The vivienne files

July 3, 2020 Okay, she’s no longer living; for our purposes, our heroine is a fictional character who looks a lot like her… When we left our heroine, stocking her pantry in Paris with the essentials, she was traveling with this wardrobe: She has just learned that she’s going to have to stay in Paris […]

March 23, 2022 Two emails, asking the same question from 2 opposite points of view: “I’m going to have chemotherapy, and I’m going to probably lose enough weight to be 2 sizes smaller than normal. I expect to gain all of the weight back… What to wear?” “I’m starting a new medicine that I will […]

March 3, 2023 Let’s check on our other 3 heroines! Boy do I love these colors… This heroine felt like she was in a pretty good spot for pants – she’s got black jeans, and another pair of black pants; those of us who wear black could go for weeks with just these 2! AND… […]

April 15, 2024 So once you’ve studied the Pantone Colors from London Fashion Week, (found here and here), you have to decide if you like the colors, if you would be flattered by wearing any of them, and how they might look with the neutral clothes you normally wear. I can’t answer the first two […]

February 11, 2022 I’ve probably mentioned this before (20 times!), but since we’ve all moved into 1 apartment together, my ONLY real issue is that my closet isn’t conveniently placed, nor organized. And I, of course, really don’t have buckets of time to work on it! My plan is to get rid of things that […]

July 7, 2023 Three more heroines with unique wardrobes, and unique shopping goals! When we last visited her wardrobe, our heroine had lovely colors, and some great clothes, BUT… She has no shorts! (yes, for some of us that isn’t a problem!) She only has 5 black garments, and black is supposed to be her […]

June 22, 2022 By this time of year, most of us should be easily able to whittle down our warm-weather wardrobe to a tidy 33 pieces. While this is NOT what Courtney Carver suggests for her Project 333, I’m pretty confident that she wouldn’t be too upset with us starting at this point. So long […]

May 29, 2924 Last week I went for another cortisone shot in my wrist, as well as the ten millionth re-fit of my arm brace – heavy lifting is catching up with my wee bird-like wrists! But the thing I remember most from the entire adventure is a group of people I saw walking OUT […]