4x4 wardrobe

How to Build a Capsule Wardrobe: Starting From Scratch, Stage 5 - 4 by 4 capsule wardrobe

July 18, 2016 It seems that there are some among us who are struggling to pull together what they want to pack. This isn’t particularly surprising – travel is stressful enough, and the unknown factors of weather and activities can throw almost anyone into a small panic. So I’m going to approach the “1 […]

January 27, 2023 This is her favorite painting: She wants to tackle Project 333 for February, March and April! So she’s starting with her favorite outfit, and with colors that she’s drawn from her favorite painting. Of course she can’t include ALL of the colors in the painting; that would be overwhelming! These were her […]

February 22, 2017 You asked, and it was a really intelligent question – can I use denim in place of olive green, in a wardrobe from The Vivienne Files? Heck yes! Neutral colors can be interchanged, especially in casual wardrobes in which rigorous color matching isn’t terribly important. Let’s recreate a recent wardrobe and […]

4 by 4 Wardrobe for warm weather in black, white, grey and pink

You've probably heard of a capsule wardrobe, but have you ever put together a style sudoku capsule wardrobe? I shared 8 easy steps for putting together your own 4x4 wardrobe sudoku!

Just plain pretty: A wardrobe full of denim and khaki would still have a lovely feminine feeling with these accent colors! She Builds Flowers All Day… … using cake frosting! Some may think that this is just a routine grocery-store kind of job, but she loves it… Just because her work is very temporary in […]

How to Expand a Travel Capsule Wardrobe in a blue, white, black, and beige color palette

This image turns up frequently on Pinterest, and that makes me really happy! This might be the concept of which I am the most proud, of all of the work that I’ve done on The Vivienne Files. The idea of being able to be well-dressed and fully-prepared for most of what life throws at us […]

November 21, 2017 Yes, you saw this scarf a long time ago – KathKath actually gave me one to give away to one of you! But now they’ve made this beautiful pattern available in both silk and a cashmere blend, AND in both rectangle and square shapes… Our heroine is long past the point […]