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September 17, 2018 Lots of us are used to having at least 40 or 50 garments available for the current season, so the idea of limiting all of our clothing AND accessories to 33 pieces seems daunting! But 1 thing that I’m pretty sure the creator of Project 333 would agree with – you […]

July 12, 2024 While much of the world is getting ready for cold weather (I’m looking at you, Nordstrom!), some retailers are still introducing clothes for NOW. TODAY. Summer… (in the Northern Hemisphere) One of you spotted this and wondered if it was a good base for a small summer wardrobe: The three colors in […]

July 22, 2020 Well THAT went well… Yesterday, our heroine was caught off guard when she realized that she needed to pack and leave for the weekend in 5 minutes! She managed, using this painting as her color inspiration; she felt that the swirling and diffusion in this painting accurately represented the state of her […]

I’m SO happy that so many of you found Tuesday’s Color Method to closet decluttering useful! When I head off into these new blog directions, I’m never quite sure how things will be received; my head is so full of ideas that every now and then I have to toss one out there and cross […]

6. 4 by 4 Wardrobe in black, white, denim and warm bright accents

Capsule wardrobes inspired by art and nature

August 7, 2024 The first thing I saw in this scarf was a upside-down Ukraine flag… “Your Costumes Will Of Course Be Transported For You… but you will have to carry your warm-up gear, as well as your personal attire.” Ballet dancers might travel with a lot of personal gear – she’s seen it before. […]

September 5, 2012 I used to work in advertising, and thus I have hung around with some of the most eccentric, exotic and extraordinary people imaginable. Flash back to a large conference room in a major European city (this happened at LEAST three times…). The room is full – a couple of hundred advertising […]

May 9, 2017 I can always tell when a lot of you are planning travel because I start to see more and more emails with packing questions. Many people want a wardrobe that they don’t really have to think about once they’ve arrived at their destination; that’s why I cooked up the idea of […]

August 5, 2024 Thanks for all of the kind and loving comments on Friday; these kinds of things keep me going… I’m coming to realize, as I look at the 32-piece wardrobes with which we start this month, that 32 pieces of clothing is really quite a lot! I don’t believe that I’ve worn 32 […]