I am in avoidance mode. I’ve got the chiffon top that needs finishing, but it’s being a bit of a chiffon diva and I’m ignoring the problem for now!
It’s week 3 of the Wardrobe Architect and this week is WAAY easier. It’s looking at the shapes that we feel good wearing. I tried to complete the worksheet fairly quickly, so that my responses were instinctive and visceral. Looking back at my responses, it looks like I love a natural waistline, for skirts & dresses, and I love a full skirt or a straight/pencil skirt, way more than the in-between versions. I favour a knee-length skirt but when it comes to trousers, then it’s full length or slightly cropped only, ain’t nobody going to see me in shorts!* When it came to cardigans (and I was including jumpers in that) I’m pretty easygoing, medium-loose fit is my worst bugbear, and even that was merely a neutrality, I didn’t actively hate it.
The one big surprise about things I do actively hate was maxi skirts & dresses- I know many people who love ’em, but personally, long dresses are for balls and dance costumes, not for real life. The only other thing I detested was crop tops.
I’m looking forward to the coming weeks, when we get to consider proportions, colour, textures, details, beauty, and style signatures.
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* Actually, out there in facebookland, there are some photos of me wearing red disco short shorts for a 70s inspired bellydance number that I did at dance summer school a couple of years back. They should be on a private group, but I’m well aware that there’s no true privacy on the interwebs. Thankfully I am slightly disguised by a red afro wig.
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I do love me a maxi dress. In summer the right one is so cool and with temps in the 30s Celsius we need them. Great to be sorting out what you really want.
Ha! The English summer is more temperamental than the Australian one! I can certainly appreciate maxi’s in other people, but they just don’t appeal to me. I *think* it’s because I have reasonably shapely ankles and calves and I’m all in favour of showing off whatever attractive attributes I’ve got, so I like a dress/skirt length that allows the lallies to be seen!
I am with you on crop tops but I admit I like the easiness and the femininity of a maxi dress.
I was just trying to analyse why I don’t favour a maxi dress personally, in my reply to BeaJay above. But I’m always happy to see anyone rocking a maxi with style and confidence.
I understand! I do not favor shorts. I would rather wear a skirt or dress or pants — there is something about shorts that I dislike (Although I want to make the Tania Culottes since they look like a skirt!).