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My wardrobe. Hmm. Probably a strange complaint to some, but it just has too much variety.
The problem being that it’s far too easy to put things together which shouldn’t go together.
The problem being that when I’m getting dressed in the morning, I’m very tired and can’t think clearly. My only thought is “can’t wear jeans or t-shirt to work.” Even though jeans and t-shirt account for a rather small amount of my wardrobe, this still causes problems. Mostly because I’m tired and can’t think clearly. I’m not thinking about constructing a good outfit. (And it's too difficult for me to remember that I can wear jeans or a t-shirt, just that I have to dress them up somehow and not wear them together.)
I keep telling myself that when I move I’ll just switch over to my summer wardrobe and that will solve a lot of problems.
It will solve a few problems because I’ll be very happy not to see some certain items for another 4 months. But that’s just avoidance. It’s not solving the root of the problem.
I know about fashion. I know the syntax. I know the semantics. I know how to build capsules. I know what looks good on me and what doesn’t.
So what’s my problem? I just like too many different things! I need to be stricter with myself when I make and buy clothing. I need to get rid of what doesn’t work. I need to make decisions and stick with them. I need to define and refine my taste.
I know how to make capsules, but I don't actually do it. That takes so much work! Can’t I just do what I want and have fun? No, that’s what got me into this mess. I can’t just continue to run amok pulling gobs out of whatever appeals to me and sticking them on.
I need to figure out better ways to wear the things I have.
I need to streamline,
but that requires making sacrifices and getting rid of things I like.
So set guidelines. Without even looking at what I have. Figure out what I should have. Then apply those standards to what I have, but more importantly, apply them strictly to what I acquire. Very fine words, but I won’t be able to put them into practice.
I watched like 5 episodes of What Not to Wear today. There was a girl whose chief problem (beyond the pink, glitter, and over-accessorizing) was that she bought a lot of separates without regard to how to put them into an outfit. THAT is my problem. Obviously you've got to put things together into an outfit when you get dressed, and if nothing is bought/made to go with other things, then nothing really goes together.
Obviously, just making things I like, and hoping it'll work out and go with other things, isn't working for me.
My only issue with What Not to Wear is that, after repeated viewing, I come to realize that all the girls come out of that show with essentially the exact same wardrobe, and just tiny little personal details. Not too personal, of course, being store-bought clothing. But like with the pink girl. They let her suit skirt have some tiny pink piping details. If I was on that show, I'd end up with a black skirted suit with some shiny, bright-colored slinky blouse underneath (something that would "complement my skin tone and keep the black from washing me out"), and black rosette details on the suit jacket, or something. Actually, that's a bad example, because I would like that outfit (if the blouse wasn't too brihgt). Yet I don't have anything like it. Hmm.
See, I know what to do, I just don't do it. I need to do some seriously painful-yet-cathartic wardrobe out-cleaning.
And I have to be honest with myself. A lot of my clothing is pretty costumey. What do I do with that stuff? There are really only two things to do. Figure out a way to wear it and not make it costumey, and failing that, put it somewhere else, not a part of my wardrobe. (Ouch. That hurts to think about. It's like murdering my own children. By burying them alive. "Please let us out, mommy! We want to play with you!" *shovels dirt over them*)
Also, I should probably purchase or in some other way get my hands on a full-length mirror.
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