https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:50:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1766924 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:26:19 +0000 Janet 1766924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and if you want to see more examples of someone who dresses from direct inspiration of artists' works, I enjoy checking out this blog from time to time: <a href="http://www.artfullyawear.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.artfullyawear.com</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1766923 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:24:56 +0000 Janet 1766923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great idea, and beautiful inspiration. There is a wonderful Matisse/Diebenkorn exhibit near me that I have been anxious to check out. Now that I'm home from vacation, I'll go this week. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765976 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:55:22 +0000 Rambling Ann 1765976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>El Cee - that would be fun to see.<br />Staysfit - I'm not so sure about the sand colors for myself, fear of soul-sucking beige is a challenge, but I really like the ranges of blues and greens here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765952 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 11:13:05 +0000 Staysfit 1765952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful choices! For the metal I think you could go with either silver or gold or even mixed metal (gold and silver). I see some warm and cool tones here. These beach tones are calling out to me! I love them. When I had my colors done the woman told me to think of a beach at the ocean and whatever I saw there would be colors I could wear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765824 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:15:12 +0000 carter 1765824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>El Cee, that's a fabulous idea! I may join you on that one:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765781 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 19:34:24 +0000 El Cee 1765781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Bonnie</b> -- Love your ensemble and your inspiration art.</p> <p><b>Rambling Ann</b> -- OK... you and <b>Bonnie</b> have really roused me to give it a go with my own personal "Vivienne Files/Start With Art" type challenge. I think I might pick one painting a week to inspire me to shop my own closet. And I am sure that by February I will be longing for a week of wearing "beachy feeling" colors... so I am bookmarking this fabulous post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765748 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:51:14 +0000 LaPed 1765748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's hard to do beachy in January -- I'm very impressed.</p> <p>Bonnie -- that John Marin painting is a great inspiration piece.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'll have to think of some artwork I love that would lend itself to this project. I'm trying to pay more attention to the Vivienne Files this year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765578 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 01:56:59 +0000 Anonymous 1765578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is very cool :). I'll take painting and all of the clothes and accessories in one tidy shipment please </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765436 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:16:09 +0000 Rambling Ann 1765436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was up in the night negotiating with myself about closet churn, LOL. I cannot dump all my black clothes overnight. This is definitely the direction I want to go for my spring and summer updates. Olive is going to have to blend the two sides of my closet together for a while.&nbsp;</p> <p>Joy and Lucy - I'm leaning toward silver too.&nbsp;</p> <p>StyleFan - let's see!</p> <p>Runcarla - abalone shell! Pearls are a great idea too, maybe freshwater?</p> <p>Bonnie - I like how the plaid and the lines of the puffer coat echo the boxiness of the elements in the painting. The blue and ochre colors are scrumptious too, lots of inspiration in that painting.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765432 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:51:09 +0000 Bonnie 1765432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Rambling Ann, but with so may colors I don't always include every one of them in an outfit. Taupe is the hardest color for me to include in outfits, so I'm thinking it represents my skin and hair. Here is the start of a travel outfit for cold spring that I am building.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765381 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:32:00 +0000 Carla 1765381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can use mixed metals here - white gold, yellow gold, maybe even rose gold. Silver and copper (oxidized turquoise). Pearls? Shells?</p> <p>Love your choice of art! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765379 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:50:51 +0000 Style Fan 1765379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What fun!&nbsp; I enjoy reading Janice's stories and I love her choice of art.&nbsp; You have chosen a gorgeous painting.&nbsp; It speaks silver to me.&nbsp; Just a small amount.&nbsp; I think the jewellery you have picked is a great start.</p> <p>You have given me a great idea on how to put together a travel capsule.&nbsp; Let's see if I can do this.&nbsp; I need an inspiration scarf from my own collection.&nbsp; Then I will use all my own clothes.&nbsp; And tell the story from my own travels (embellished of course!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765357 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 07:15:23 +0000 deb 1765357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This sounds like and interesting project. Looking forward to your year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765346 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 05:00:18 +0000 Lucy 1765346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous! So pretty and refined. I too like the idea of silver with this. Bit of a flash of silver dolphin in the water?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765337 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 03:26:30 +0000 Anonymous 1765337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You did a fabulous job of picking up colors from the painting. I'd go with silver, thinking of the shine of sun on water. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765318 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 02:35:49 +0000 Rambling Ann 1765318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>El Cee - I'm craving the beach right now, even though I live in some amazing red rock country. Tea is always good.</p> <p>Bonnie - I love that painting! Please show some outfits from it.</p> <p>Carter - please do!</p> <p>This is going to be fun, especially since nothing has to be affordable or fit. &nbsp;I am going to hold off buying for a while - this is going to be a big test to see if I want to make a big shift away from black. &nbsp;I'm not ready to go there, but this already feels very comfortable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765309 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:37:49 +0000 carter 1765309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this! If I can find the time, I'll play. You've done a marvelous job. Looking forward to seeing the development. I think the blue handbag is perfect. I lean toward gold jewelry these days, but I think either works very well here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765300 Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:15:59 +0000 Bonnie 1765300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow - I love it all. I hope you post your additions every month. I found a painting by John Marin at the Met in NYC that I love and have based wardrobe purchases in the colors that are in it, but what you've done is amazing. This sounds like a fun project. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765277 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 23:35:51 +0000 El Cee 1765277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful... and totally wearable. Now you should bundle up in that gorgeous scarf and cozy sweater and take a winter walk on a beach... or along a river or lake... or just envision doing so while relaxing and sipping some tea. As for metals, cool silver would be my first thought, but the painting has some warm tones as well -- so gold, copper or brass might work just as well. Love your beach glass earrings!!! Fun project. I look forward to reading future postings.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ocean-park-project#post-1765271 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:58:08 +0000 Rambling Ann 1765271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was inspired by the year-long project Janice of the Vivienne Files took on last year, building a wardrobe one outfit at a time inspired by a scarf. I want to see if I can do something similar, completely aspirational, and see what I learn.&nbsp;</p> <p>Try as I might, I failed at finding a scarf. I'm using a painting from one of my favorite abstract painters, Richard Diebenkorn. It's from his Ocean Park series, and has a soft beachy feel that I would love to bring into my own wardrobe. Note the angularity despite the low contrast. Neutrals are beige and inky blue, not my typical safe colors. Natural fabrics and drape with some structure called for, I think.</p> <p>For January, I picked some fairly impractical winter clothes. Maybe my heroine is going on a vacation to a northern California beach town. Had to start with Vans for shoes, a classic from my beach days growing up. I struggled with the handbag, but I think more of those blues will come in future months, so I'm ok with it for now. Next month I will "get" the necessary coat. I totally dodged the question of metals for now. Thoughts on that?<div><br />How did I do? Is it wearable? Anyone else want to give it a go?&nbsp;</div> </p>