September 2, 2026
Our typography expert has some travel in her future; she’s been tapped to redesign the colophons and other graphic signatures for a group of publishes owned by one company. What fun! New York in the autumn…
First up, let’s re-visit the painting which inspires and informs our heroine’s wardrobe:
At the end of August, our heroine had added black garments to her wardrobe, and now things look pretty balanced:
Her accessories are delectable…
After last month’s dive into the black clothes in her wardrobe, our heroine thought that it might make sense to examine her light neutral clothes too!
She calls this color – depending on what comes to mind first – natural, ivory, bone, or off-white. Maybe cream? There are lots of color names…
Cashmere cardigan – Banana Republic; ivory pointelle cardigan – J.Crew; Ivory tee – Lands’ End; tank top – Eileen Fisher; ivory tee shirt – J.Crew; linen shirt – J.Crew; ivory sweater – J.Crew; sea salt cotton shirt – Duluth Trading; ecru pants – Alex Mill
She decides that cooler weather suggests a cashmere turtleneck and a pair of corduroy pants in her light neutral. But when she sees the green sweater and striped shirt, she hesitated for a heartbeat – this green isn’t EXACTLY the green in her painting.
Then sanity kicks in, and she remembers that she’s not going to be wearing all of these green things together – they don’t have to be flawlessly matched. The important thing is that they feel right for HER, in HER wardrobe…
Green cashmere sweater – Alex Mill; green striped shirt – Alex Mill; cashmere turtleneck – Lands’ End; scarf – Jessie Zhao New York; bag – Paul Costelloe; corduroy barrel pants – Lands’ End; boots – Aerosoles
She puts her new garments into her 56-piece wardrobe template… she still needs to find a second layer – which should be easier as fall clothes flood in on us all. And it would be delightful if she could ever find more of her favorite shade of blue!
Showing her wardrobe in a more relaxed arrangement makes it clear how complete it is!
It’s quite clear that she has a weakness for any scarf that combines blue and green:
As always, our heroine thinks through in great detail exactly HOW she’s going to wear her new clothes. She really loves the way that she can have “light-ish” outfits and “dark-ish” outfits…
I love how our heroine is committed to her accent colors; that’s one way to have a really efficient wardrobe!
love,
Janice
If you’d like to go back to the beginning of this wardrobe to see how it’s developed, you can find all of the earlier posts here: Christmas Eve Preview, January 2026, February 2026, March 2026, April 2026, May 2026, June 2026, July 2026, August 2026
p.s. Ten years ago, we shared the third of the “navy dress” posts – this one with muted accent colors.
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This is so practical! Great accessories. More denim please!
Looking at this tells me that I could expand the ivory (light neutral) part of my wardrobe. My dark neutral is chocolate brown which is really nice with ivory. Aqua is beautiful with brown and/or ivory.