I know Jilli has a sweatsuit alternative because she exercises in bloomers.

Paperdol, that's very exciting.

• Basic Black Dress--okay, the one I chose before isn't basic, it's too dressy. I'd probably go with the Old Navy wrap, since it's very versatile. Changes up very easily with jewellery or a camisole
• Trenchcoat--kinda
• Classic Dress Pants--need replacing
• Blazer--yes, but I never wear it. Or, really, 4, but I never wear them. Wait...5 if you count the velvet. God I suck.
• Skirt--yes. Just yes.
• Classic White Shirt--I loved the one Rebecca bought in the one ep I saw. So much nicer than the ones I have, but the main reason they languish is because they're so transparent on me, and most of the year's too warm to wear a camisole underneat my shirt. Oh, and some of them need cufflinks.
• Day Dress--almost as many as I have skirts, sadly.
• Jeans--three pairs, two sizes, one style. So very hooked up.
• Sweatsuit alternative--yes, for all meanings of the term. But Rebecca ended up in a skirt for hers, which was weird
• Cashmere sweater--never going to be a staple of my wardrobe
• Bonus--the amazing dress?

Okay, substitute classic dress pant for sweatpant alternative?

I really don't know why you couldn't.

Good. I will then. I really hate heels.

Tim Gunn's Top 10:

Ayup. I don't own a single one of those items. Not one, right now.

And I'm pretty unclear about the sweatsuit alternative thing. Wasn't the one from this past show a dress? I don't know in whose universe any sort of dress can substitute for a sweatsuit.

Although I've been pretty happy with my Danskin yoga pants as a sweatpant alternative. I sleep in them and then roll out of bed to do television yoga in the morning. Then I'm stretched and alert and ready to eat and for the day. It totally rocks. I might buy a few more pairs while I know I can get them. And they work just fine to run outside to put the dog out or take out the trash or whatever. I could probably head to the pharmacy in them, too.

Tim may be a wonderful mentor for Parsons students, but that list is bullshit.

1. Basic Black Dress-- kickass sheath/tank dress that looks classy and sexy. Also have eleventy-billion other LBDs, ranging from ethereal to slutty as hell.
2. Trenchcoat-- vintage 70's camel-colored leather
3. Classic Dress Pants-- I had a pair of women's tux pants, but I've lost too much weight for them to fit properly.
4. Blazer-- B&W pinstripe, don't wear anymore because I can go much more rocker-chick at work now
5. Skirt-- Yes. Many.
6. Classic White Shirt-- French cuffed. Don't wear anymore either. Need to get it pressed & starched.
7. Day Dress-- a few, need more.
8. Jeans-- I don't think my jeans look all that good on me, but I'm not wearing them for the look, I'm wearing them to ride.
9. Sweatsuit alternative-- Yes? I guess? I mean, I work out, and I have slounging clothes, and nothing is a sweatsuit....
10. Cashmere sweater-- No.
11. Bonus-- Half of my wardrobe.

In my brain, sweatpants have elastic ankles. Stretchy pants with elastic ankles drive me disproportionately batshit, to the point where if you wear them in one of my classes I will be distracted. So everything I exercise in counts as an alternative.

I guess that chick didn't really exercise.

Lucy used to make the best exercise/yoga pants, but they seem to be branding themselves as the kind of sportswear for people who aren't going to sweat. You know--Lacoste athletes.

Bon, what would you have on your list of essentials. I think it's decent, though blazer and cashmere sweater and trenchcoat would be the first to drop off mine. I'd need to think on what I'd replace them with.

I'm going to guess that what Tim means on that list instead of "sweatsuit alternative" is "something to schlep around in that doesn't look like shit."

I don't think I could wear a cashmere sweater and get away with it at this point in my life. Not without a heavy dose of irony, anyway.

I lived in sweatpants, but I hated the elastic ankles, too. Which means I just was low-level cranky all the time.

Lucy used to make the best exercise/yoga pants, but they seem to be branding themselves as the kind of sportswear for people who aren't going to sweat

My favorite exercise pants ever are my Lucy yoga pants. They were always expensive, but I didn't mind paying a little more every few years if I could get pants like these. Did they change the fabric or design or something? I may cry.