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Wardrobe Colors

It's already been decided that one of my wardrobe colors shall be gray. I think charcoal gray. I think. And the 2nd color shall be navy blue. I decided on this because the Petite Plus Shapely Shirt that is my current work in progress has navy blue in it and when I tried it on for fitting (It won't button at the hips and for some reason I added length where it's not needed, but I won't go into that right now) I couldn't help but notice that the color looks great on me. Then, this morning I wore dh's dark blue bathrobe (mine's in the wash), and it looked great on me, too. I think we have a color winner.

The third color I think will be camel. This is based on a comment in Forty over Forty where the author says that honey-blondes look good in honey-leather accessories and camel color. It's a matter of carrying your natural (I'm a natural blonde--honest!) coloring through into your clothing and accessories. I'm not sure I'm crazy about the possible combinations of camel with the navy and the gray, but I can resolve that through swatching, which will be my next step.

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