OOTD: Style Imitating Art - The Thousand Quilt by Elizabeth Shippen Green
Terri at Meadow Tree Style is the curator for this round of Style Imitating Art, and she chose an illustration circa 1900 by the American...
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Mar 4, 2022
30 Wears: Light Pink/Navy Floral Blouse
With the Winter to Spring transition underway in many places, it seemed like a good time to feature this blouse that hit 31 wears in...
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Mar 2, 2022
Test Driving a 21 Garments + 21 Accessories Capsule
Now that we have built this 21 garment capsule using a grid of color-based rows... ...and we have created our 21 piece accessory capsule...
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Feb 25, 2022
Adding a 21 Piece Accessory Capsule to a 21 For 21 Wardrobe
After using a grid with color-based rows, like so... ...to build out a 21 piece winter wardrobe capsule based on my WFH outfit formula,...
sallyinstpaul
Feb 23, 2022
OOTD: Style Imitating Art - Decline of the Day by Emperor Ham Nghi
Salazar at 14 Shades of Grey selected this Impressionistic landscape for the challenge because of its history: it was painted by Emperor...
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Feb 18, 2022
A 21 Piece Capsule For Winter Using a Grid of Color-Based Rows
A couple weeks ago, Janice at The Vivienne Files posted a "21 garments for 21 days" capsule wardrobe based on a black and white color...
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Feb 16, 2022
30 Wears: Olive Pants
As I mentioned in my first 30 wears post way back in June, for a few years now, I have adopted the 30+ wears / <$1 cost per wear (CPW)...
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Feb 11, 2022
Creating Outfits from Color Formulas & Color Wheel Combos
In my outfit formula and color formula post, I distinguished between color combos based on the color wheel (e.g., yellow + red + blue is...
sallyinstpaul
Feb 9, 2022
OOTD: Style Imitating Art - Sunday Morning by Norman Rockwell
New SIA host Shelbee selected this artwork from the May 16, 1959 cover of the Saturday Evening Post for her first foray because her...
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Feb 7, 2022
My Scarf 2022: February Additions
It's time to add some new items to the capsule wardrobe based on this scarf, color palette, and mascot. Here is where we left things in...
sallyinstpaul
Feb 4, 2022
16 Red or Pink Outfits for Valentine's Day
Although heart-themed items are popular for Valentine's Day, there's no reason to purchase something with an obvious holiday motif if you...
sallyinstpaul
Feb 2, 2022
Winter WFH Daily Dozen Capsule: Outfit Formulas + Color Formulas
In my last post, I shared this list of 12 items that are critical pieces for me during this work from home winter: Starting with the...
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Jan 31, 2022
My Winter WFH Daily Dozen
In December, I was inspired by Liz at Closet Play Image to develop a list of the dozen items that are wardrobe workhorses for the fall...
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Jan 28, 2022
OOTD: Rust & Navy
Back in late September, I wrote in the Rust Color Combos: Navy & Grey post that navy/denim/dark blue is one of my favorite colors to wear...
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Jan 26, 2022
OOTD: Style Imitating Art - Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh by Rembrandt
I'm not surprised that this Rembrandt portrait of his wife caught Terri's eye for the Style Imitating Art challenge. Saskia's decked out...
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Jan 24, 2022
My Scarf 2022: Introduction & January Additions
When the scarves for the 2022 capsule wardrobes were introduced at the Vivienne Files, of course it's interesting to see what color...
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Jan 21, 2022
OOTD x2: Brown Quilted Vest + Color
We have reached the bundled up part of Minnesota winter, when I start wearing quilted vests or puffy vests more often than not. This...
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Jan 17, 2022
3 Layered Necklaces: The Good Buy Book - New Things Edition
Welcome to another round-up of three layered necklaces that I have worn as part of my outfit of the day with discussion of how I put...
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Jan 14, 2022
7 "Sweet Dreams" Outfit Ideas
The most recent Style Imitating Art challenge from Salazar at 14 Shades of Grey was based on the video Sweet Dreams, from which she...
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Jan 11, 2022
OOTD: Style Imitating Art - Sweet Dreams by Rus Khasanov
The Sweet Dreams video is such eye candy! I based my outfit of the day on the overall feel of the video rather than any single...
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