• Style and Styling

    Red, White & Blue for 2022

    Patriotic Style with Polish Happy day, Reader Dear! Summer is Red, White and Blue (RWB) season here in the US. Desserts featuring flags with strawberry stripes and blueberry fields of stars decorate magazine covers everywhere you turn. Ginghams abound in…

  • Style and Styling

    EASY Holiday Style!

    Jeans + Top + … Happy day, reader dear! What’s new in your corner of the world? Are you getting out more, or is it time to circle the wagons again? Is December a busy month for you? Or do…

  • Style and Styling

    Give Thanks in Style!

    Happy day, reader dear! Thankfulness is on minds and hearts all over the United States this season. Thankfulness should be on our minds and in our hearts all the year long, but we humans are wired to take things for…

  • Accessories

    Red, White & Blue-ty Bundle

    Skyrocket Your July 4th Style! Happy day, reader dearest! What happens in the US every year around the 4th of July? Sales of red, white and blue clothing skyrocket. (See what I did there? Skyrocket? Fireworks? #punny) I think it’s…

  • Style and Styling

    Jeans + White Tee =

    Holiday Season Style Happy day, reader dear! How are you? It’s getting hard out there again. In here I’m going to keep it light and fluffy. Not because I’m oblivious, but because I think a little distraction is healthy for…

  • Color

    Winter Palette Decisions…

    Sugar Plum Fairy or Homey Holiday Hygge? Happy day, reader dear! I pray you are having a peaceful November, location and lockdown conditions notwithstanding. My life here at Closet Play central really doesn’t change much. I blog. I work virtually…

  • Style and Styling

    Thanksgiving Dressing…

    With Room for Dessert! Happy day, reader dear! I couldn’t resist the pun! If you are reading from outside the US you may not be aware of the dressing vs. stuffing debate. It’s almost as fierce as Red/Blue politics. Some…

  • Style and Styling

    9 Ways to Style: A Red Top

    Closet Playing with a Red Polka Dot Top… Happy day, reader dear! It seems like just yesterday that I posted my Winter Capsule. Okay, not yesterday, but it was only a week ago… And as I looked through the video,…

  • Capsule Wardrobing

    2019 Winter Capsule: The Edit

    Happy day, reader dear! Welcome to December! And to a new season’s capsule wardrobe. After fall’s sartorial adventures, I need some rest. And for me, rest means back to basics, my kind of basics. Heavy on the neutrals and built…

  • Style and Styling

    5 Pieces for Holiday Style

    Happy day, reader dear! Here we come a wassailing… The holiday season is bearing down like a freight train! Along with the celebrations comes the dilemma of “What to Wear?” I am firmly convinced that the popularity of the Ugly…