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| Top to bottom: Soft pink linen capris, yellow silk slacks, dyed cotton "hippie" sundress! Love all these colors. |
Read a wonderful blog post yesterday. The writer described how she loves clothes, always has, and that her style has evolved as she has gotten older. (I'm hearing this a LOT lately!) I absolutely loved it when she said her present style was ... "a mix between hippy, goth, witchy and Stevie Nicks (with a bit of Steampunk thrown in on occasion)." Yep, I know there will be several ladies that will be hollering "YES" to that description! hahaha Oh my, those were the days!
I think I'm supposed to ask permission to post a link, so I'll just tell you that it was on Tansy Firedragon's Tome. Y'all know how to look up things like that... so go over and check her out!
The other point she made, that struck near and dear to my own heart, was the comfort factor. Now this is something I hear from LOTS of women as the years accumulate. I do believe I see a trend..... chuckle..... Crones want comfort and functionality. And we want it wrapped in BEAUTY! We want garments that drape, flow and swirl ~ yet are practical for whatever work we are doing.
(Think my next post will be on the impractical aspects of what folks used to consider ritual wear. It will be a lesson in staying safe! hee hee hee)
Then she also touched upon that horrid little bug-a-boo of affordability. That's where I consider myself very lucky. 1st: I have a sewing machine... though its STILL buried in the closet. And I'm pretty sure that I still have enough sewing skills to alter and make clothes. Though I should probably look around for a refresher course or good book. hahaha 2nd: I have a thrift shop just down the street that has 50% off on all clothing on Wednesdays! SWEET!!!
But seriously, that place has been a treasure trove. Even though I work every Wed. morning and I care for my mom in the afternoon... I can still pop up there when Mom lays down for one of her naps. (Its that close.) Have found quite a few linen pants lately. Mostly capris, this is Florida after all, but since I'm kind of on the short side some of them are almost regular length on me! haha I always go to the men's section too. I just can't have enough big flannel shirts for cooler weather! But I've also bought several XXL shirts that I want to try altering. Back when I was young, and thin, I used to take the larger shirts and just roll up the sleeves, then either tie them at the waist or put on a nice big belt! With thin legged jeans or a pencil skirt it looked really good!
Even bought a pair of yellow silk slacks that looked atrocious on me. Regular price is $3.25... half is $1.63 + tax. For that amount of money I can't go to the fabric shop and buy that much silk! Will cut up and use as an accent material. (See where sewing comes in handy?)
Think that about catches up on whats happening in the closet! *Except for I have got to get someone to take some photos!!!! I missed participating in the Style Crone's Hat Attack.... again! And I have so many hats that I want to show off! chuckle
