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Dressy Weekend Start with a Scarf - The Raven Garden of Happiness by June Hunter

Dressy Weekend? Start with a Scarf – The Raven Garden of Happiness by June Hunter

March 22, 2024

It's a dressy weekend - the weather will probably be warm... but there is always a chance of a cool snap!

But how to be dressy without bringing everything you own? Well, a tight color palette and planning ahead is always the way to go.

And how about starting with black and pretty accents?

Before you go down this path, you want to be ABSOLUTELY certain that wearing black isn't a problem. This wardrobe is actually designed for someone who's a prominent figure in a wedding, at which the bridesmaids will be wearing black dresses; I think she's okay with this!

She's wearing a very "normal" travel outfit - closed-toe shoes, and a cardigan for the inevitable freezing air conditioning... but she's rocking ... View the Post

03.22.24 18 Comments

Tags: black, Six Pack, Start With a Scarf, warm weather
A TRAVEL CAPSULE WARDROBE INSPIRED BY L’OISEAU FORESTIER BY MAX ERNST

Evaluating a Wardrobe: A Year of L’Oiseau Forestier by Max Ernst

November 12, 2018

This is the very controversial tough businesswoman who has a very... strong... business personality. We really don't have a clue what she's like in her personal time, and I suspect that this suits her just fine!

Her style inspiration is this great painting:

She's been planning her work and business travel wardrobe using these guidelines:

This is what she packed when she was going to negotiate a tough deal back in January:

She had to attend a client "retreat" in April, for which she wasn't quite sure how to pack. This is what she finally chose:

During the summer she had another one of those trips that was without a clear agenda. Happily, she has such a clear personal style that her clothing ... View the Post

11.12.18 14 Comments

A TRAVEL CAPSULE WARDROBE INSPIRED BY L’OISEAU FORESTIER BY MAX ERNST - AUTUMN 2018

L’Oiseau Forestier by Max Ernst Revisited for Autumn 2018

October 8, 2018

Our negotiator heroine was made head of her project back in January, which drove her co-workers absolutely crazy! It didn't get any better when she was chosen to present at the corporate overnight retreat - not that she cared. One of the reasons that she gets these kinds of accolades is because she's good at what she does, and that she's very flexible - she recently attended a function with a client and their union, at which absolutely NOBODY knew what to expect. She didn't flinch...

She's inspired by this lovely painting, and this timeless color palette:

"She's wearing a blazer!"

"Yeah, but it's velvet, so it's not really a serious business outfit..."

"And did you see that her office is all cleaned out? I ... View the Post

10.08.18 29 Comments

A TRAVEL CAPSULE WARDROBE INSPIRED BY L’OISEAU FORESTIER BY ERNST

L’Oiseau Forestier by Ernst, Revisited for Summer 2018

August 3, 2018

She's the toughest negotiator in the office, and nobody can quite believe it! She managed to settle one of the toughest ongoing negotiations her company had on their docket back in January, and was made chief negotiator in recognition. Her co-workers really didn't "get it" when she was sent to represent their firm at a weekend retreat to discuss negotiating techniques...

She takes her style inspirations from this painting - it doesn't seem particularly intimidating or overbearing, does it?

We're Not Quite Sure... "What the client wants or expects. It could just be a get-together with the union officials... you know - a picnic, a few rounds of golf, some pressing the flesh..."

"OR. They might be planning for ... View the Post

08.03.18 19 Comments

Tags: business travel, Start with Art, travel capsule wardrobe

L’Oiseau Forestier by Max Ernst – Revisiting for Spring 2018

April 5, 2018   Back in January, her jealous co-workers were fuming because she never wears blazers, not pantsuits...They have no clue. This is her style inspiration:  

From this, she developed her style guidelines and color palette:

Back then, when she was going out of town to lead some negotiations, this was her wardrobe - not what one might expect from someone who is supposed to be hard-bitten with brass... knuckles...

"She's heading the overnight retreat? She's such a prissy little mouse... would it kill her to wear some high heels?"

"Have you ever seen her wear makeup? And she doesn't even polish her nails... I don't know HOW she can be so successful..."

of course the men in their office ... View the Post

04.05.18 8 Comments

L’Oiseau Forestier by Max Ernst – Starting a Wardrobe with a Tote Bag Travel Capsule

January 4, 2018 Assertiveness, Channeled "Why is SHE going?"

"Well, she was just named chief negotiator - didn't you hear?"

 

"She IS? She always seems so... ladylike... I don't see her as the arm-wrestling for the last dime kind of negotiator..."

"Don't get me wrong - I know that she's as smart as a whip..."

"Shouldn't she be wearing some serious pantsuit with shoulders out to HERE?"

"She doesn't even wear blazers!!!"

always trust the jealous rivals to focus on how you dress, eh?

As in all things, the details matter...

If anybody ever troubled to look, they would see that her jewelry looks like the weapons and body-armor of a Barbie-sized warrior race... Even her ... View the Post

01.04.18 19 Comments

Tags: black, business travel, cool weather, red, Start with Art, Tote Bag Travel, white

The Twelve Art Works of Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all of those who are celebrating today, and a warm and wonderful day to everyone!

Today I've got 12 works of art for you - 11 paintings and 1 pretty amazing photograph, along with color palettes, and a sense of how the colors might be made to work in a wardrobe.

I've chosen almost all "modern" works of art - for what we do here on The Vivienne Files, I need to have a relatively limited color palette. Paintings that are completely realistic tend to have every color of the rainbow in them, and THAT would make a carefully edited wardrobe almost impossible!

So, if you have time, and if you have an opinion (or 12!), tell me if you'd like to see any of these developed into a wardrobe. If you've a preference for warm ... View the Post

12.25.17 46 Comments

Tags: color palettes, Start with Art, Start With Nature

Building a Capsule Wardrobe by Starting with Art: White Center by Mark Rothko

December 14, 2014   Not colors for the faint of heart, but another example of how combining warm and cool colors is not just possible, but potentially a striking and memorable personal style statement. 

   

 

 

 

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12.14.12 16 Comments

Tags: Start with Art
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