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Building a Capsule Wardrobe by Starting with a scarf: Hermès Laboratoire du Temps

Blouse – Equipment, ring – Kenneth Jay Lane, corduroy jeans – Current/Elliott, loafers – Murlo, turquoise earrings – Gurhan, brown dress – Kaufman Franco, pumps – Donald J. Pliner  

Dress – Zenggi, pumps – Gianvito Rossi, bracelet – Carolee, brown sweater – A.P.C., cropped jeans – Current/Elliott, bracelet – M. Pearl, ballet flats - Alaia  

Cashmere crewneck – N. Peal, white jeans – Acne, necklace - Fantasy Jewelry Box, loafers – Sam Edelman, bracelet – Chan Luu, wool pants – Miu Miu, oxfords – Stuart Weitzman  

Dress – Lela Rose, earrings – Scully & Scully, cardigan – Windsmoor, pumps – LifeStride, coral & turquoise earrings – Gay Boyer, cardigan – Woolrich, white tweed skirt – ... View the Post

Building a Capsule Wardrobe by Starting with Art: Sonia Delaunay’s Rose des Ventes

Using this painting as the focal inspiration for outfits really demonstrates how you can start with a core of neutrals, and then build out with some unexpected accent colors...

Painting – Sonia Delaunay, hooded sweater – N. Peal, beige jeans – MAJE, blue espadrilles – Boohoo, white jacket & coral dress – Dorothy Perkins, coral espadrilles – Pied a Terre  

Painting – Sonia Delaunay, cardigan – J. Crew, dress – Dorothy Perkins, sandals – Opening Ceremony, scarf – Filippa K., dress – Valentino, coral pumps – Dorothy Perkins  

Painting – Sonia Delaunay, cardigan – Crumpet, tee shirt – Alexander Wang, grey twill pants – Seven for all Mankind, oxfords – Jil Sander, sweater – Maxmara, scarf – ... View the Post

Building a Capsule Wardrobe by Starting with a scarf: Hermès l’Ivresse de l’Infini – version two

Why yes, I have styled this scarf before, in very different colors...  

Tee shirt – American Vintage, denim skirt – Closed, sandals – Wallis Fashion, denim jacket – J Brand, white dress – AXParis, flats – Betsy Johnson  

Sweater – Miu Miu, skirt – Sonia Rykiel, boots – Acne, tee shirt – American vintage, pink capris – Closed, sandals – Sam Edelman  

Turquoise earrings – Gurham, Dress – Alice + Olivia,   ballet flats – Elie Tahari,  v-neck sweater – Closed, bracelet – Macy’s, corduroy pants – Elizabeth & Games, brogues – Dolce & Gabbana  

Dress – H&M, cardigan -Burberry Brit, sandals - Pour la Voictoire, pink sweater – J. Crew, beige jeans – Dorothy ... View the Post

A Four by four Capsule Wardrobe: teal and navy

One of the most frequent colors that I'm asked to work with is the teal/turquoise family.  This pairs it with navy, and a dash of pink.  You can see that you don't have quite as many outfit options when you include more colors, but still enough choices to satisfy almost anybody. 

Pants – Stella McCartney, Tank and shirt – J. Crew, skirt - DKNY    

 

Jeans – Rag & Bone, cardigan – Mint Velvet, tee – Karl Marc, skirt – J. Crew    

 

Flowered tee – Minuet, Pink tee – Mango, white sweater – 360 Sweater, striped top – Viyella    

 

Scarf – Tiffany, shoes – Amalfi by Rangoni, fabric bag – Vera Bradley, bracelet – ... View the Post

A Travel Capsule Wardrobe – Packing in brown and turquoise

This is the last iteration of the original "honeymoon" packing theme that I started over a week ago. But in the next few days, I'm going to do some imaginary shopping, I've got a chic sighting to share, and then I'm going to tackle a "second honeymoon in Paris" theme, which will have a slightly greater focus on neutral colors and modest silhouettes!

love, Janice ... View the Post

A Chic Sighting, and a cautionary note on “payday shopping”

So I finally get a day off, and wandered about down in the "Loop" meeting a friend for lunch, stopping by to see belovedest, and just hiking about taking in the sights...  The young lady represented in the above assembled outfit was a shining light of cheer on a gloomy day; I first noticed her radiant smile, but her well-curated outfit caught my eye too!

And another thing I saw: payday shopping.  Back when I was in soft-goods retail, we always knew that the 15th of each month, and the last day of each month, would be very busy at lunch time, and after the end of the office work day.  Why?  Insert graphic of money burning a hole in someone's pocket.

There's nothing theoretically wrong with shopping the same day you ... View the Post

Build a Capsule Wardrobe Starting with Nature: floral landscape as an inspiration

blazer – Rag & Bone, Cardigan – Diane von Furstenberg, silk shirt - Equipment, raspberry shell - Topshop, skirt – Lanvin, pants – Rachel Pally, jeans – Rag & Bone, Scarf – Ken Scott  

printed blouse – Matthew Williamson, Purple blouse – Dorothy Perkins, white cardigan – Debenhams, dress – Barbara Tfank, flowered tee shirt – Debenhams, Turquoise long-sleeved tee shirt – Oasis, skirt – Dolce & Gabbana, off the shoulder top – Donna Karan  

 

Floral scarf – Browns, turquoise drop earrings – Kenneth Jay Lane, abalone ring, earrings – Judith Jack, purple suede clutch – Christian Louboutin, feather drop earrings – Asos, block print scarf – Pierre-Louise Mascia, blue agate necklace – Chan Luu, ... View the Post