Mn Vogue vol. 2

[MarshaBrady]

For anyone who likes to talk about style, nice stuff that they've bought and so on.

And I love this jacket!!!

Lovely jacket Fritzi!!!

Outfit of the day: simple belted, cap-sleeved black button-down dress that has a narrow vintagey Dior-like silhouette (Calvin Klein). Waist cinched with a black patent leather belt (Marni). Ponyskin leopard ballerinas (Zara).

Have done a lot of naked eyes + bright lipstick during summer. Now transitioning to fall. Have rediscovered how chic pale silvery taupe or golden light khaki eye pencil look on upper lids. Very subtle definition, polished but not overly made-up.

Finished 'You are what you wear'. Love the wardrobe self-analysis part. Will perhaps do some of the self-evaluation suggested at the end of the book over the weekend. Over last year, I've gradually gotten rid of clothes that make me feel bad. Now it's time to concentrate on things that make me feel particularly good . Also will try to elicit a capsule wardrobe (for travelling) out of all the things I have following the instructions in the book.

How do you ladies organize your wardrobe (the hanging part)? By color, by item type, by most worn, by some other principle?

Morning Dona. Since my wardrobe edit my clothes are organised by type. From left to right - tees, tops, blouses, dresses, skirts, jeans, trousers, knitwear, jackets. Within those they are then sorted by colour. It makes getting dressed in the morning as I work left to right through until I'm fully clothed! Shoes the same - grouped together by type. I've downloaded lots of info about mindfulness which I'm hoping to get to this weekend - thanks!

High street stuff I am eyeing up:

Too many unatural fibres, but I like the idea.

I am really, really liking a lot of stuff from Mango this season. You need to be careful with the material, and I find a lot of the skirts/dresses a bit short for me, but overall there is a lot of nice stuff!

Pure silk maxi from Mango. Not my colour, but could be great for a special occasion.

Great basic.

Ooh nice silk dresses at Mango thanks Ny.

Great links Fritzi!

Am wearing navy pencil skirt qith this pink silk top tucked in, a dusky pink blazer (charity shop find) and coral patent courts < cheap>

With looped pearls.

Am wearing blue skinnies with black tee and brogues. My seasalt order arrived and is gorgeous loving the Trimble knit and seagull skirt.

Love this blouse perfect colours but way too £££ to even consider spending on a blouse to me.

Very nice. There is a lovely polka dot one too by Chloe.

Agree on prices I usually find aw ridiculously high after summer sales.

Lovely links NY and outfits. I am in garden in bikini I know I know almost indecent in Sept when should be Doing Things. Last of summer sunshine.

Girlsofsummer - lovely blouse - I like the look of the skirt it is styled with - agree way too much for me to spend on a blouse.

Make the most of it Marsha yes you are very lucky to have this time so no point spoiling it by feeling guilty !!

Hehe thanks.

Good question Dona I am still immersed by the 'declutter to end all declutters' (I wish)..am just about to tackle the dreaded wardrobe but will probably carry on with system of colour coding within each group of clothing.i.e all coats together,then split into colours etc,etc..

marsha sounds wonderful..just say no to mother's guilt.

gorgeous blouse gos but am with you on 'too much for a blouse' ..perhaps you'll get lucky in the sales.

lost items of clothing still missed..why did I charity shop Kathryn Hamnett bustier?of course I couldn't get my arm into these days it was so teeny tiny but DDs could have fought over it!

Reine I had a huge declutter when I was off over Xmas it was life changing. For me I put party ?going out? dresses in one place in wardrobe (which for me is too short rails one high one low, in an alcove). Then work blouses (they get hung up). Then work dresses, then day dresses. Blazers all in one place, suits in another, coats and jackets which are not currently on coat rack in another. Jumpers in a box. Tops in drawers (one casual, one work). Nightwear in a drawer. Jeans and random dresses not suitable for hanging up in another huge drawer (the least organised always gets massively overstuffed).

I find if my actual wardrobe gets messed up (which it does as I am a bit lazy sometimes with hanging up) it takes me MUCH longer to get ready.

The key for me was not overstuffing wardrobe ? I got rid of tonnes of stuff I just was never going to use so liberating. So much easier to find what to wear when everything is not fighting for a place and you can see things. Still probably a bit too crowded and terrible shoe storage system. I used to split winter and summer stuff and store it elsewhere but have gone off that, too much hassle. Provided I am vaguely disciplined i can keep my wardrobe just about uncrowded enough to be usable.

I think you do same as me re keeping box of stuff for your DDs? Mine is under my bed. A lot of it is cheap but fun the sort of thing I imagine they will like as teenagers.

