In my first follow-up report on my Chicago (ORD) travel wardrobe, I told you about a last-minute fix for a minor packing-related emergency. Now I want to get on to the follow-up proper, starting with showing you exactly what I … Continue reading
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Chicago Travel Wardrobe: A Follow-up (or 3) is in ORDer
Now that I’m back from Chicago, I’m slowly getting caught up on my e-mail, the Portland Argentine tango scene, blog reading, and laundry (not necessarily in that order). Next on my agenda: following up on my travel wardrobe with a … Continue reading
Packing ORDer (and a minor emergency)
You’ve heard my original plan for my Chicago (ORD) wardrobe, seen the color palette I developed for it, and how that palette translates into fabrics, as well as clothes and accessories already in my closet. And now, on my last … Continue reading
ORDering Color from your Closet
This week on Makeover Monday, I showed you how I started with my turquoise necklace, then added various fabrics to it to build a color palette for my ORD (Chicago) trip coming up next week. Now I want to quickly … Continue reading
Makeover Monday: A New Wardrobe ORDer
Last week, after discovering that I would be heading to Chicago for 8 days, I told you about my initial travel-wardrobe thought process. (This boiled down to the types of pieces I thought I’d need, taking lodging, events, and weather … Continue reading
Travel Wardrobe Challenge: A New ORDer
Much as I do love traveling, between work and, well, work, there were no upcoming trips on my horizon. (I’m watering plants for friends vacationing in Greece at the moment, but that doesn’t really count, except vicariously.) Until yesterday. During … Continue reading
101 Words, The Inaugural Edition
To celebrate my 100th post (!), I intended to start a new every-so-often feature called 100 Words; each would be a brief but pithy post about anything I felt like at the time, from the colors and trends that are … Continue reading
Read My New Article: Color in your Closet
Just published in Colette Patterns‘ sewing magazine Seamwork: My latest article on using color palettes in real life! It’s called Color in Your Closet: Discover (and Use) the Palette Within. Features: How to coax a palette out of your existing … Continue reading
The All-New Colormusing Shop is Live!
This is the biggest newsflash item I’ve had the pleasure to post about so far: I’m actually creating my dream of a color-centric business, by combining several different areas of interest under a single name:Yes! Knittique (yarns, knitwear patterns, samples, … Continue reading
Personal Style: What’s Your Type?
Found in my inbox this morning: A slideshow from Refinery29* that suggests we can find our individual fashion identities in one of these categories: Editor Off-duty Club Kid Nouveau Les Sportifs The New Bohemians Lady Hypebeast I’m curious: When reading … Continue reading
Changing Your Clothes 