• Style and Styling

    Copycat Style: June 2022

    Goes Costal Grandma White Jeans + Chambray Top + Straw Hat Hello, Dear Reader! Yes, your Copycat Style post is late this month. It’s been one of those dog chasing tail kind of months. Lots of action and growling, but…

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    Coastal Grandma Style Primer

    Pick and Play! Hello, Reader Dear! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I’m typing after booster number two and don’t know how long I’ll be hanging in here. The last one did me a doozy. I’m hoping for…

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    Friday Flashback 2020

    Volume 5: Jeans + White Top Happy day, reader dear! Welcome back to another installment of Friday Flashback, and a little break from our Back-to-School Blitz. If this is your first visit to Closet Play, Welcome! If you are returning,…

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    3 Ways to Style: Denim Shorts

    OR Jeans Shorts! What do you call them? Happy day, reader dear! As the weather warms and the jeans find themselves shoved to the back of the closet (or drawer), the denim shorts emerge from their winter hibernation–ready to take…

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    3 Easy Outfit Swaps

    To Level Up Your Look! Happy day, reader dear! I expect that unless you are a health-care worker, you’ve been spending an awful lot to time at home. If you are a health care worker, or any essential services worker,…

  • Capsule Wardrobing

    Spring 2020 Capsule

    Happy day, dearest reader! Welcome to March! I suppose I should have said that on the last post, but since I wrote it in February, I wasn’t feeling very spring yet. Now that March is here, I am starting to…

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    What’s Your Style Personality?

    7 Personality Style (Arche)Types Happy day, reader dear! How are you? And more importantly, Who are you? I hope you are well, and happy being you! Have you ever brought home (or been gifted) a clothing item or accessory that…

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    3 Ways to Soften a Classic Look

    Shift Classic and Let Your Personality Shine! Happy day, reader dear! Are you bored with your wardrobe? I think that may be the main complaint I hear from women about their closets… That, and that they need help thinning the…

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    Personality Trumps All

    Personality Primer Good morning, reader dear! How are you? I’m just glad to be writing today! I got some sort of bug, or ate something that didn’t like me and was sick (in bold AND caps) all night Sunday, and…

  • Capsule Wardrobing

    Spring 2019 Capsule Debrief

    Lessons to Take into Summer Happy day, dear reader! It’s that time again! Time to look back and forward at once. To see what worked for spring and what didn’t. Ostensibly, to learn from both the good things and the…