This blog is intended to be about culture, travel and fashion. I am currently batting 1 out of 3 since there isn’t much travel going on or much of a need for new fashion.
Today I am going to take a run at fashion in this era of ‘stay at home; stay comfortable’ COVID times.
Here’s an article from the Washington Post about how the pandemic is changing fashion trends.
- False eyelashes are in and lipstick is out (due to masks)
- Skin care is in and makeup is out
- Comfortable shoes/slippers are in and high heels are out
- Good value basics and casual wear are in
I have been following a blog, unefemme.net. I love Susan, the blogger. MC calls her my ‘imaginary friend’. When I see a post from her in my email, that is the first thing I open. She loves to travel; loves France and I love her fashion sense.
Susan had her colors done (in London, no less) and that prompted me to have a color analysis. Like many of you, I had my colors done back in the early 80’s and was an ‘autumn’. And I still am with some minor modifications. I had drifted away from my autumn palette to black, black and more black (the most popular color in the NW).
During the lockdown, I did my obligatory closet clean out and really used my palette to sort what stays and what goes. Thank heavens Goodwill is open for donations! I also arranged my closets with the hangars facing toward me so I could see what I really wear by the time summer ends. I am not sure this summer will be a good test, but it is a start. Another blogger I follow posted a spring capsule wardrobe, even in quarantine.
From the ‘beforetimes’, here is an excerpt from an Italian travel ‘blog’ I did 1 ½ years ago. It was summer while we were there so my report is about what I saw on the streets of the Italian Riviera:
- Lots of linen – in neutrals and in brighter colors
- Very little black
- Shorts on women of all ages
- Lightweight ankle pants
- Skinny jeans
- Sport shoes (Nikes, New Balance, Adidas), sport sandals (not Tevas, Chacos, or Keens, but sleeker and more fashionable), Birkenstocks, Pons sandals from Spain (loved them, but they didn’t fit me)
- Primarily over the shoulder totes, some backpacks and a few cross-body bags, some handbags with a handle on top and a cross body strap; men used waist bags
- As soon as the temp dropped below 75, scarves (Italians run cold)
- Little grey hair – mostly dyed blonde
Missing Italy, Ciao,
Allene
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Travels with Allene 