Today is our last glimpse inside Grace’s closet. During the Janie Bryant series, Grace made the comment that “To me, clothes are always a costume and every day I’m choosing how I feel and how I want to feel and how I want the world to see me.”
She has five basic characters in her closet, each with several outfits. Below is just a sample.
1. Cosmo Girl: “Jeans with a top that I knit. It has a racer back, and it pools over the bust in a really sensual way.”
2. Nautical: “I am a big fan of classic American style, and nautical stripe shirts are a weakness. Even though they say that horizontal stripes don’t look good with a huge bust, I don’t believe it. (Neither do I, Grace!)
3. Emma Pillsbury.
I am so inspired by Glee. I adore the soft, feminine outfits that Emma Pillsbury wears.  This is a lace ruffle pencil skirt with a button down shirt that has pearl buttons. I also wear a lot of cardigans like she does, and I have a sweater clip that I got from Etsy. Pencil skirts are a go-to work look for me. Sometimes I do the look sweet like this, and sometimes I use pencil skirts to do a bombshell look.
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P.P.S. And yes, Grace uses a safety pin with this shirt.
4. School Girl.
5. Bohemian.
I have a lot of hippie Indian-style shirts. Sometimes I want to wear all loose, flowing clothes. These pants are one of my favorites. I got them in an outlet shop in Arkansas. They are slight bell bottoms with flowers embroidered all around the top.
I hope you’ve been as inspired as I have by the range of outfits in Grace’s closet. I love that she can go from sheath dresses to flowing Bohemian; from sexy knit to preppy sweet. Her closet has reminded me of how much fun getting dressed can be.
Okay, 2 big questions. 1. What bra do you wear w/ that racer back knit top? and 2. Does a sweater clip keep the cardigan from parting to both sides of your boobs? I love cardigans, but I hate how they won't fall in a straight line down my front.
1) I have a strapless bra in a nude color and I like how it works. I don't even know what brand it is, I'm sorry! It's very tight, tighter around the rib cage than is comfortable, but that makes it feel more stable.
2) I never noticed whether my cardigans fell to the side or not! I'm probably walking around looking silly and not realizing it. I don't think a sweater clip would solve this problem, as it holds the sweater more loosly. If buttoning just the top button doesn't work, a clip won't be any better! Sometimes with cardigans, I'll button up from the bottom and leave the top five or six buttons undone, so that it is buttoned over my stomach, but opens over my bust.
I've always admired women who have a particular look that is just them. I feel so schizophrenic looking at my closet! I don't have a look that can be pinned down.
I love that your closet is "schizophrenic". So is mine! At one extreme, I can be very straitlaced corporate. At the other, I can be very flowy earth mother. But I don't want to be either all the time.