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June 10, 2024 Maybe you really loved the black and white wardrobe on Friday, but you know that you don’t want to travel without some denim or chambray! This scarf should set you up pretty well: the text means “take care of the land and animals and they will give you life” I’ve isolated the […]

June 14, 2024 She loves the painting. She REALLY loves the colors – she believes that the top section is brown, and who are we to disagree? This is an important thing for us all to remember – just because our painting of inspiration and motivation includes (in this case) four colors doesn’t mean that […]

July 7, 2021 The Call Came… and she’s expected to be in the office 2 or 3 days a week, starting in September… She can’t wear her old work clothes – her size has changed in the last while, working at home! And she’s overall not thrilled about the whole “back in the veal feeder […]

July 23, 2021 I’ve been asked for wardrobes including only skirts for a while now… So when a question was sent to me about packing for a three month visit to Poland, using only skirts, I figured it was time to address this! A long trip can be daunting – about 20 years ago, I […]

A Great Book, and a Fun New Wardrobe Idea! - The Vivienne Files

What is a 4X4 Capsule Wardrobe? What’s a Four by Four Capsule Wardrobe, and why should you consider forming one from the clothes already in your closet? A Four by Four Wardrobe is a 16-piece group of clothes chosen four pieces at a time: four pieces in the first neutral color (called a Core of […]

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

December 2, 2022 I always think of “finishing” these wardrobes for the December posts – but I’m realizing (after a TON of these posts!) that there is never a finished wardrobe. You might well be at a point that you have everything you need for the foreseeable future, but things will wear out. You will […]

Capsule wardrobes inspired by art and nature

October 14, 2019 Yes, if you live where it’s cold, you might easily want a stack of these turtlenecks! If you don’t anticipate that much cold weather in your life, or you just don’t feel that you’re going to need more than a couple of these tops, you can skip this garment entirely, or substitute […]