Can I get away with this? (Ruminations on clothing and mindset)

[scarlettina]

Yesterday, after a delightful brunch with matt_ruff and lisagold (and the ever assertive Sophie Sestina) and an afternoon of work, I went downtown for movies with bedii and ladyjestocostMy bus brought me downtown about a half hour earlier than I had to be at the movie theater, so in the wake of this weekend's experiments with clothing, I decided to stop into a store I've never been

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[ghilledhu]

If you feel good about yourself in an article of clothing AND you think that you will wear it, then buy it. The price will be offset by the number of times you wear it. I almost didn't pick up a sundress last summer for pricing reasons, but the number of times I've worn it has made it a cost-effective garment.

As for trendiness, the question I tend to ask myself is, "Will I still wear this if it's no longer trendy next year?" I tend to ignore fashion; if something happens to be in style that I like, I'll buy it, but if it's no longer in style, I'll keep wearing it until it comes back in, or until it falls apart, whichever happens first. If the current style is something I hate (I have horrific memories of the bare-midrif period of the mid 1990s), I don't buy anything new if it isn't a more classic look.

Bottom line: We have to wear clothes because of our societal rules. And since we do have to wear clothes, we might as well wear clothes that make us feel good about the way we look in them. You aren't hurting or betraying anyone by making yourself look good.