From the comments under the winter capsule post: “Nothing from my pre-pregnancy closet fits, and I don’t know what I’m supposed to wear now.” The answer, for the cold half of the year, can be this small: barrel-leg jeans in the size you are now, a cream wide midi skirt with an elastic waist, a long navy double-breasted coat, a pale blue striped shirt, a powder-blue turtleneck knit, a navy long-sleeved tee, a mocha V-neck tee, a black clip-down nursing tank, a striped scarf, black heeled ankle boots and ivory sneakers.

They make the ten outfits pictured below, and every one of them opens: the shirt at the buttons, the tees and the turtleneck lifting over the tank, the coat all the way to the hem. The jeans and the skirt are both soft at the waist, which is the only thing a bottom needs to do in the first year.

1. The navy tee over the tank with jeans and boots

The navy long-sleeved tee over the black clip-down tank, barrel jeans, black heeled ankle boots. Lift the tee from the hem, clip the tank. Navy and denim is the quietest outfit on the list and the one for the cold school run.

2. The navy coat over the striped shirt, tank and jeans

The long navy coat over the blue striped shirt worn open over the tank, barrel jeans, ivory sneakers. The coat opens to the hem for a car-park feed; the shirt is the cover under it; the tank is the feed. The cold Saturday outfit.

3. The striped shirt open over the tank with jeans

The pale blue striped shirt worn open over the tank, barrel jeans, ivory sneakers. The most-worn outfit here, in every season but deep winter. Shirt as cover, tank as feed, done in a minute.

4. The blue turtleneck over the tank with jeans and the scarf

The powder-blue turtleneck knit over the tank, barrel jeans, ivory sneakers, the striped scarf. A turtleneck over a clip tank lifts from the hem, which gives back the piece every nursing mama thinks she has lost. Blue near the face cools a flushed, tired one.

5. The mocha V-neck tee with jeans and the scarf

The mocha V-neck tee over the tank, barrel jeans, ivory sneakers, the scarf. Pull the V aside, clip the tank. The mild-day outfit, and the scarf is for the bench.

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6. The mocha tee with the cream midi skirt

The mocha V-neck tee over the tank, the cream wide midi skirt, ivory sneakers, the scarf. Warm brown over cream is the softest combination here. The Sunday lunch outfit.

7. The navy coat over the mocha tee and the cream skirt

The navy coat over the mocha tee, the tank and the cream skirt, ivory sneakers, the scarf. The cold version of outfit six. The coat opens, the V pulls aside, nothing comes off on a cold day.

8. The striped shirt with the cream skirt and boots

The blue striped shirt over the tank, the cream midi skirt, black heeled ankle boots. Three buttons from the top. The dressed-up outfit of the ten; sneakers instead of boots make it a Tuesday.

9. The navy coat over the navy tee with the cream skirt

The navy coat over the navy tee and the tank, the cream skirt, black heeled boots. Navy on navy with a cream skirt is the cold-month dinner outfit. The tee lifts under the open coat.

10. The blue turtleneck with the cream skirt and boots

The powder-blue turtleneck over the tank, the cream midi skirt, black heeled ankle boots. The christening outfit for winter. Lift, clip, feed, and the knit never comes off.

Ten pieces for the cold half of the year, and the jeans are the only thing you need to buy in a new size. The turtleneck surprised me most; I had put every high neck I owned in the box after my first because they went over my head. A clip tank under it and it lifts, and winter gives back the one piece that makes a tired face look dressed.

The same idea across all four seasons is the Year Round Capsule: fifty-six pieces, two hundred outfits, laid out and then worn, with three pictures of you in them on the house. If pale blue near your face is a question, First Look reads your colouring from one photo, free. And if you want someone who knows your closet to pick the layer each cold morning, that is Anah inside the Atelier.

Jeans in the size you are, a coat that opens, a tank under everything. The focus is on you, mama.