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February 6, 2019 Monday we chose some clothes for our heroine to pack on a springtime cruise to Italy and the islands near there; we used this lovely painting as our inspiration: We left her with these clothes: So let’s start with shoes! They’re always the most difficult thing to pack – they take up […]

October 19, 2016 Classic colors, timeless design: Scarf – Hermes Flânerie à Versailles; cashmere & silk wrap – Nordstrom The clever color scheme of this scarf opens the door to a capsule wardrobe with accent colors of red, bright pink, or cobalt blue… maybe even grey? Sisters From Different Mothers They’ve done it […]

February 26, 2015 As soon as I did the earlier version of this painting (found here), people emailed me asking that I use a different mix of colors, and that I do a business travel version of a wardrobe. So I’m combining requests here – I hope it works out! I kept […]

Ah, we’re all pretty interested in how to shift from warm weather to cool. Even if it’s not yet time to actually WEAR cool-weather clothes, it’s nice to have a plan in which we can do a bit of shopping and look forward. So starting in August, we have this wardrobe: Sleeveless and shorts seem […]

July 14, 2023 She’s the Only One… Well, the only one she knows! When someone wants to purchase a painting – or paintings – that include horses, she’s the expert… She’s off for a few days to visit a new race course; they want the Private Lounge to have a modern, but still equestrian, feel… […]

January 12, 2016 Today’s capsule wardrobe is a bit more casual, with a bit of influence from the aesthetics of the figurine; these kinds of things have to be approached carefully, because I don’t want to do any egregious cultural appropriation! It’s sort of like when people would visit Ireland (when I lived there) […]

How to Build a Capsule Wardrobe of Accessories in a Grey, Blue, Lilac and Black color palette

June 17, 2014 It’s a question that’s as old as The Vivienne Files – if you’re starting a capsule wardrobe from scratch, how do you start? What an ambitious question! But after thinking about it for three years, I’m going to give it a try – a step by step approach to rebuilding your wardrobe […]

February 20, 2023 Let’s revisit the friend who has lost her wardrobe; she wants to start to rebuild with this scarf as her inspiration: For reference – this was the Weekly Timeless Wardrobe 13 garments that she is wearing for Spring: And these are the bonus garments that will round out her wardrobe: But accessories! […]

October 3, 2018 Last week I left you with a (what I thought was) lovely wardrobe, but it didn’t have any accessories! Well, I was trying to share a new idea about how to choose what to pack, so I didn’t want to throw too much out there at one time… So let’s accessorize now! […]