Awww, thank you!
You have no idea. It's categorically impossible for me to have as clear-cut a fashion image as you do, but the idea of "no, just wear it if you enjoy it" (tempered of course by good sense) is definitely something I could do more often. I am (or have been) precisely the person who wears something just once because of the reaction of a complete stranger. I just take it off when I get home and shove it to the back of the closet.
Or, was. I get teased at work sometimes, and any normal clothes are going to get one reaction or another by krav people seeing you "normal" for the first few times. But be it corset or stripey tights (thanks!) or stunning short mini (actually, ubershort skirts have always been easy) or cleavage (that's the hardest one for me)--I'm wearing it if I like it, and being guided not by embarassment, but rather by appropriateness, which is a whole different vibe.
Yeah, it took a while, but better late than never.
But Liese said "band" and "cheap" and that seemed the best place to find a bunch of stuff online.
Wait, so you're disagreeing with the age-appropriateness?
No, just with me being part of the "y'all" shopping.
Edit: But not because it's age-inappropriate!
Yeah, it took a while, but better late than never.
Yes!
I'm wearing it if I like it, and being guided not by embarassment, but rather by appropriateness, which is a whole different vibe.
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Appropriateness and what else makes up the outfit. I get strange looks when I'm wearing a corset with a high-collar blouse and knee-length, petticoat-enhanced skirt, but I feel I'm no less work-appropriate than the girls running around here in low-rise capris, kitten-heeled flip-flops, and tank tops that don't entirely cover their abdomen.
Ooooh, it's almost black as night outside!! I hope this passes over in 90 minutes or so.
It's still gray here and raining and the temperature has dropped more than ten degrees.
...and now it's dark as blackest night.
Tornado Warning. Okay, it's not quite done ('til 3:15 here) but it's on it's way East. Enjoy Chicagoans!
I wondered about that. In the last 2 minutes the wind whipped up like mad and the temp dropped noticeably.
I was just gonna post about how the tornado warning sirens had gone off in Evanston. But then we had a series of power surges and I lost my post.
Hate it when that happens.
Our tornado warning ends at 4:00.
eta: and the Chicago Tribune weather site is still down. (Regular Chicago Tribune is OK.)
Weather.com just posted a cancellation of the Tornado Warning. The hot part of the storm is over the lake now.
