My Wardrobe, Myself

The intersection of clothing, emotions, and life

In my last post, I wrote about some of the ways my summer style has changed since 2023, and I shared examples of the types of pieces I like to wear now. Unfortunately, I think there may have been a glitch with some readers receiving that post, as I didn’t get it myself and the …

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I have now been wearing my summer clothes for about a month, which has given me an opportunity to form an initial impression about this part of my wardrobe. I haven’t done my full summer closet audit yet, but I’ve found that I usually need to tweak my wardrobe at least a little bit during …

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I always like to review my wardrobe at the change of seasons, as that’s when I’m best able to evaluate which pieces and outfits worked best for me, as well as what didn’t serve me quite as well. As I’ve mentioned previously, there are really only two seasons where I live in Southern California, which …

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This is part two of a two-part series about the clothes that I feel uncomfortable wearing. In part one, I covered the types of pieces that I feel physically uncomfortable wearing. My list included tight pants, clingy items, too-high heels, fussy tops, jeans that are either too high-rise or too low-rise, poor-fitting garments, and uncomfortable …

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In my last post, I wrote about the new approach I’ve adopted for getting dressed, which is that I will no longer wear something if it makes me feel either physically or emotionally uncomfortable. This runs counter to my previous approach of trying to wear everything in my closet, which often resulted in my not …

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