I think I overdosed on Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style. I cleaned out my closets, getting rid of quite a lot of clothes. I really envied the women he advised being able to walk to their closets or dressers and pick out surefire outfits they knew looked good on them.I have never been able to do that and it pissed me off.I also don’t have any of the 10 things on the checklist they say every woman needs to have in order to be in style except one very tatty old cashmere sweater and a couple of black dresses.
After about 4 episodes I thinned my closet of all the clothes I had that I didn’t wear or that didn’t look good on me which left me with hardly anything to wear at all. This show ought to have have a warning label of don’t try this at home unless you have a 5,000 clothes budget to replace everything you just gave to charity (or bagged, meaning to give to charity).
I veered toward black,baggy clothes pretty much all my life (body issues) except while in art school. But I was thinner. For me, wearing colorful more body conscious clothes goes hand in hand with how thin I think I am. The bigger I feel the bigger and blacker the clothes I buy. It’s definitely time to lose 15 pounds. Easier said than done but my weight and the style of clothes I buy and wear go hand in hand. I really won’t like anything I try on until I lose a bit of weight.
So it seems I will put off really restocking my closet or else I will end up with just another batch of heavy black shrouds in my closet. Besides, now that it is winter all I need is a great new coat! A. is getting me one for my birthday.Yay.