January clothes: Back to the Lake

Part One: A winter wardrobe in progress...

She's crazy about this Cashmink® scarf. When she brought it home from the thrift store, her husband thought maybe he should have it (it's unisex, right?), but when she tried it on, he agreed that those colours were quite good on her. (She said that he could still borrow it if he wanted.)

And then she noticed how close the colours are to one of her favourite Group of Seven paintings.

Standing back, it looks mostly green and light grey.

Close up, there is a mixture of teal and other blue-greens, denim blue (maybe it's grey), light grey (maybe it's off-white), and soft pink/peach. 

The teal stripe reminds her of a Vivienne Files post about Mountain Forms by Lawren Harris, from almost a year ago. 

But with a pile of new restrictions looming on top of the usual cold winter, the Vivienne Files post that seems to come closest is this November 2019 story about rushing off to care for a family member.

Clothes

(Most of the clothes and accessories were bought at thrift stores; exceptions are noted.)

She has several things that come close to the pile of neutral clothes in that heroine's suitcase. 

Long blue and grey waterfall cardigan, which can also be worn as more of a shawl

Grey cotton turtleneck top (bought new)

Grey corduroy pants

Blue jeans

Grey fleece cardigan with buttons and a sash belt

Grey pullover sweater

Off-white long-sleeved t-shirt

Grey pull-on pants (like leggings)

She adds five tops and sweaters in other colours, which makes it a "Whatever's Clean 13":

Teal pullover sweater

Longer blue-mix cowlneck pullover

Blue turtleneck sweater

Lavender-pink shirt 

Green long-sleeved t-shirt

She borrows some outfits from the Vivienne Files post.

Hmmm...this seems a bit darker overall than she wanted. She decides to add in an off-white cardigan to balance out all the grey (that makes 14 pieces of clothing).

She also adds some casual clothes in navy and denim blue (bringing it to 18 items):

Jean-style Tencel shirt

Navy zippered fleece jacket

Navy pullover sweater (more like a sweatshirt)

Navy knit pants (the same kind as the grey ones in the Vivienne Files post, but hers were thrifted)

Which leaves her three wildcard items to make her goal of 21 (not counting outdoor wear):

Teal jersey dress (see details in this post)

Grey short skirt (plus a pair of warm tights)

Long-sleeved orchid t-shirt

And since she really wants one more pink-ish item, she adds this cowlneck sweater she found last year in a vintage-clothes booth.

She also has a longer skirt for unforeseen fancy events. (That would total 23 pieces of clothing.)

But she's not counting on any. 

Outdoor Clothes

Warm coat, snow boots, hat, muffler, mittens.

Part Two: Accessories

Scarves

Footwear

Ankle boots and a pair of shoes, for the odd times she'll be out of the house but not wearing snow boots

Tights and socks

Jewelry

Bracelet set (bought from Fierce Lynx Designs)

Gifted jewelry

Thrifted jewelry

Purses (this new/thrifted one, and others that she has on the shelf already)

"Makeup is an accessory too": With some Christmas money, she ordered a makeup sampler set from 12 Blueprints. The interesting thing she noticed is that her photo of the sample packets seems to blend well with the clothes. Which is a good thing, right?

Part Three: Final Decisions

How does that look all together? The winter sun is shining this afternoon, so she gathers up the clothes, and crosses her fingers that the light will hold while she arranges them.

Yep, that seems to work.

(Now she gets to put them all back into the closet.)

Last updated December 27, 2020.