![]() Lingerie-inspired style: Corsetry and yards of lace are both elements that conjure images of fluffy Edwardian blouses and parasols.In order to steer a bit away from this, let’s avoid anything with mesh or sequins. Ballet style: Soft frothy pastels and floral motifs and athletic cuts are also strongly associated with ballet.There’s going to be a fair amount of overlap with any sort of aggressively soft and feminine style, but to give the wardrobe a bit more focus, we can decide on some things we are not going to include in order to reduce elements that may skew it in other directions. Skirts and sleeves are poofy, but there aren’t really layers. Styling Choices: Hats! Hats were an integral part of outfits back in the turn of the century.Silhouettes: Nipped in waists, full skirts, high necklines or sharp v or square necklines, graceful gathers and drape, voluminous sleeves.Fabrics: Sheer layers, lace, airy fabrics, silk.Colors: creams, whites, beige, pastel floral colors, quite a lot of green and lighter blue – think of a lovely spring day.When your inner self is eating muffins and sipping tea with the characters of The Importance of Being Earnest but you work from home and are very active and have no tolerance for any sort of clothing that doesn't have high stretch. Here is one specific, kind of silly but hopefully demonstrative example (flow is not the best because it's a draft/excerpt): Victorian garden party, but make it athleisure I highly recommend checking out the author's website, as a lot of the material in the book is there for free. The book The Curated Closet is really great for laying out how to go from wardrobe goals to actual wardrobe. ![]() Fully happy with an outfit 2-3 times a week vs 25% happy with an outfit every day sorta thing. I personally would rather have a really tight sub-capsule of my wardrobe that can make a handful of very on-theme outfits than try to halfway integrate it with a more disparate aesthetic.
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