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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My last four posts looked at the oldest items in my wardrobe and why they have been in my closet for five years or longer. There were 79 such pieces, and many of them are still worn on repeat today. In my last essay, I shared that the most common features these garments, shoes, and …

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Analyzing why certain wardrobe items don’t work for us is one of the most helpful things we can do to improve our future shopping. We usually buy clothing with great intentions and believe that we’ll love and wear our new acquisitions for years to come, but that doesn’t always end up happening. When we opt …

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