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Archives for October 2022

October 2022

I LOVE IT, BUT WILL I WEAR IT? GREY (?!?) TWINSET

I Love It, But Will I Wear It? Grey (?!?) Twinset

October 31, 2022

It's described as grey on the Boden website, but it really looks more taupe to me, and to the reader who wrote to me with her concern...

What do you do if these sweaters arrive in your home, and they're lovely and fit beautifully and you really like them, but they're a color that is completely new to you?

My first thought is to treat this color like an accent color; if you can find shoes that match, it's a bonus!

The cardigan could be worn over any other color with the same intensity and saturation i.e. any soft, kind of muted pastel...

Of course, you can always wear the 2 pieces with pants or a skirt in your favorite neutral...

Yes, you've seen this skirt before! I've found that my pleated ... View the Post

10.31.22 27 Comments

Tags: cool weather, I Love IT But Will I Wear IT, sweaters, taupe
1 Dress 100 Days - Day 60

1 Dress, 100 Days: Days 58, 59 and 60

October 30, 2022

A lot of time with my family, which is my favorite thing!

love,

Janice

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10.30.22 10 Comments

Tags: 1 Dress 100 Days
Build a capsule wardrobe starting with a bracelet in grey and plum

Start with a Bracelet – Ethereal Lynx Bracelets by Fierce Lynx Designs

October 28, 2022

She's Hard to Describe... For one thing, she's the only woman a lot of them know who can wear a ruana and look like a heroine from a romance novel...

She thinks that she's very low-key and inconspicuous - after all, she wears a lot of grey!

Her accent colors aren't bright, or gaudy...

But still, there's something about her that catches your eye, and doesn't readily let go...

If someone is truly beautiful, the world will see it...

Even if their beauty is entirely inside. Or maybe, ESPECIALLY if their beauty is internal...

love,

Janice

p.s. Nine years ago, I sorted out the "Triple Top Secret." It was something that I'd been doing for years without really seeing the ... View the Post

10.28.22 22 Comments

Tags: grey, Six Pack, Start with a Bracelet, travel capsule wardrobe
1 Dress 100 Days - Day 57

1 Dress 100 Days: Days 56 and 57

October 27, 2022

Out and about both days - doctor appointments and lovely lunch dates!

love,

Janice ... View the Post

10.27.22 5 Comments

Tags: 1 Dress 100 Days
Start with Art: #96 by Marcel Rozek

Start with Art: #96 by Marcel Rozek

October 26, 2022

 

Eloping...

Everyone assumes that they're already married - and that they've been married for years!

On Tuesday, they decided to make it legal, for so many reasons...

They dashed over to the Justice of the Peace in the middle of the afternoon, when they got a phone call that they could sneak in during a gap in the schedule. They went dressed in their "work at home" clothes!

And now, they're going to sneak off for a long weekend together!

They're going to their favorite city, for a few days of museums, concerts and dinners. Nothing over the top, but lovely and romantic!

She's never packed for a last-minute honeymoon before - but she things this will work just fine!

How can she ... View the Post

10.26.22 27 Comments

Tags: aqua, cool weather, ivory, lilac, purple, Six Pack, Start with Art, travel capsule wardrobe
1 Dress 100 Days - Day 54

1 Dress 100 Days: Days 54 and 55

October 25, 2022

A warmish day, and then a rainy day. My dress adapts...

love,

Janice

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10.25.22 1 Comment

Tags: 1 Dress 100 Days
Japanese 24 Seasons of the Year – Sōkō Frost descent

Japanese 24 Seasons of the Year – Sōkō Frost descent

October 24, 2022

This is just about the time each year when you realize that you're going to need to wear a sweater (or sweatshirt) just about EVERY DAY. If that's what you're facing as autumn peaks, and winter starts to make itself felt, maybe you deserve a really NICE sweater...

If you start buying cashmere sweaters when you're 30, and you buy 1 per year, you will have almost 3 dozen of them by the time you retire! Not a bad wardrobe to wear through your "golden" years, eh?

It goes with every neutral, and probably flatters almost all of us - what's not to love about burgundy/wine/merlot/berry?

Of course, if you look good in gold, WEAR GOLD! It's so lovely...

Frost can be beautiful...

Autumn and winter do ... View the Post

10.24.22 16 Comments

Tags: bags, bracelets, cool weather, earrings, Japanese 24 Seasons, necklaces, scarves, shoes, sweaters
1 Dress 100 Days - Day 53

1 Dress 100 Days: Day 53

October 23, 2022

We're off for a walk - we need to pick up our race packets for the "Carrera de los Muertos" next weekend!

So unseasonably warm...

love,

Janice

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10.23.22 4 Comments

Tags: 1 Dress 100 Days
1 DRESS 100 DAYS DAY 51

1 Dress 100 Days: Days 51 and 52

October 22, 2022

One normal autumn day, one normal summer day! Happily, my linen shirt from 4 Objects protects me from sunburn, even if sunburn SHOULD be unlikely at this time of year!

love,

Janice

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10.22.22 7 Comments

Tags: 1 Dress 100 Days
Start with Art Version 2 Man in a Café by Juan Gris

Start with Art: Version 2 Man in a Café by Juan Gris

October 21, 2022

Our heroine from Wednesday is back on the road, with a rather different color palette!

This trip is going to be both more casual AND more dressy - so our heroine is including both jeans and sequins!

note that she's packing exactly the same number of everything...

There's that one dinner (concert, opera?) that gives her permission to break out the really dressy top...

She loves the way this looks - it's just like her last travel capsule wardrobe, but it's NOTHING like it, at the same time. It's kind of magic...

She has lots of ways to wear these pieces too - it's built into her system:

Imagine what she could do if she packed BOTH of these for a trip!

do you think that this is a ... View the Post

10.21.22 19 Comments

Tags: black, cool weather, grey, Six-Packs, Start with Art, travel capsule wardrobe
1 Dress 100 Days - Day 50

1 Dress 100 Days: Days 49 and 50

October 20, 2022

Halfway finished with the 100 days! I'm still very happy with my dress; last night, I put it into a delicate wash mesh bag and ran it through a load in the machine, on the Delicate cycle. Hung it overnight, steamed it this morning. Brilliant!

love,

Janice

 

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10.20.22 9 Comments

Tags: 1 Dress 100 Days
START WITH ART MAN IN A CAFÉ BY JUAN GRIS

Start with Art: Man in a Café by Juan Gris

October 19, 2022

She Prefers Neutrals...

She likes to play with the proportions - sometimes her coat is the darkest color, sometimes the lightest. And sometimes it's the color in the middle!

And when you wear neutrals, you can have other interesting signatures, like two-toned shoes, or corduroy pants...

They're planning a few trips this autumn and winter...

 

For this first one, in the truest heart of autumn, she has chosen to emphasize the brown in her wardrobe:

 

This is a small travel wardrobe - a Six-Pack... but she can get a lot of mileage from it:

She's quite sure that she will be packing a grey, denim blue and black wardrobe soon...

love,

Janice

p.s. Six years ago, ... View the Post

10.19.22 23 Comments

Tags: black, brown, cool weather, Six Pack, Start with Art
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