July 2026 – Building a Wardrobe Starting With Saints Genevieve and Apollonia by Lucas Cranach the Elder

July 10, 2026 Our researcher of all things Gothic architectural detail is in Paris. Melting. Loving her small borrowed apartment with air conditioning… First up, let’s savor her signature work of art – the painting from which she draws her color palette, and the serene grace that she tries to emulate in her life: some day I’m going to be a pub quiz in which they hold up photographs of paintings and ask “who’s the artist”. I’m going to OWN that pub…. At the end of June, our heroine had this wardrobe. She clearly has some great things to wear in hot weather, which is a good thing! This was her accessory collection. So bright, so pretty, so useful! She’s looking for another outfit that she can wear in the sweltering, melting, absolutely hideous heat. Of course, it won’t be a “stand alone” outfit; it will be individual garments that are perfect together, but which also can be worn lots of other ways with her existing clothes. This is where she settled. Yes, Birkenstocks. Paris wears…