Former Fashion Designer, Mom, Underperforming Perfectionist, Fitness & Diet Schizophrenic
Day 7 of my fashion experiment landed on Easter Sunday, and like any good deprivation diet, you cheat on holidays … or on a random Tuesday. It did not take any thought at all preparing for the Easter Sunday dress, because Tim had surprised my daughter and me on Valentine’s Day with matching Lilly Pulitzer. [...]
Day 6. When traveling, usually you want to wear your most comfortable clothes … maybe looking a little disheveled every time you get out at a rest stop or run in somewhere for a bite to eat. Limiting my choices was a good thing: I couldn't fight with my head that says. “wear those [...]
Day 5 was Good Friday, and we were going out of town the next day. I had to go to the salon (getting’ blonded up, y’all!) and go to church and dinner with my family. Also on the agenda: packing for a quick Easter weekend trip south. Packing was actually super simple from my end, and even moreso than [...]
Day 4 Reaching for my daily outfit, I had a thought: "I really do NOT want to put that on." I was tired, struggling with a cold and generally feeling blah. I needed comfort and the feeling of comfort. I wanted to reach for one of my old standby outfits, my cute multi colored dress [...]
The How-To of it all is going to be different for every person, and you have to work out the formula that fits your life style. I chose über casual pieces because most of the time, I am at home working on the computer, running around with my kids or in casual meetings.
Day 2 was another really early morning. The stress of not having to think about what to wear was for sure off the table, my little guy doesn't have school this week like much of the US but, my older do so, Hence it was a Day for running around and getting errands done. Since [...]
As planned, I started my fashion experiment on Monday April 10. Before the sun came up I was up for a video conference to Australia. 5 am is not my best hour; not only am I tired and cranky, but I am confused – confused where to find things, like the bathroom or [...]
Creating a static wardrobe should not take that much time, right? Well, not as long as you know your size and what brand fits you well. But then you have the problem of silhouette in the season you are shopping in. As I started my online shopping journey to build my static wardrobe, I thought, [...]
My first instinct when hearing about uniform dressing many years ago and than again recently was HECK NO. Then insert a snooty tone, "I was a fashion designer and it would squash my creativity, not to mention what would my friends and the moms think." they be tempted to wisper.