Thank you all!
Carla, black is *one* of my base neutrals ... I would use black, navy and taupe as my main core neutrals (I also love a deep gray or bitter brown, but don't have enough of them to consider them core, if that makes sense). I lean heavily on my black base in the winter months and through DD's competition season. Usually by May I want to lighten things up and shift more towards navy and taupe. But I use them all, all year round! I would say footwear wise I have more black than anything else, mainly because winter requires more types of footwear than any other season. Summer I wear my taupe Birkenstocks 90% of the time
Sal, thank you and I love that blouse - just beautiful and I can see it integrating into your wardrobe easily.
Angie, thank you and yay team modern classic! Love your loafers. I will give duplicating some serious consideration!
Robin, thank you!
kkards, that is so funny They do say black and navy work great together lol. My DD came home from a party last summer with one of her Birkies in the wrong size ... evidently many kids had the self-same pair. And it wasn't even a close size *facepalm* At least she got the one that's too big so she will still wear them in a pinch ... I don't know how the other kid didn't realize they were squeezing into a sandal two sized too small ...