July 8, 2025
I’m leaving for Dublin today! Cross your fingers that THIS time, things work out… Please note that there will be blog posts while I’m away, but I won’t be responding to comments because I’m not taking a computer with me. Sort of like a real vacation!
Now, the last of our paintings for July. This might be, for many of us, the most challenging wardrobe because the color palette is very limited. I like it because it requires me to be creative and resourceful – both good qualities to develop when working with anything that’s a limited resource, like clothing…
This heroine is completely immersed in summer! And such beautiful accessories…
Earrings – Mayfair Pearls; grey tee – J.Crew; linen camp shirt – Alex Mill; barrette – L. Erickson; pink tee – J.Crew; white denim skirt – Eileen Fisher; gold sandals – Vionic
This is proof that the difference between Spring and Summer might just be the length of the days, and not a lot more…
This is quite subtle, and certainly limited. But you’d never be without something appropriate to wear with this in hand:
One of the most interesting things about working with a really small color palette is the search for accessories; so far, this heroine has had excellent luck!
Maybe the best part of having such a tight color palette is that it’s really easy to pull together outfits:
As I keep editing my wardrobe, I get closer and closer to this. Right now, I’m 95% black, white and denim…
love,
Janice
If you want to see how we got to this point with this wardrobe, you can look back at all of the earlier posts that included this painting: Christmas Day Introduction, January, February, March, April, May, June
p.s. Ten years ago, the painting was bright, and so was the wardrobe!
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I wish you a safe flight and a wonderful trip.
This capsule is the one that appeals to me the least, even though I have a few purple and gray pieces in my closet (I love color). This selection of matching accessories is fantastic.
I love that you’re going to Dublin again! I hope you have the most marvelous time possible!
Despite liking grey, this is my least favorite of the capsules. I am attracted to the lilac dress (I think it’s from Boden?), but honestly with purple just not being my color, it just falls flat for me. That being said, what I find fascinating is the study of just working with a very limited selection of color. It does make you wonder about really zeroing in on what your ‘lane’ in fashion can be and then really putting up the bumpers and staying in that line exclusively. For the right person, I can see this being quite freeing. My biggest problem? I am attracted to far too many pretty pieces? That being said, your blog has been teaching me to focus on what I feel best in, what works with other pieces in my wardrobe, and what can be the most adaptable.
Her accessories are amazing. I already know I couldn’t do this, I do require my crayon box closet. I’m glad you are finding a 2nd chance at Dublin and hope all goes well with you. My DIL and her parents are doing a month in Scotland later this month as she was selected to dance in the Edinburgh Tattoo and then compete in the World Highland Dance competition. I am so envious. In any case, I hope you have safe travels. The look back. Do you remember the painting Foxes by Marc? I loved it at the time, and it still is a good reflection of my wardrobe. For a minute when I saw the comment about the painting is bright I thought it might be that one. Anyway, have a good day everyone!
Wishing you a safe journey and a relaxing holiday. The weather should be sunny and warm in Dublin all week.
Well this is my favourite! I could build an entire wardrobe around shades of grey and purple. But as Sheila says, I’d need to dip into my crayon box too to extend this perhaps with the pink that is in the middle of the painting. My white would be ivory.
This wardrobe has inspired me to wear pearls more often (my birthstone). Pearls seem to add that touch of elegance and lift to the most ordinary garments. Yesterday evening, I was at the pub with friends. I was wearing a pink striped shirt, pale grey jeans and my light blue boucle jacket to ward of the chill. My jewellery was a vintage pink glass bead necklace and a pearl bracelet with sparkly silver roundels in between the pearl beads. A friend said that I looked nice and then noted the pearls and made a comment that implied they added a touch of class and chic to my outfit. So add pearls ladies. I think that I am learning chic dressing!
It seems I am in the minority, but this capsule is far and away my very favorite. My wardrobe is 95% navy (or a shade of blue), ivory and rose pink. I don’t wear denim, so that makes it even more challenging! But I have learned so much from TVF that it is so soothing to me and makes one small area of my life feel under control.
Escaping the heat of the Midwest to Dublin sounds heavenly. Hope your trip is spectacular!
I think this wardrobe is so elegant! I love all the fresh white and the greys. As a warm autumn, the magenta is my least favorite color to wear, but a person could easily switch it out to any other fun color. I can certainly see doing this for a trip or limited time frame, but like others, I require many more color options in my day to day wardrobe. Hope you have fantastic travels and spend some time in the beautiful Irish countryside!
Have a wonderful time. I hope one of the upcoming posts shows what you packed. (always good content) I would like to go back to Ireland. I love this capsule and one could definitely add some black darker pink and darker purple to expand it somewhat. As I have mentioned I am going to pack these colors for our big trip this year. 2.5 weeks and getting dressed and looking good thanks to TVF inspiration.
Wishing you a wonderful trip and as always thank you for thinking of us. Like most others, I am not sure I Could live with such a limited colour pallet, but certainly would be fun to try for a weekend away. Love the look back as well.
Have a great trip! ☘️
I need these cool colors right now. 💜🩶 Very similar to what I’m wearing today with 96 degrees coming this afternoon. 🥵
Happy travels Janice! I was thinking, the limited colour palette would be challenging for an entire year, but for just a season? I think it would be great. I’d love grey & ivory all year, & a different accent colour for each season. I have navy, grey & ivory options all year round, with some changes in accent colour for the changing seasons. It does make it very easy to get dressed! And it’s enough variety in accent colour for me.
Happy Travels, Janice! Hope you have a wonderful time.
The more I see of this wardrobe, the more I like it. For one of our unfilled spots on the chart I would likely add a perwinkle coloured top just for fun (cause I am such a rebel, lol).
We will imagine You (Janice) in cool, pleasant weather having a perfect vacation.
Variations of this lavender are absolutely everywhere this year. One thing I’ve learned reading TVF for years, is that color trends come and go. So if you love this purple/lavender, stock up!
That said, grey is an incredibly versatile neutral.