Vestis Virum

Today’s outfit: faux leather trousers, button up jersey shirt, silver knit pullover

A week in autumn

Monday: Brown jersey/poplin dress

Tuesday: Maroon corduroy trousers, maroon/cream check flannel shirt; maroon sleeveless cardigan

Wednesday: Maroon/cream gingham dress with ribbon ties. The maroon sleeveless cardigan from Tuesday goes nicely with this and adds a bit of warmth

Thursday: Rust corduroy trousers, beige linen shirt, beige Fairisle sleeveless pullover (I made this)

Friday: Rust corduroy trousers, cream/ginger Fairisle jumper

Saturday: Jeans with a deep turnup. The reverse of the denim is tan rather than the usual pale blue. Same cream/ ginger jumper as Friday

The rail pictures haven’t come out very well because my room is quite dark and gloomy today

There are four dresses: an Aligne butter yellow midi with buttoned bodice that I bought last year and haven’t worn yet (shameful - I will wear it this week); a George half-and-half midi dress, also butter yellow; two tiered cotton dresses in blue and yellow prints ( the floral is two years old and the abstract about five years old). Note: that is not me in those pictures!

Also on the rail are denim culottes, a yellow linen jumper, two very old butter-yellow t shirts (one cotton, one linen), a pair of yellow linen trousers and two vest tops. These are shown in the next pictures. The vest tops are blue and yellow. One has lobsters. The other is a Breton stripe with a yellow band at the neck and armholes. There is also a t shirt with a lemon graphic

Finally, a pair of cheerful havaianas

To be honest, I was surprised that I had so many orange clothes ( and these are just summer ones)! All these clothes (apart from one dress) are at least a couple of years old. Some of them are a lot older

On the rail:

Bright orange cotton broderie anglaise midi dress (one of the three identical supermarket frocks I bought a couple of years back)

Dark orange/tan tiered cotton maxi (one of my collection of identical tiered cotton maxis)

Thin rust-coloured wide-leg cotton trousers (these are a bit see-through, so need a culotte petticoat under them)

Denim culottes (yes, I know denim isn’t orange, but blue denim is a neutral)

My favourite orange linen knit top with fringes

Teal/orange striped cotton t-shirt

Pale orange tea-dyed cotton t-shirt

Bright orange broderie anglaise cotton t-shirt

Raglan knit rust/orange linen jumper (just in case it gets chilly)

Accessories are: tan leather Converse plimsolls; tan leather Radley “pockets” bag; tan faux-leather rose-trimmed phone purse; three pairs of orange-ish sunglasses (my favourites are the mirrored ones); Perspex bangle set with orange crystals; small silver/carnelian earrings; statement sea-creature earrings by Dawn Estrin

I had hoped that there would be a third dress on the rail. I ordered a fab-looking dress from eBay, but it hasn’t arrived yet. It has tigers

On the rail, from left:

Pale pink lace trimmed vest; Breton stripe T-shirt with a pink neck band; surgical-pink linen t shirt; cream linen wide-leg trousers; dusky pink ribbed jumper I don’t really expect to wear this week; white cotton broderie anglaise dress; plain white cotton tiered dress; plain surgical pink cotton tiered dress; fancy hot pink cotton dress with orange broderie trim.

Capsule wardrobe for a “leopard” week (from my actual wardrobe).

One of my absolute favourite dresses just now. Cotton jersey top, poplin skirt and sleeves with broderie edges.