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50 Great Styling Tips ( InStyle September 2006)
#50 - "Too often women confuse dressing appropriately with looking boring. And I wish more understood that after a certain age, it isn't a good idea to flaunt a lot of skin. No one notices if you're a bit more covered up but they certainly will notice when they are looking at too much of you. The reality is, most of us know when minis or tight jeans are not right anymore. Accepting it is one of the keys to aging gracefully. You can still look fabulous, just in a different version." (Shelly Musselman, co-owner of Dallas boutique Forty Five Ten)
i finally got down to cleaning out my wardrobe of the following:
1. clothes i can no longer wear
2. clothes that i no longer want to wear
3. clothes that are too what-was-i-thinking-when-i-bought-that??
cleaning out one's wardrobe is cathartic - i've always not liked throwing stuff out because everytime i try to i think "oh but i really like this piece" or "someday i'll find the occasion to wear this" and then back into the wardrobe they go. perhaps it is a sign that i've grown a bit - no longer clinging onto something that isnt right anymore. perhaps also that i have a better understanding of myself, what i look good in, what i feel good in and what i IS me.
is it also shocking that i've told people that i dont want to own more stuff? i'm going through a phase where i feel like i own too much stuff (much of which is not necessary) and it's cluttering up my life. i open my cupboard and i see loads of junk - stuff that i kept for prosterity but i know i will never look at again. guess it is time to sort that cupboard out as well.
as for my now half-empty wardrobe, it will be filled on friday with new clothes because i'm off to Bangkok for a spa/shopping/bonding time with my mom. we've had a bumpy relationship in the past few years partly because i "grew up" and so this summer has been an amazingly great "patch-up" time for us. we're starting to do stuff that we havent done together in years - just like in the good ol' days. and reading InStyle and watching The Devil Wears Prada (I LOVE THE CLOTHES IN THE MOVIE!) have wired me up for loads of shopping. :)
Bangkok, here i come!
#50 - "Too often women confuse dressing appropriately with looking boring. And I wish more understood that after a certain age, it isn't a good idea to flaunt a lot of skin. No one notices if you're a bit more covered up but they certainly will notice when they are looking at too much of you. The reality is, most of us know when minis or tight jeans are not right anymore. Accepting it is one of the keys to aging gracefully. You can still look fabulous, just in a different version." (Shelly Musselman, co-owner of Dallas boutique Forty Five Ten)
i finally got down to cleaning out my wardrobe of the following:
1. clothes i can no longer wear
2. clothes that i no longer want to wear
3. clothes that are too what-was-i-thinking-when-i-bought-that??
cleaning out one's wardrobe is cathartic - i've always not liked throwing stuff out because everytime i try to i think "oh but i really like this piece" or "someday i'll find the occasion to wear this" and then back into the wardrobe they go. perhaps it is a sign that i've grown a bit - no longer clinging onto something that isnt right anymore. perhaps also that i have a better understanding of myself, what i look good in, what i feel good in and what i IS me.
is it also shocking that i've told people that i dont want to own more stuff? i'm going through a phase where i feel like i own too much stuff (much of which is not necessary) and it's cluttering up my life. i open my cupboard and i see loads of junk - stuff that i kept for prosterity but i know i will never look at again. guess it is time to sort that cupboard out as well.
as for my now half-empty wardrobe, it will be filled on friday with new clothes because i'm off to Bangkok for a spa/shopping/bonding time with my mom. we've had a bumpy relationship in the past few years partly because i "grew up" and so this summer has been an amazingly great "patch-up" time for us. we're starting to do stuff that we havent done together in years - just like in the good ol' days. and reading InStyle and watching The Devil Wears Prada (I LOVE THE CLOTHES IN THE MOVIE!) have wired me up for loads of shopping. :)
Bangkok, here i come!
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