My Wardrobe, Myself

The intersection of clothing, emotions, and life

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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This post is coming quite a bit later than I originally thought it would. Shortly after returning home from a weeklong trip to see my family and celebrate my dad’s eightieth birthday, I came down with COVID. Up until that point, I had escaped the virus for 3.5 years, but my luck finally ran out. …

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Summer used to be my favorite time of year in terms of getting dressed. For years, all I wore during the summer months were dresses and skirts, and I felt comfortable, attractive, and cool (temperature-wise) in my assortment of such garments. I eagerly anticipated the beginning of the summer weather, and I lamented the return …

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Welcome to part two of my series on the wardrobe difficulties we can experience when it’s too hot to wear a third piece. There are two primary issues related to dressing for hot weather: our physical comfort and our emotional comfort. In my last post, I focused on the physical issues, specifically how to look …

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