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Five Accent Colors with Navy

Five Accent Colors with Navy

September 21, 2022

As we have come to expect, Pantone "discovered" 10 "new" fashion colors from the London Spring/Summer 2022/23 Fashion Week.

Bizarrely enough, they seem to have arranged them almost like a (weird) rainbow! So to look at these colors as suggestions for wardrobe accents, I'm going to take the first 5 colors and pair them all with a tiny number of navy pieces...

I chose navy because it looks good with all 5 colors - which makes sense. Navy is opposite to orange on the color wheel, and these colors are all on that side of the wheel!

It sounds strange, but it seems to work...

First up - how often are you looking for something in a true, "not blue, not yellowish" red color, and everything you see is really on ... View the Post

09.21.22 16 Comments

Tags: accent colors, bags, French 5-Piece Wardrobe, jewelry, navy, scarves, shoes, sweaters
I Love It, But Will I Wear It? Boden Paisley Velvet Skirt

I Love It, But Will I Wear It? Boden Paisley Velvet Skirt

September 16, 2022

I knew, when I linked to the blue velvet skirt on Wednesday, that someone would see this one:

 

Questions started showing up immediately in my mail box - "do you THINK that I could wear this skirt enough to justify buying it?"

Well, yes, I do!

Let's look at some possibilities, ranging from just a blouse in warmer weather, to bundling up in the dead of winter:

If you assemble everything together that I've shown here, it's a pretty neat, bright wardrobe!

But no matter how much you love that skirt, you probably can't wear it every day! So I might add just a few things:

For many of us, this wardrobe would get us through the winter with no trouble!

If ... View the Post

09.16.22 36 Comments

Tags: cool weather, green, I Love IT But Will I Wear IT, navy, skirt
ADDING CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES START WITH NATURE – THE SPINNING PULSAR OF THE CRAB NEBULA

Adding Clothes and Accessories: Start with Nature – The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula

September 14, 2022

Remember our heroine, the photographer who was going to go hang out at the observatory for a few weeks?

This is what she is using as her inspiration for her travel wardrobe:

When we left this heroine, she had decided to pack this:

She discussed her plans with a number of other science photographers, and realized that she was probably going to be at the observatory longer than she had initially planned! For one thing, a pretty well-known astronomer is going to be visiting for a few days at the end of September, and she would be insane to miss the chance to meet him.

And there are a couple more astronomic events expected, so she just decided to stay two weeks longer. There's going to be a (sort of) ... View the Post

09.13.22 24 Comments

Tags: cool weather, navy, scarves, Start With Nature, travel capsule wardrobe
Build a capsule wardrobe starting with a bracelet in Navy and Gold

September 2022 Start with a Bracelet: The Radiant Lynx Bracelets

September 12, 2022 Solar Energy When the Days Are Short...

 

It's all about the batteries! Electricity can be stored - it's a game-changer!

So she's on her way to visit all 3 Scandinavian countries to meet with the designers of solar farms. She's going to advise them on the best way to array the high-capacity, long-term storage batteries that she invented...

She will have appropriate outerwear and serious lug-bottomed boots, just in case someone wants to go outdoors and actually LOOK at the installations.

She doesn't consider that necessary. Unless they've put them on top of a melting chunk of tundra...

She doesn't give a lot of thought to getting dressed when she's on the road. If she's decent, warm, ... View the Post

09.12.22 19 Comments

Tags: cool weather, gold, navy, Start with a Bracelet, travel capsule wardrobe
Capsule Wardobe inspired by The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula

Start with Nature: The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula

August 29, 2022 Staying at the Observatory Until the Autumnal Equinox

There are all kinds of interesting things to observe and photograph near the equinox; she's going to stay until then, to have everything ready!

She will be alone most of the time, and it will get quite cool before she comes home... 

So she starts her small travel wardrobe with some warm things, in the navy of the night sky:

There's laundry in the housing facility at the base of the tower, so she doesn't need much at all for clothing; these 9 pieces will go a long way!

But she realizes that if she takes a few more shirts and sweaters, she won't have to do laundry as often! So she turns to one of her favorite recent astronomy ... View the Post

08.29.22 32 Comments

Tags: A Common Wardrobe, cool weather, French 5-Piece Wardrobe, navy, Start With Nature
Start with a Scarf The Ghan by Un Poco

Start with a Scarf: The Ghan by Un Poco

August 8, 2022 College-Bound!

Not her! Oh, not anymore... but it's time to move offspring into the dorm - a long-ish drive, and some time sitting by the car while the young people move their stuff!

The best part of this trip is meeting up with the parents of other students; she's become close friends with 3 other women who make the same trip every year!

They've gotten in the habit of staying over in town for a couple of days whenever they make this trip - they are close to their kids if they find that something has been forgotten! (that's their excuse...)

But it also gives the 4 of them time to catch up, do a bit of sightseeing (college towns always have cool museums, fun coffee shops, and lots of interesting ... View the Post

08.08.22 21 Comments

Tags: navy, rust, Six Pack, Start With a Scarf, travel capsule wardrobe
INDULGING IN JACKETS AND SWEATERS

Indulging in Jackets and Sweaters

July 20, 2022 I think this might qualify as a "Sometimes Extravagant Wednesday"... Treating Yourself... I know that dressing in a solid column is somewhat controversial, but it's also so popular that I wanted to see what possibilities could be found for both navy and olive...

