When I started this adventure of my capsule wardrobe , I picked out fabrics from my stash that I thought would look pretty together in a particular color palette. And my neutral component was gray. I realize that you have to have balance and it helps to soothe the eye to have a nice neutral. One day last year when I was quite happy wearing what I thought was a nice Spring outfit with lavender and pink and turquoise, a 15 year old respectfully told me- "Mrs. Brodsky, you can't wear ALL the colors at once." I saw a picture of me later in that same outfit, and I thought- "Oh boy, was she right! " So, inclusion of a neutral gray in my capsule wardrobe was needed, and I actually have purchased several gray fabrics over the years. But in working through the bin of fabrics for this capsule wardrobe, the last pieces left in the bin were all gray. Kind of like when going through the bowl of jelly beans and the last jelly beans left are the black ones....
Ann's Sewing Experiments