July 2026 – Building a Wardrobe Starting With Spirit of Autumn by Albert Pinkham Ryder

July 6, 2026 I’m home from Paris. Well, I’m actually writing this the day BEFORE I leave, so I’m assuming that everything went swimmingly… Let’s revisit our heroine who spends her work time listening to others. She draws her personal style inspiration from this painting: She finished the first half of the calendar year with these 28 pieces of clothing as her work wardrobe. Most of us have a ton more than this, but I think we might be able to agree that this is pretty sufficient: If you get bored with the clothes (although clothes maybe shouldn’t be a big source of entertainment!), the accessories can liven things up a bit: When our heroine was looking for additions to her wardrobe, she was thinking of adding more of the warm reddish rust that’s prominent on the ground upon which the woman in her painting stands. She got lucky! Faded redwood check shirt – L.L.Bean; necklace – Vintouch Italy; ivory cotton sweater – J.Crew; linen pants – Banana Republic; tee shirt – L.L.Bean; tote bag –…