July 2026 – Building a Wardrobe Starting With Lonely Erika Giovanna Klien

July 13, 2026

Let’s pause for a moment and admire the amazing details in this painting – the marbled, denim-colored areas, the subtle letters that spell out “einsam”, the little flashes of green and blue. It all looks simple at first, but you and I both know that it’s a lot harder than it seems:

Halfway through the year, our heroine the text design specialist had this wardrobe. I love that we can clearly see her fondness for button-front shirt and tee shirts. All of our wardrobes should reflect our strong preferences!

These are her accessories, coming into July. The green shoes keep catching my eye, in a good way:

As with so many of us, our heroine has cool clothes in mind this month. Finding the tote bag was a particularly gratifying shopping moment:

This is how our heroine’s wardrobe from the first half of the year fit into a 28-piece wardrobe template. It’s surprisingly colorful to me…

As her wardrobe outgrows her original template, we move everything, including her new clothes, into a larger template. Each garment is pretty tiny, but for someone who is familiar with their own clothes, it’s still clear what’s what.

Arranged by color, it’s clear how much our heroine took advantage of the abundance of green clothes this summer! To me, more black seems essential. Well, and more chambray/denim!

Her accessories go from strength to strength. For me, adult women should concentrate on accessories: they last longer (some things should last your entire life!) and they are the pieces that make a big statement…

And what exactly does our heroine have planned for her new clothes? You should only buy something if you can plan SPECIFICALLY how you will wear it. What shoes? What handbag? What jewelry and/or scarf? What other pieces of clothing?

Otherwise, you may never get your new clothes out of your closet. Clothes that still have tags, hanging in your closet, are a formula for depression… (I’ve been there.)

Hmm… black, bone (or white), denim and two accents. That could be a million wardrobes, including mine!

love,
Janice

If you are interested in seeing how we got to this point with this heroine’s wardrobe, you can find the earlier posts here:   Christmas Eve Preview, January 2026, February 2026, March 2026, April 2026, May 2026,  June 2026

p.s. Ten years ago, our palette was navy and white, and our heroine was in Paris, with insomnia! One of my favorite posts ever….