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Capsule wardrobes inspired by art and nature

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Capsule Wardrobe 2013 Accent: Grayed Jade, warm palette

 

 

Sweater – Vila, cardigan – Rachel Comey, silk tee- Steffen Schraut, bracelet - Bochic    

Top row – L.L.Bean, cream shirt – Kitsune, peach blouse – Chloe, cardigan & v-neck sweater – L.L.Bean, brown long-sleeved tee – La Garconne, tan pants – Jil Sander, cream jeans – Les Copains, brown pants – Maison Martin Margiela    

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An important cause, two beautiful scarves

These scarves are a beautiful thank you gift, which you will receive when you make a $95 donation to the Fistula Foundation.

One of the lovely women at tea yesterday was wearing the scarf on the left.  I can personally vouch that the silk is lovely, and that the colors are rich and elegant.  

And the work done by this foundation is literally life-changing.

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The first step to shopping self-control

January 3, 2013  

 

If your email is anything like mine, you get dozens of emails every day from everybody from whom you've EVER made an internet purchase.  And there's nothing wrong with that; they're in the business of selling things...

But it is NOT your responsibility to keep anybody in business - except yourself.  Just because you once made a purchase from someone does NOT mean that you have to be kept abreast of every thing that they put on sale, or that enters their inventory.

If you're afraid that you'll forget about a really great website, bookmark it.  And then get yourself OFF of all of these mailing lists.  Five minutes before the email arrived, you didn't think that you needed a new ... View the Post

Capsule Wardrobe 2013 accent: Dusk Blue, casual

Pantone, bless their silly hearts, actually gave us TEN "new" colors for Spring and Summer 2013.  Now we, as wise humans, understand that you can't invent a color, but we also appreciate that the Pantone nod of approval means that these colors will be available in stores.  So if we're considering a new accent color for 2013, we are going to have choices...Dusk blue is pretty, versatile, flattering to most of us, and easy to mix with your current core wardrobe.

Sweater – Topshop, cardigan – J. Crew, silk tee- Steffen Schraut, earrings – Alexis Bittar    

 

 

 

 

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Building a Capsule Wardrobe by Starting with a Scarf: Hermes Reve de Corail

I get LOTS of questions about what to wear with scarves - many people seem to feel that they're not wearing their scarves as often as they should.  So I'm going to walk you through what I think of, when I see a scarf for which someone wants suggestions.First, the obvious way to wear a scarf - match the colors!  Wearing a scarf with two differently colored garments can make it clear that this ensemble wasn't an accident.

Scarf – Hermès Reve des Corail, sweater – French Connection, white jeans – Acne, suede loafers – Tod’s, white shirt – Frank & Eileen, red velvet jeans – J. Crew, shoes – Converse Chuck Taylor     Next, it's always easy to wear almost any scarf with black!  The addition of another ... View the Post