"Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance.
If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekinese?"
~ Dame Edith Sitwell
Clothing mistakes. Who among us hasn't made them?
If our clothing is a metaphor for what's inside us, why would we want to keep those blunders?
Do you keep the impostors you buy and try to make them work for you?
Perhaps you don't make those mistakes?
If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekinese?"
~ Dame Edith Sitwell
Clothing mistakes. Who among us hasn't made them?
If our clothing is a metaphor for what's inside us, why would we want to keep those blunders?
The more comfortable I become in my own, changing skin, the fewer faux pas I make.
I'm fairly certain what I want people to know about me when I walk into a room, based solely on my clothes.
I'm fairly certain what I want people to know about me when I walk into a room, based solely on my clothes.
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I no longer make the age appropriate mistake.
I don't need to wonder if something is too young for me.
My idiot meter, mercifully, screams loud and clear on that one.
And yet...I now have several impostors in my trunk heading back to the store.
Someone else will look and feel fabulous in the patterned, flowy skirt.
The structured blazer belongs in another woman's wardrobe.
And the shockingly bright coloured sweater that called to me from the escalator...is not me.
I no longer make the age appropriate mistake.
I don't need to wonder if something is too young for me.
My idiot meter, mercifully, screams loud and clear on that one.
And yet...I now have several impostors in my trunk heading back to the store.
Someone else will look and feel fabulous in the patterned, flowy skirt.
The structured blazer belongs in another woman's wardrobe.
And the shockingly bright coloured sweater that called to me from the escalator...is not me.
Those siren calls don't usually grab me, but this week I was an easy mark.
I'm packing for my summer on Vancouver Island, and apparently forgot how differently I live and dress when I'm there. Still...nowhere in my life would these garments work for me. They grate on my eyes and sensibilities in the clear light of my own mirror.
I'm packing for my summer on Vancouver Island, and apparently forgot how differently I live and dress when I'm there. Still...nowhere in my life would these garments work for me. They grate on my eyes and sensibilities in the clear light of my own mirror.
Do you keep the impostors you buy and try to make them work for you?
Perhaps you don't make those mistakes?
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