renta; bracelet – Kendra Scott; scarf – PJ Design Accessories; scarf – Echo; tote bag – Mar & Sol; sandals – Cole Haan; sneakers – Keds; sandals – Josef Seibel

And here’s her Project 333 Summer Wardrobe!

I’m rethinking Project 333 for fall and winter, for myself. I think that between not going out a lot, and having this new scheme for choosing items, I might make it work!

love,

Janice

p.s. Five years ago, I was looking at my own personal French 5-Piece Wardrobe for Autumn – and I was looking at PINK!!!!! It only took me 5 years to take the plunge…

A NAVY-BASED SUMMER WEEKLY TIMELESS WARDROBE – ADDING ACCESSORIES

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Tags: accessories, jewelry, scarves, shoes, warm weather, Weekly Timeless Wardrobe
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  1. Sally in St Paul says

    August 7, 2020 at 11:47 am

    Be still my beating, heart! Seriously, I LOVE this selection of accessories. The butterfly and Iznik flowers scarves that I’ve drooled over before. The Kendra Scott loops in that gorgeous blue colorway and stretch bracelet (which is lovely in the white but AMAZING in the African turquoise!). And the Rifle Paper Co. floral Keds that are a little work of art. I don’t wear sandals, but sub in a pair of espadrilles and a pair of ballet flats and I’d be in business.

    It’s funny…I showed my economist husband the navy floral laceup Rifle Paper Co. Keds at ModCloth that I had been obsessed with but couldn’t justify buying because they are a non-work-appropriate shoe. And he reminded me 1. that I am working from home for the foreseeable future so they are, indeed, work-appropriate; 2. that I wear cute canvas sneakers like that for years and years (until the cost per wear approaches 0); and 3. that if I would absolutely buy them for a vacation, I should buy them for my “vacation at home” (I took off a week from work). His argument was strong, so I bought them, and when I wear them I smile every time I see them on my feet…which is pretty often! I am really glad I let myself be convinced. :) (I did check out the other prints in case another one was even better, but I still preferred my original choice.)

    By the way, have you seen the Rifle Paper Co peacock wallpaper in emerald? It’s everything.
    https://riflepaperco.com/peacock-emerald-wallpaper-roll

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    • Mary says

      August 7, 2020 at 10:52 pm

      Hi Sally,

      It took much less effort to convince my husband he needed the tie dye Keen sandals. He has a wardrobe of tie dye almost as large as his Aloha shirt collection. He would tie dye me if he could get me to stay still long enough. ? ~ M

      P.S. Janice, I love the jazzy Keds. (Em, autocorrect kept trying to change that last bit to hazy meds.)

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      • Janice says

        August 8, 2020 at 10:55 am

        I’m good with hazy meds….

        hugs,
        Janice

  2. Shrebee says

    August 7, 2020 at 1:27 pm

    Sally in St. Paul,
    I’d say that your hubby is a keeper !

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    • Sally in St Paul says

      August 7, 2020 at 4:14 pm

      Shrebee, haha, yes, he is! :)

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    • Sarah says

      August 8, 2020 at 12:40 am

      I was thinking exactly the same thing!

      Reply
  3. Isha says

    August 7, 2020 at 4:22 pm

    I also love that blue earrings and flower canvas shoes. Absolutely fabulous

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  4. Sheila Harden says

    August 7, 2020 at 4:49 pm

    I could totally work with this wardrobe as well. Though whenever I buy patterned shoes they seem to just sit. Odd, because I mix patterns on top and bottom and jackets, etc.. so why am I adverse to adding a pattern on a shoe? I haven’t worn turquoise in awhile, but think it’s one of those colors which are almost universally flattering. Have a great weekend everyone!

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    • Beth T says

      August 7, 2020 at 5:10 pm

      I’m also in too minds about decorative shoes. If the pattern colour is the same as the rest of the shoe, that seems OK.

      I like the look of floral shoes but my daughter says they are twee and look like the shoes she wore when she was a little girl. She has a point.

      I usually where patterned skirts and dresses in the summer. So these colourful shoes would crratea colour or pattern clash. However under trousers they would be lost. I don’t wear shorts or cropped trousers.

      So I wear floral socks instead!

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      • Beth T says

        August 7, 2020 at 5:26 pm

        I do have a pair of bright pink and purple trainers that I use for the gym. They have an exuberant and zany pattern on them. My daughter wanted to pinch them!

  5. Jeannine says

    August 8, 2020 at 4:17 am

    I love this wardrobe, especially the Keds. Janice, have you discovered Mox shoes yet. I bought a pair last year and absolutely love them

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  6. nancyo says

    August 9, 2020 at 9:34 am

    I wear patterned shoes a good bit. Leopard print shoes are easy to work with, but I also have some black with white polka dots, and blue and white delft patterned flats. I bought some floral Keds-type sneakers in Paris 10 years ago that didn’t quite work for my finicky feet but my daughter was happy to take them off my hands, er, feet! – nancyo

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