• Style and Styling

    Copycat Style: April 2023

    White Jeans + Olive Utility Jacket Happy day, Reader Dearest! It’s mid-April. AND it’s BAAAACK! I’m trying to get back into the swing of SO many things. Like Copycat Style posts. If you are new to closetplay.biz, Welcome! It’s great to…

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    Spring Capsule Wardrobe

    Building It Out Happy day, Reader Dear! I hope you are recovering from The Wearing ‘O the Green! Our family does St. Patrick’s Day. Hi, my maiden name is O’Connell and I make one hard-to-stop-eating Irish Soda Bread. We don’t…

  • Wardrobe 101

    Daily Dozen: Spring (&Summer?)

    What This Stylist Wears #onrepeat AKA: Spring Style Basics to Wear Daily Happy day, Reader Dear! What season is it where you live? I know that sounds like an odd question, but not everyone reading this is reading at the…

  • 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

    Styled Three Ways: Three Seasons!

    White Jeans + Silk Shirt (OR Chambray) Happy day, Dear Reader of mine! What kind of weather are you having? In our neck of the woods, spring has sprung. And with it, all the seasonal changability that spring brings. Some…

  • Style and Styling

    2021 Style Review

    Fave Outfits for the Year Happy day, reader dear! And happy end of 2021! I’m a look back/look forward kind of woman. Not because I’m nostalgic for the past, but simply because the end of the year is a natural…

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    (Belated) Copycat Style: November

    Wide Trouser + Sweater + Waist Detail Happy day, reader dear! What came over me? I woke up this morning (The 16th), looked at the calendar and realized that I had missed this month’s Copycat Style post. (Slap forehead.) It’s…

  • Style and Styling

    Copycat Style: October 2021

    Happy mid-October, reader dear! You know what that means, don’t you? It’s Copycat Style time! Copycat style is a little series that began in January of 2020 and took on a life of its own. I felt like my style…

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    Summer Capsule 5 Favorite Looks

    Happy day, reader dearest! Someone called to my attention that I haven’t done any Fave Looks posts in 2021. Whoops! With all the goings on, it simply slipped my mind. (Which, alas, will make the year end faves post a…

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    Summer Style/Restyle: Vol 8

    White Jeans + White Shirt Happy day, reader most dear! Third time is a charm, right? It’s time for the third all white look of this Style/Restyle series, where I take an outfit from this week last year and update/restyle…