what to/not to wear

[anotheranon]

Been editing and thinking about my wardrobe a lot of late. I'm getting rid of a lot of things that are the wrong size, fit, or are just plain worn out and am making a conscious effort to replace them with quality pieces and not just any old rubbish that keeps me covered. That, and new social situations (posher parties, weddings, etc.) means I need things I didn't think about before.

Stuff I won't wear at any cost:

• Orange - makes me look jaundiced
  
• Pastels - make me look washed out
  
• Turtlenecks - short waist + full bust = I look like my tits grow out of my waist :P
  
• Halter tops, spaghetti straps, strapless, or the like - see: full bust
  

Stuff I do wear and perhaps shouldn't, or at least not as often:

• Extremely worn out things (I have a pair of pajama bottoms that are starting to rip at the drawstring, but I can't let 'em go)
  
• Shapeless sweaters (but hey, it's winter!)
  
• The same pair of sweatpants over and over
  

Stuff I rarely wear but have just in case:

• Hose, nude and black
  
• Tights, black
  
• Black dresses in summer and winter weights
  
• Plain heels
  
• Body shaping/girdle thing (yes, I'm getting a bit soft 'round the middle)
  

Stuff I really ought to wear more often:

• Weird shoes
  
• Tailored jackets
  
• Tux shirts (inexplicably, I have 3)
  
• Skirts with boots
  

Stuff I need:

• Another pair of jeans
  
• Black and grey pants (on order; I'll see if they're keepers when they get here)
  
• A pair of dark street sneakers that support my arches
  

Stuff that's mostly out of reach:

• More Issey Miyake
  
• More Vivienne Westwood, especially the rocking horse boots, though affordable knockoffs may render this one reachable
  

What about you? What are your wardrobe do's, don'ts, don't do enough of, wannas?

Comments

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Hey, nothing wrong with wearing old clothes - I wore some thrift store sweatpants until the polyester started breaking down and they started to stink of burnt plastic! I just need to start throwing them away when they start to turn to rags.

And I know what you mean about not wanting to get gunge all over your good clothes!

Love old clothes ... all properly broken in and body-molded :-)

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Okay, you win ... I've never had an old comfy degrade that way before. ;-)

Must be either senility or tiredness ... 'twas Woolco, not Woolworths. And the takeover was in 1994, so this sweatshirt is 14 years old, has been laundered to death and yet is nowhere near gauzelike, hardly pills, and refuses to stain. And if there's any synthetic fibre content to it, it's a very low percentage, 'cause it feels the same to my skin as my 100% cotton sweatshirts. Wow, I'm suddenly all impressed by my favourite little cheapie (or cheapies, actually ... at the time I splurged and blew six bucks to get two of them)