June 9, 2025
Our last painting for June – this enigmatic, entrancing, beautifully-colored masterpiece:
This heroine’s wardrobe is interesting – nothing much at all for WINTER????
You could die in Chicago…
But that’s not what we’ll work on right now.
This heroine has decided to toss in just a couple more pure white garments; for hot weather, there’s not much better. A couple of pretty sleeveless tops, some gold accessories, and summer’s here!
Butterfly earrings – Gold Trip; white linen shirt – Lands’ End; black peplum top – Lands’ End; white linen cropped pants – Lands’ End; tie-front top – Lands’ End; sling bag – Betsy & Floss; gold sandals – Free People
Focused shopping for the season!
This is another wardrobe that would be useful and appropriate for just about any time and place:
And I love her accessories! I’m keeping my eyes peeled for more scarves, and she really could use a necklace or two, and a bracelet. So much beauty to consider…
All of her outfit possibilities makes one long for hot weather:
Yes, I could wear this one too! I think it’s becoming obvious that any wardrobe that makes getting dressed simple is going to appeal to me, eh?
love,
Janice
If you want to find the earlier posts about this painting and wardrobe, they’re here: Christmas Day Introduction, January, February, March, April, May
p.s. Ten years ago, someone asked for a navy and beige wardrobe with the prints ONLY in the accessories. Anything’s possible, I say!
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First of all, thank you to everyone who wished me well over my broken vertebrae. I feel so blessed and honored to be part of the extraordinary community Janice has created here at TVF. It’s going to be a long road (in which I’m selling my house, moving into a rental–that I haven’t yet found–with my two German Shepherds and 89 year old mother, as well as overseeing the construction of my new house….while continuing to work. You ladies truly are amazing and I love that we have this community.
Now, onto today’s fabulous wardrobe! I think this is the most practical for the majority of working women.I find this painting to be the dressiest, which I appreciate. I’ll be working until I’m at least 65–most likely 68–and need to show a level of professionalism. This wardrobe fits the bill! I’d love to include a black jersey dress, a tan linen dress and a dress in the soft pink..especially if it was a modest pink print. But, this is a very workable wardrobe.
Thank you, Janice, not only for this wonderful wardrobe, but for this wonderful community.
good heavens! anyone of the the projects you listed is major, but tackling the whole lot at once while recovering from a back issue? hats off! you’re one tough lady!
and i agree with you on the slight dressiness of this wardrobe being excellent. i’m selfishly hoping janice finds her a simple fitted camel sheath, because i’ve been looking for a good one for ages! 😊
It’s a bit frustrating at times when the fashion industry floods the market with their selected neutrals and the one you’re seeking is rarely found. Camel isn’t as easily found this year and it sells out very fast. It’s the same with accent colors.
I see all of these trends times a thousand, because I look at SO MUCH STUFF. I know you all would love to see more printed things, but the few prints that I see are either odd color combinations, or just plain strange. A tee shirt with a lime green armadillo on an orange background? (I made that up…) So. Much. Stuff.
love,
Janice
My daughter is getting married next year and we have just bought her beautiful, elegant, timeless, simple gown. Even in wedding gowns, the styles have gotten….weird. My daughter is 30, a doctor, a Stanford graduate and lives on the North Shore of Boston. She is extremely timeless in her wardrobe and, but not matronly, and she was even bemoaning the lack of prints that weren’t flat out weird. Her fiancé and she are headed to an important even for his work (he’s a research scientist in Cambridge) and she went into Anthropologie (her favorite store) to look for a fun, but not bizarre, midi dress to wear. She sent me pictures of dresses covered in pickles, avocados or stranger, sloths. She just wanted a pretty floral, where the flowers weren’t the size of satellite dishes! She ended up wearing an LBD she already had.
So, it isn’t just you. It isn’t just a more mature age group. It’s across the board, if you don’t want sloths on a sundress.
That being said, I have very tight parameters for my mother of the bride gown….thus far, no joy. Why do makers think they need to focus on the outer fringes right now?
This is such a lovely wardrobe. It takes me back to my ballet days. I like the level of do-able dressiness in it. I definitely enjoy wearing a slightly dressier vibe even though I am a stay-at-home homeschool administrator. I’m always the one at the co-op meeting with jewelry and coodinating accessories in the midst of jeans and tees wearers!
I have a scarf that would be perfect with this wardrobe. It was gifted to me several years ago, and is a sheer pink oblong with a delicate gray leopard print, lightly sprinkled with silver dots. Perfect for spring, fall, and cooler summer wear (or worn in the hair or on a bag). This post has reminded me to get it out and try styling it this summer.
This wardrobe is definitely one of my favorites. And the print!! I love that subtle patterning in the cream sleeveless top. I’ve been hoping for prints and patterns in all the wardrobes for ages now it seems! :-D
Pink and gray, cream and black and white are so lovely. I’m kind of wondering how the rust/russet is going to play with all this when fall comes around again.
Beautiful work as always Janet! Thank you so much!
So calm, so soothing, so relaxing. Just what these times need! Ellen, wishing you the best on all your challenges ahead!🤗
Beautiful. Laurie – I agree! I could totally see a ballerina in this wardrobe.
I like the look of this wardrobe and agree with many of the comments here about its slight “dressiness” compared to some of the other wardrobes we are looking at with the paintings this year. The only issue I have is with the summer shoes. I can’t stand the sound of the slapping when wearing slides and also don’t feel very secure without a back strap on my sandals, especially if I have to walk more than a couple of blocks. So I would definitely have to change those out. For me, I’m better in a creamier white but there’s nothing here that isn’t adaptable to that slight shift. Nicely done on this one.
I keep hoping to see the brown mixed in with this wardrobe. I think a nice, rich, warm brown and black are so classy together. I am looking forward to seeing how it will work with the pink and light grey.
Brown will be here soon! I’m picturing it for autumn, and then grey for winter. My very tidy brain wanted each of the four background colors to be for each of the four seasons – pink=Spring, ivory=Summer, brown=Autumn and grey=Winter.
I’m weird that way!
love,
Janice
Another lovely wardrobe. Where I live it is just too hot to wear black in the summer, or at least for me it is. I seem to have light neutrals for summer and darker for winter, i have never found a neutral to use across all seasons, guess it is just me, but I love how this is done.
Also enjoyed the look back. A very helpful template. Enjoy your week everyone.
Surprise: I wear this brown all year round.
Now that I’ve seen everything, I’m choosing the Delaunay and this capsule for myself.
I love, love, love this wardrobe but don’t wear black. I’d just swap out the black for navy and keep the silver, grey, pink and cream/white.
That would be perfect!
hugs,
Janice