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February 2024 “Six Paintings, Twelve Months” – Part 2

February 2024 “Six Paintings, Twelve Months” – Part 2

February 5, 2024

Three more heroines, working on three VERY different wardrobes! It's worth considering - these people wear relatively similar styles of garments - classic jeans and pants, traditional tee shirts, shirts and sweaters. But because of their choices of color, their wardrobes end up looking so different that the similar styles aren't a "thing."

Timeless, but individual. A reasonable goal...

The most notable thing (to me!) about this wardrobe is the presence of both bright and muted pastel accent colors. Therefore, this heroine could dress in uninterrupted shades of beige, or shades of beige with a pastel accent, OR beige with a bright accent. That covers a pretty wide range of moods and occasions!

Coming into ... View the Post

02.05.24 27 Comments

Tags: capsule wardrobe, Six Paintings - 12 Months, Start with Art, travel capsule wardrobe
February 2024 “Six Paintings, Twelve Months” – Part 1

February 2024 “Six Paintings, Twelve Months” – Part 1

February 2, 2024

I'm always so excited to look at these wardrobes again!

This month, I'm going to clearly establish what has been my method so far - four garments and three accessories. With adding 4 garments each month, coupled with the 4 garments that each heroine started with, we're going to finish the year with 52 garments - sort of like the Weekly Timeless Wardrobe!

It's interesting how these numbers recur...

I understand that a lot of us aren't going to want a 52-piece wardrobe; for many of us, that seems too few, and for some it's going to be too many! But it's nice to have a target in mind, if situations change and we have to reconfigure everything.

Let's go!

In January, our heroine found herself with eight ... View the Post

02.02.24 35 Comments

Tags: capsule wardrobe, Six Paintings - 12 Months, Start with Art, travel capsule wardrobe
January 2024 Six Paintings, Twelve Months - Part 1

January 2024 “Six Paintings, Twelve Months” – Part 1

January 1, 2024

Happy New Year!

Let's go! I'm going to try - for the first few months - to be logical and methodical about building these wardrobes, rather the way an adult might go about buying clothes...

Just in case you want to look back to where we started, this will take you there!

Let's start with this most elegant painting:

Last month/week, we started this heroine out with the most basic of garments - but still enough for a couple of outfits!

Since this heroine lives where it's pretty cold, she thought that dark pants might be logical - it could snow! Maybe...

And she wanted an accent cardigan...

At this very early stage, she has an almost foolproof wardrobe; getting dressed in the dark might not ... View the Post

01.01.24 22 Comments

Tags: Six Paintings - 12 Months, Start with Art
Start with Art: Six Paintings, 12 Months for 2024!

Start with Art: Six Paintings, 12 Months for 2024!

December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating, and Happy Monday to all the world!

Let's look at some art, and some tiny wardrobe clusters that I assembled to get our heroines started on their wardrobe-building adventures:

Someone mentioned that we had no red last year - this might fix that!

A range of greys, a range of red, and some pure white for relief!

All of our heroines are starting out with VERY basic clothes - the kind of things that you need, but don't necessarily get a big thrill out of buying...

I love this painting - these women are pretty dressy for just hanging around under the trees!

Our lover of all things olive green has an interesting palette with which to work - she's got ... View the Post

12.25.23 61 Comments

Tags: Six Paintings - 12 Months, Start with Art, wardrobe cluster
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