I can do it
The weather's turned cooler and I fear autumn's already on its way. I've already noticed something of a change in the way I've been dressing over the summer compared to previous years – more trousers, fewer skirts. Most of my favourite summer skirts are fitted, and somehow it made sense last year to put them on to go into Bath and sit in an office chair, but not to come downstairs and sit in my own comfy chair this year. And now I'm looking at my winter wardrobe and wondering how much wear I'm actually going to get out of all my shift dresses, which are usually my winter staples. I'll probably just swap my linen trousers for tweed ones, though my nantastic pleated woolly skirts could come back into favour.
At this rate I'll end up with a wardrobe akin to a 1930s housewife's: something practical for chores and working at home, something smarter for when I leave the house and can see people, and something incredibly glamorous for the rare occasions when we go out. I never saw the point in all those outfit changes till I got stuck at home all the time.
Ziggy has also decided to go informal: he's lost yet another collar and is running around naked. Has your style shifted much during lockdown?
Oh my goodness, how pretty Ziggy is!
ReplyDeleteMy COVID pounds have gone to my chest too, making many of my shirts and dresses too tight, sigh. I'm noticing that with working fewer days, I'm wearing my wardrobe that little bit less. I might not get through all of it this season!
He's a gorgeous boy without an ounce of brain. He and Pippin were rescued together and he was smaller; we think he was the runt and somehow she kept him alive. (She's the clever one of the pair.) Now we spoil him and he loafs around in blissful idiocy.
DeleteHopefully you'll have enough warm weather to wear all your favourites.
I have lots of sewing disasters, masks being one of them, its just a case of persevering, so I am glad you did :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, every mistake is a learning experience and I'm going to carry on learning.
DeleteI don't know how much of my weight shifting is lockdown or just being post menopausal, but I'm carrying weight a bit differently now. *shrug*. I'm using this time to wear things I wouldn't if I were leaving the house.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing that too, though I've gone from 'wearing attractive stuff that doesn't fit very well' to 'wearing stuff that fits but isn't exactly inspiring'. I'm trying to buck my ideas up and put jewellery on more regularly, at least.
DeleteNaughty Ziggy running about NEKKID! Ours are awful tarts and refuse to wear any clothes.
ReplyDeleteThat's a gorgeous photo of you, the top is splendid and I'm admiring that lovely houseplant behind you.
I'm not sure about a style shift but as I'm spending nearly all my days barefoot I've taken loads of my hems up. xxx
Pete likes that cats to have a particular style of collar each and they're not made any more, so he keeps going to eBay and Amazon to hoover up remaining ones. I keep telling him, at the rate Ziggy loses them he'd be better off finding a new style that is being made and buying dozens and getting used to that. Ziggy's still naked right now, though. I think he prefers it, I just don't want anyone thinking the cats are strays.
DeleteThat top is such a fabulous print and colour and is absolutely stunning with your hair. I'm still working at the office two days, and I hardly ever work from home, so I've no idea how this would affect my wardrobe choices. Being at home for most of the week, and having all that free time on my hands certainly has, but in a good way, as it allows me to be more creative. Thus, I've been wearing more skirts and blouses instead of my go-to dresses and I have been making the effort to wear those things I usually don't. Most of my coats, jackets and handbags remain largely unworn, though, as I always seem to gravitate towards the same things. Same goes for my shoes and sandals. I also - and I fully realize I may be a rare exception - seem to have lost rather than gained some pounds. Stress usually does that to me.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with tweed trousers (I definitely need a pair) and nantastic skirts! Or a 1930s housewife look for that matter. What a handsome boy Ziggy is! xxx
Heh, so that's you, me and Goody who've been using this time as an opportunity to experiment.
DeleteI love my tweed trousers. So warm and comfy. I like to think of myself as some sort of retro boffin type when I wear them.
Ziggy is a gorgeous idiot. We love him completely!
I have definitely gone a bit feral, all trousers and shirts or breton tops and no make-up. I agree with Goody the menopause certainly has me storing weight in different places and it's a darn sight harder to shift.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether I *could* lose any more shape with menopause as I've never had much of a waist, but I confess I'm not looking forward to finding out.
DeleteCan't imagine you in trousers! Aside from for gardening, of course.