I have a fashion question: How much does a given "look" for a season affect what you buy and wear? Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?
Not so much the styles (though to some extent--when crop tops are in, even basic shirts tend to be shorter, when skinny jeans with long tops are in, t-shirts are longer). But I find the COLORS are very trendy and that irks, when colors I am not flattered by are all I can find. Because even if they always have a green, sometimes it's a good one and sometimes it's not.
I have been wearing my socks on the wrong feet all day. Oops.
Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?
I had to go to five different places just to find a sweater that didn't have dolman sleeves, or spangles, or weird cutouts, or a stupid asymmetrical hi-lo or sharkbite hem. Trendy clothing is almost always some strange, nearly unwearable thing a desperate designer came up with in a over-caffeinated fit. Like cold-shoulder sweaters. Really? No one saw some irony there, at least? The trendy colors now seem to be more suitable for darker skin tones than mine (no one wants to see me in chartreuse), but usually I can still find a black or dark blue option.
The ones I'm wearing today do. And the left one has an L on it and right one has an R and I didn't notice until just now.
I've got them correctly distributed now. I'm not sure if they feel different or not. Maybe more comfortable? That might be all in my head.
When I shop, I am adding to my wardrobe.Right now, I only have 3 pairs of pants - I just can't find any that fit properly. I do have places that carry a lot of basic styles that I like so I will fill in with those. If it is trendy and I like how it looks , I will wear it for ten years. the years of pastel - I don't buy clothes.
I can usually manage to find boot-cut jeans despite the skinny jeans trend
I have been looking for a decent pair of boot cut jeans that fit well and flatter and don't cost $200 for 3 years now. Fucking skinny jeans can bite me.
(Note, I could try going shopping for jeans more often than once a year, but given how rotten my luck is, I don't have the heart to go more often.)
ita, do you know Alan Emtage? He went to McGill. A bit before you, I guess?
Burrell, have you tried thrift stores? They're lousy with boot cuts right now. What I'd like is some pants that have a decent rise on them. I feel like most of the ones I own are an inch or two too short and I kept trying to hike them up. Not a good look.
I have a fashion question: How much does a given "look" for a season affect what you buy and wear?
When Victorian/ "romantic" styles are in fashion, I take advantage of sales and wait for post-season clearances. All the velvet skirts and lace blouses will be MINE!
Do you find it so difficult to find the stuff you like that you don't shop or you give up and buy what's in stores?
I hit thrift stores. And I buy items from places like Fan + Friend and ChicStar, which are specialty places that cater to fans of eccentric clothing.
