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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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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The holiday season has officially begun, for better or for worse. I hope all my readers in the United States enjoyed some quality time (and delicious food) with family and friends over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Instead of perusing Cyber Monday offerings this afternoon and being tempted by the many “deals” on offer, I’m …

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I started the practice of keeping an outfit journal almost ten years ago as one way of addressing an ongoing style rut. Since that time, I have periodically returned to this practice to help increase my awareness of what does and doesn’t work for my personal style. This awareness helps me to create better outfits, …

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