February 23, 2024
This Year, She Wants to Keep Things Simple…
Simple, like this:
She doesn’t want too many things. She doesn’t want lots of flowers or stripes or novelty prints. She wants calm…
Her colors are going to be drawn from this painting – she’s going to use the wee table legs as her excuse to include some brown in her Spring wardrobe!
She starts with rose… this is really what caught her eye first, when she found “her” painting…. that rose wall!
Rose wash cardigan – L.L.Bean; short-sleeved sweater – L.L.Bean; currant tee shirt – Alex Mill; wild rose scarf – Echo; jeans – L.L.Bean; ballet flats – Seychelles
Next, she finds her beige things. They’re not all the same color, and that’s just fine. Beige is nice that way…
Short sleeve shirt – J.Crew; earrings – Amadeus; linen tee – J.Crew; cotton cardigan – L.L.Bean; pants – J.Crew; sandals – Schutz
Knowing that Spring isn’t always warm, she feels drawn to the idea of including some brown in her wardrobe…
Brown cardigan – Lands’ End; Casablanca bandana – Echo; soft nutmeg tee – Lands’ End; shirt – Lands’ End; pants – Lands’ End; loafers – Aerosoles
And last, she wants some white linen in her wardrobe. Many people wouldn’t include white here – she already has beige. They wouldn’t include white – all of her colors are warm, and white isn’t warm…
She wants white. That’s all that matters… Some really hot days, there’s just nothing better!
Linen tunic – Lands’ End; earrings – Kendra Scott; sweater – Eileen Fisher; tee shirt – J.Crew; shorts – Lands’ End; sneakers – OluKai
She’s got everything ready to go into her closet on the first day the temperature goes above 70 Fahrenheit. Which could be next week, at the rate things are going…
While our heroine would be pretty happy just dressing from each of her four clusters, she knows full well that all four of them can be combined in a lot of ways…. just to prove this to herself, she assembles four quick outfits.
Based on the last 2 days here in Chicago, we will all be wearing swimsuits by March first!
love,
Janice
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Oh this is such a restful wardrobe. For me rose pinks with taupe and ivory rather than cream/white. Of course I would have some pattern but I’d keep it soft with a pink/brown scarf. I haven’t got much brown in my wardrobe as it’s not a main neutral for me. So this colour scheme would be an occasional foray for me.
The Van Gogh painting wardrobe is a lesson to us all. We all know that Van Gogh painted in bright clashing
colours so tone it down. Turn to the real life objects and use those colours. Instead of investing in gold coloured clothes, camel or a light brown would have been a better option. In reality, the furniture he was painting was probably pine. Blue was a good choice. The carpet is rose pink and the cover is a deeper shade of pink. Instead of lime green, a light yellow – the colour of sunshine streaming through a window and making the white walls and sheets a soft shade of cream/yellow. This would work as a wardrobe if only she had tones it down.
Oh that is a beautiful wardrobe and perfect for my soft autumn colouring. I love pink and rose pink is suited to any age. Although white is, as you say, cool, I too would add a little here and there during Summer. Also, being soft and petite, I am only suited to soft small pattern or none at all. I will cherish this. Thank you.
Come for the fashion. Stay for the art. Thanks for the exposure to interesting art I’ve not seen before. Schwontkowski definitely has a bit of the Dali influence at work in his paintings. (Not as much in this one. I Googled him.)
You could have some fun with this capsule graying it out with a few different accent colors. A heroine can change her mind about her wardrobe can’t she??
Trying..not graying. Sometimes autocorrect is idiotic.
Much to my surprise I really liked the rose cluster. Kind of like the other day, I”m not sold on the white, but the rest of it falls together beautifully. I”m wondering if my aversion to white is just a personal thing? Probably. Have a great day ladies.
PS Janice – enjoying your instagram and OOTD…..
Yes, this wardrobe is soft and gentle which we need on some days. I echo the thanks for showing us unique and beautiful art.