"two short rails" not "too short rails"... !

NY Mango looks fresh! Got a good belt from their sale for 2 or 3 euros, really like it.

MMD brogue envy. They do not look good on me but I envy anyone who can pull them off

GoS I got lots of 1950s, 1960s and 1970s vintage stuff from my mother and my aunts - and have two daughters, so definitely need to remember that

Not overstuffing the wardrobe is really important - before the vacation my wardrobe was bursting at seams and that really is no good. Loved how easy it was to flip through my holiday wardrobe. Thanks for sharing your organizing tips. Shop and Reine, my clothes are currently also sorted by type and within type by color, but perhaps I have still too much stuff, I find that building outfits is still difficult. I'm thinking of splitting the space in two 1. "Rarely used / do not love" and 2. "Favorite items / capsule wardrobe" - then organizing within that either by color or type. Then I can make an effort to wear something for the rarely visited side when I have time to think about my outfit and can just grab things or stuff my suitcase quickly from the capsule side.

Need to continue decluttering over the weekend. The drawers side is so messy I couldn't find any knickers this morning...

Marsha enjoy the sunshine. The weather is wonderful here too and I could step out to the roof terrace - but never get anything done there. I have a telecon at 3pm, am working like crazy (7 tomatoes already). The funny thing is that once I get started work stuff is actually very absorbing and exciting. But need the short breaks too...

Am strangely in love with Marni necklaces. Not all, mind, but love the more chunky and architectural ones. Saw yesterday a woman on the street wearing a very simply outfit (simple shoes, indigo cigarette trousers, flowing white blouse, a stunning necklace) and think I might need a few statement pieces. Assuming I find a good top first. Am dreaming of a batwing heavy silk blouse...

Dona the organisational freak in me (that I have become since my wardrobe edit) would say that the "barely use / do not love" side should be got rid of! Feel free to pass any of it my way

I also got rid of 'barely use/do not love' bits. Not missed any of it yet!

Agree that it is liberating!

Agree with shopafrolic and cheesesarnie re binning the "do not love" elements. Why not try vacu-packing it for a while and seeing if you miss the items?

I switch my wardrobe according to A/W and S/S. I have all tees, jeans and knits folded in a cupboard; trousers, dresses, jackets, blouses and skirts all hanging in the wardrobe. A chest of drawers for nightwear, loungewear, scarves and underwear.

Just a quick pit-stop here today. Am pretending to be crazily busy with research........thankfully my research requires me to read October's Vogue :o

Currently sporting a bikini (Michael Kors) but wearing a high-neck halter neck dress for the school run (Hilfiger).

Hopefully I have no idea about your budget for your leather leggings but according to Sarah Harris these are the absolute creme de la creme.

Dona I have vintage clothes which I'm keeping for dd and also some more recent ones. She has taken to vetting my wardrobe for items she wants to inherit when she is a teen. She already has a great love for boots and bags.

Rearranged my clothes rail (took 5 minutes). Hyper revealing:
*I love and wear all the time sharply tailored clean-lined monochome clothes that are white, camel, coral, red, emerald green, cobalt blue, smoky blue or black. This is 2/3 of the rail.

• I do not wear the remaining 1/3 of clothes. That is, anything with pattern, anything heavy on synthetics, clothes that do not fit perfectly (v. fussy about fit!), clothes that crease easily or are very impractical (short-sleeved cardigan). I do not wear very thin, chiffony or translucent fabrics even if they are good quality natural materials. That's it ! Very simple really...

Job done..have divided a la gos into 'working' wardrobe,i.e day to day and going out.will be so much easier to work out outfits and especially now the overstuffed aspect has gone!

Do indeed keep things for the girls but same as you fun stuff rather than Chanel handbags I'm afraid.

Did the same to my shoes. Easy peasy.
Love and wear all the time: lined out in the hallway - 15 pairs. Ballerinas, sneakers, Havaianas, pointy flats, platform wedges, Hasbeens.
1st tray in wardrobe, the workhorses. All black! Dressy shoes, courts, ballerinas. Shoes that I wear parties.
2nd tray, statement shoes: nude and tan shoes, platform shoes, some beaded ballerinas.
3rd day, have not used in more than a year: flat open sandals, mules, sneaker courts, patent loafers, white shoes, red shoes, too-small Chie Miharas, old worn but dearly beloved high heel courts and slingbacks.
(Can't be bothered with winter stuff today).

I feel your pain dona it's a project and a half!

I need to do that too. Well done Dona and Reine!

Ujjayi funny was thinking about Hilfiger the other day. Saw a huge advert in Regent St for new store and liked the tweed.