My Wardrobe, Myself

The intersection of clothing, emotions, and life

With less than two weeks until the end of the year, this is a good time for me to review my best and worst purchases of 2024. This is a practice that I’ve been doing for many years now, as it’s helpful to review what has and hasn’t worked out for me in terms of …

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In my last few posts, I’ve been reflecting upon my summer wardrobe and style:  how my style has changed since summer 2023, which warm weather pieces have left my closet, and the new items that I’ve acquired to help me dress more in accordance with my evolving style preferences. I thought that I would have …

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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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