• Style and Styling

    5 Style Takeaways from 2022

    Whew! Happy day and HAPPY NEW YEAR, Reader Dearest! (Yes. A little late.) What a ride! To quote Hunter S. Thompson– Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body,…

  • Style and Styling

    Style a Plain White Tee

    3 Winning Ways for 2022 Happy day, Reader Dear! Why a white tee? Because they are a warm weather staple for many a woman! Maybe you? AND you find a white tee on every Must-Have dressing list. Yes, those lists…

  • Style and Styling

    3 Tips for Simple Style with Wow!

    Simple Doesn’t Mean Boring! Happy day, Reader dearest! What’s new with you? I’m over summer. Even if most of what I am wearing still looks like my summer wardrobe, I’m staying busy trying to give those summer looks a fall…

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    Summer 10X10

    Less Choice = Less Stress Happy day, reader dear! Whew. If you read last week’s post, you know that it was a bit bananas Chez Closet Play. And still is. (Hmmm. Maybe Closet Play Atelier is better? Do let me…

  • Style and Styling

    Style/Restyle

    (Jeans + White Tee) x7 Happy day, reader dear! Woo hoo! I am glad to be done with the 7 Day Style Palette Cleanse. AND I’m equally glad I did it! Sounds like the same thing people say after a…

  • Style and Styling

    Simple Style 2019

    Happy 2019, dear reader! I hope your year is off to a fabulous start! If this is your first visit, Welcome! If you are a regular reader, Welcome back! You have no idea how much you are appreciated! As a…

  • Style and Styling

    The Myth of Effortless Style

    Happy day, dear reader! Google “effortless style” and you will get more than 67 million hits. So it’s no wonder I get asked about effortless style… Last December, when I was interviewed for our local paper, the (male) reporter asked…

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    Musings & Miscellany

    Happy Blogday to Me!

    Thank you, dear reader! We’re having a little party today here at closetplay.biz! Today is my blog’s first birthday (or first bloggiversary?), so to celebrate, I am sharing this past year’s most popular posts. I am pleasantly surprised to still…

  • Wardrobe 101

    What is Simple Style?

    simple simpler\ˈsim-p(ə-)lər\; simplest \ˈsim-p(ə-)ləst\ 1: free from guile : innocent 2a : free from vanity : modest   b : free from ostentation or display–a simple outfit 3: of humble origin or modest position–a simple farmer “Simple.” Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2018. Welcome (back?), dear reader! Sometimes a client tells me that she (or he)…