Thursday, October 25, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Fashion Blind
I used to be sassy, yet professional, I used to have my own style.
Really, it was my own style! I would buy clothes and remake them to fit
me. They were nice simple clothes, with clean lines and sometimes, I
would mix it up some great bold patterns, or colors.
NOT WILD, BOLD. I had a great roomate in college, who minored in
fashion. Her style inspired me to have some as well.
Somewhere between my last office job 10 years ago and today, I lost my ability to determine what is fashionable. Today, my wardrobe consists of t-shirts - both long and short sleeved, jeans, sweaters and a couple pairs of black shoes...I have a few semi-work outfits that I wear when I go to meetings with clients who require business attire in their offices. I have resorted to wearing a uniform. I acknowledge this today.
I have tried to go shopping a couple times this fall at retailers near our home only to feel like a fish out of water. All of the clothes seem like clown clothes they seem odd, and clumsy....I know, as a child of the 70's I have lived thru and witnessed (participated) in some of the worst fashion trends in history - parachute pants, inside out sweatshirts, neon, pegged jeans, short shorts, yolk front jeans, stirrup pants, and my favorite, knickers. I probably should not complain about this chapter in the ongoing fashion evolution.
My biggest issue over the last years, truthfully has been the fact that I work out of my home in a rural community. My style barometer is the chickens in our back yard and our neighbor's cows.
I don't want to be like the Moms on Saturday Night Live with the "mom jeans". I need help. What resources are out there to help me? I occasionally have the style network on... I watch the makeover shows, but I often find myself asking "do people really dress like that?"
How do I get back in the game?
Somewhere between my last office job 10 years ago and today, I lost my ability to determine what is fashionable. Today, my wardrobe consists of t-shirts - both long and short sleeved, jeans, sweaters and a couple pairs of black shoes...I have a few semi-work outfits that I wear when I go to meetings with clients who require business attire in their offices. I have resorted to wearing a uniform. I acknowledge this today.
I have tried to go shopping a couple times this fall at retailers near our home only to feel like a fish out of water. All of the clothes seem like clown clothes they seem odd, and clumsy....I know, as a child of the 70's I have lived thru and witnessed (participated) in some of the worst fashion trends in history - parachute pants, inside out sweatshirts, neon, pegged jeans, short shorts, yolk front jeans, stirrup pants, and my favorite, knickers. I probably should not complain about this chapter in the ongoing fashion evolution.
My biggest issue over the last years, truthfully has been the fact that I work out of my home in a rural community. My style barometer is the chickens in our back yard and our neighbor's cows.
I don't want to be like the Moms on Saturday Night Live with the "mom jeans". I need help. What resources are out there to help me? I occasionally have the style network on... I watch the makeover shows, but I often find myself asking "do people really dress like that?"
How do I get back in the game?
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