Erika Giovanna Klien - Rhythm of Bird Flight Archives

Want Two Accent Colors? Use Two Paintings!

April 29, 2026

I'm sure that the wise heroines among us have already thought of this - combining two "beige-based" travel capsule wardrobes to come up with a larger wardrobe with two accent colors.

Let's include this painting:

and this one:

That gives us this color palette - obviously this should work out pretty well!

One neutral cluster that we've seen was this:

The second painting-inspired wardrobe had this just slightly different neutral cluster:

There was a "faded sage" wardrobe cluster:

And we have a cluster in a pretty coral:

The perfect things to add to a wardrobe that included ALL of these clothes would be a madras plaid shirt in beige, coral and sage, or a floral tee shirt that ... View the Post

Do You Have a Signature Accent Color? Start With Art – Rhythm of Bird Flight by Erika Giovanna Klien

April 24, 2026

Some of us do have signature accent colors - you're not surprised to know that mine is purple. It's not that I wear purple clothes all that often, but I have purple highlights in my hair. That pretty much wraps up the whole signature color for me! But I do wear purple clothes occasionally, and I just ordered a purple backpack!

Today's heroine doesn't have a "lifetime signature" but she is planning to stick with shades of coral for the upcoming warm weather. Her inspiration is this:

Our heroine plans to use this as her color palette:

Her goals are two. First, she wants to establish a 9-piece wardrobe in these two colors, which would mean that any weekend she's going away, she will pack 6 or 7 garments ... View the Post