December 5, 2025
Okay, if I wanted to start a new and different wardrobe, THIS would be my choice… Until I get to the next wardrobe!
But this is such a great painting…
I can’t believe that this heroine doesn’t yet have an ivory cardigan!
And I would love to have found a navy two-piece dress for her, but I think that maybe the dark-wash denim skirt will be more useful; what do you think?
Bag – The Met Store; ivory cardigan – J.Crew; brown turtleneck – Alex Mill; tree brooch – Farra; navy silk shirt – Everlane; denim skirt – Boden; boots – Blondo
There’s something to be learned here; even if your favorite wardrobe color(s) are easy to find in stores, you still don’t always see exactly what you have in mind! This puts you in a pretty clear situation: do you need SOMETHING to fill a certain role, or can you wait? I suspect that many of us can wait…
How that we have all 52 of our heroine’s pieces of clothing, we can get a good look at her wardrobe:
I know, I say this with every wardrobe, but I really LOVE the jewelry and scarves! Note that our heroine’s new handbag matches the navy beaded scarf that she bought last month; if she’d been a little bit more attentive, she could have purchased them at the same time and only paid shipping once. These things happen…
None of us want constantly “matchy matchy” things, but on the other hand it’s always worth the effort to look around a retail website (or bricks and mortar store???) for items that are designed to work with things we already have. Most companies are going to try to make good use of a fabric purchase, or a hard-fought accent color choice…
It’s pretty obvious that our heroine’s new clothes aren’t going to just sit in her closet:
Yep, I could live in this one…
love,
Janice
earlier posts that addressed the choosing of this wardrobe can be found here: Christmas Day Preview, January additions, February additions. March additions, April additions, May additions, June additions, July additions, August additions, September additions, October additions, November additions
p.s. Ten years ago, we had new Pantone colors to enjoy!
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That denim skirt is stupendous! I agree that its design and dark wash will take it far. The box pleats and side pockets are wonderful. Perhaps this heroine could watch the Biden site to see if they offer a dark wash denim shirt to give her the two-piece dress option.
This wardrobe still comes across a little dark to me, although I love the teal (?) green. So many different shades of teal! Hope you all have a wonderful day and weekend.
My favorite, especially accessories!
I so look forward to these art/wardrobe posts. Makes me realize I SHOULD be a bit more disciplined and choose a more narrow palette. The upside is that I’ve been relentless pursuing my neutrals and my other colors are designed to go together.
In this wardrobe: gold sneaks, the ivory cardigan and the Blondo boots jump out as being very useful. I have the boots. I can attest that they get comfortable very quickly.
Can I wait for just the right wardrobe item? Yes! It’s a matter of age and experience.
The painting by Delaunay is interesting, almost ominous. But later paintings featured in his Wikipedia profile are much brighter. And his was an evolving style! I’d love exploring another of his paintings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Delaunay
Thank you for that link…had never seen anything by Delaunay before Janice (BJ).The styles and colors of his other Eiffel Towers on Wiki shows are so different, am going to see if I can find more. So fun to see the changes he made in his paintings! Makes me want to paint. Yes to more Delauneys!
Another stunning wardrobe, Janice! I especially like the links to the previous posts about each wardrobe — so easy to find something you posted earlier! Thank you for all your work and organization ❤️
More great additions to this lovely wardrobe – and, like you Janice, I also love the painting that inspired it.
Over the past year I’ve been using the 333 principle, and it has helped a lot to be more disciplined/less impulsive! But now, inspired by your recent blog posts, I’m having a go at creating a 52 piece ‘capsule’ from what I already own to take me through the whole of next year. Wish me luck!
And thanks again for all your work, which is such an enjoyable part of my day :-)
I think I would have held out for the 2-piece navy dress. Denim skirts just don’t do it for me, even in the dark wash. I guess I wore too many of them along with denim jumpers in the 90’s. No way does it read dressy to me. For one thing, unless it’s a really light weight denim, a full skirt in denim just isn’t very comfortable to me. Been there, worn that. And then there is the fading factor. Granted skirts don’t get washed as often as jeans, but that dark wash is going to get lighter over time.
Now the shape of the skirt, that I love. This would be where sewing for yourself truly is an advantage. The shapes and fabrics you want when you want them.
I am really glad to see that our heroine added the handbag to her wardrobe this month! When my Met store catalog arrived in the mail a few weeks ago, I had thought – I should tell Janice about the handbag – but then I forgot! I’m glad Janice/our heroine saw this too :)
Looking at a website for coordinating pieces is one of my big lessons learned from TVF. This is a very practical shopping trick that I just haven’t seen anyone else talk about! I’m surprised that the sellers don’t do a better job linking to those other items directly from the page – e.g., when you are looking at a cardigan in Horizon Teal, they also link that there is a t-shirt in the same color. I can only imagine that they would sell more product *in a way that customers would appreciate* (rather than bamboozling people into buying more of things that they don’t need and later regret).
If I had to choose, this wardrobe would be my first pick from this year’s capsule collection.
That brooch (and all the accessories) is so pretty, and the clothes are beautifully chosen, Janice.
I’ll also put together this capsule collection from my own wardrobe (with a touch of pink, burgundy, khaki, and a medium gray-brown).
BEAUTIFUL 🤩