Getting dressed is easier when you wear a solid column every day, but if you're looking for things like matching loafers, you might find that shopping can be challenging!

For a heroine committed to wearing her column, she might have tiny wardrobe of pants and shirts, and then TONS of sweater and jackets, scarves, and nifty shoes...

There are so many color possibilities - I can't think of any color that she couldn't wear with navy!

Everything from relaxed ... View the Post

07.20.22 33 Comments

Tags: accessories, jackets, navy, olive, scarves, sweaters
How to Build a 13-Piece Travel Capsule Wardrobe

How to Build a 13-Piece Travel Capsule Wardrobe

July 15, 2022

I'm long overdue to spend some time looking in detail at how one can choose a 13-piece "Whatever's Clean" wardrobe; you can't just grab a baker's dozen pieces of clothing and stuff them in a suitcase!

If you've been visiting The Vivienne Files for a few years, you certain recognize the idea of 13 garments for a travel capsule wardrobe - 3 to wear and 10 to pack.

But let's think about a specific travel situation that one of us is confronting week after week; packing for the weekend plus the Monday work day...

First - what items of clothing do you need?

You can always "right-click" on this template, and print it out, and then jot down notes about what you're considering...

Secondly, you need to make ... View the Post

07.15.22 29 Comments

Tags: navy, travel capsule wardrobe, Whatever's Clean 13
ONE WAY TO GET TO PROJECT 333

One Way to Get to Project 333

June 22, 2022

By this time of year, most of us should be easily able to whittle down our warm-weather wardrobe to a tidy 33 pieces. While this is NOT what Courtney Carver suggests for her Project 333, I'm pretty confident that she wouldn't be too upset with us starting at this point. So long as we look seriously at our wardrobes from time to time, she will probably approve!

buy her book and read it; trust me!

How to minimize what's in one's closet is a question that I am asked almost every day, and thus I keep thinking of different ways that someone could go about eliminating a big chunk of their wardrobe... Let me share one idea!

Let's start here - I think (but am by no means sure!) that there are 69 garments here... If all of ... View the Post

06.22.22 58 Comments

Tags: beige, casual, navy, Project 333, warm weather
Start with 2 Scarves The Corgi scarves by PJ Studio Accessories

Start with 2 Scarves: The Corgi scarves by PJ Studio Accessories

June 13, 2022 It's Really a Summer-Long Celebration, Right? She couldn't make it to London last week... costs were through the roof, and she had too many conflicts to try to rearrange...

She keeps her feelings about royalty to herself, except for the love of Corgis that she shares with the Queen...

Now, she realizes that she's going to be in London every 2 or 3 weeks - just for a night or 2 - until at least the end of summer. Probably through November...

So she's going to wear navy, and Corgis!

She will barely have to work - she needs to literally drop off documents at the branch office, and then pick up the revisions the next day! Otherwise, she's on her own...

Museums? Galleries? DINNER??? Heck ... View the Post

06.13.22 20 Comments

Tags: navy, pastels, Six Pack, Start With a Scarf, warm weather
Preparing for Warm Weather - Stress Dressing Clusters!

Preparing for Warm Weather – Stress Dressing Clusters!

May 9, 2022

Years and years ago, I shared with the world my secret for how I get dressed on those mornings, when everything goes wrong and I don't even want to THINK about clothing...

Right now, our weather is madly uncertain - it's been a cold and wet spring, but I think that in the next few days, summer is going to arrive with a vengeance.

How to prepare? I can't just open my closet door and hope to make sense of a complete change of seasons...

So I've sorted out a wee wardrobe cluster, all pressed, hanging in 1 place, and ready to go!

You can choose any 6 garments that work well for you, but I would always suggest that you include a 2nd layer, like a cardigan, and a pair of long pants. This is the perfect ... View the Post

05.09.22 28 Comments

Tags: black, chambray, navy, wardrobe cluster, warm weather
REVISING A WARDROBE PLAN START WITH ART – THE WATER, MONACO BY WILLIAM JOHN LEECH

Revising a Wardrobe Plan: Start with Art – The Water, Monaco by William John Leech

April 27, 2022 Our heroine felt... unsatisfied with her initial wardrobe plan. It was perfectly practical, and many women would have been delighted with having black, beige and pastels available to them... So our heroine went back to her inspiration painting, to try to identify what about it really appeal to her!

She loved the contrast between the trees and the pastels in the water... She wasn't mad about the color of the sand, or pavement, or whatever that mungy greenish beige was supposed to be! ..... Walking to work, she saw a very nicely dressed man, in a navy suit, a light blue shirt, and dark tie... NAVY! Navy and pastels are classic. And then she saw a lovely woman wearing a simple white tee shirt with a navy ... View the Post

04.27.22 25 Comments

Tags: 4 by 4 Wardrobe, navy, pastels, Start with Art, warm weather, white
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