Since my art school days, round about 2010, I've been wearing jeans, black jeans, on a rotational basis - one pair on the body, the other in the wash. It's been a liberation to be freed of "the tyranny of the closet", never being able to find the "right" thing to wear. So much easier to put on the jeans, add a teeshirt and other layer, and it's all done, you're set for the day.
And, in theory, it reduces the number of garments in one's wardrobe.
But recently I bought a dress, and then another, "just for a change". In the past few years, dresses have been flooding onto the market. Goodness, I even made one last winter.
Also recently, I became aware that the dresses, and much else, are simply languishing in the closet, probably picking up that unwelcome whiff of oldness that starts to inhabit clothes that rarely see the light of day.
As a result of these actions and thoughts, I came up with a personal project:
Jeans-Free July
Can a jeans addict wear other garments for an entire month? Are YOU a jeans addict - would you like to try??
Excited by the idea, I had a little rummage in the closet and put a few outfits together in readiness. (Only 10 days to go!)
Dresses -
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| Latest acquisition - I felt the need of some COLOUR |
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"Just a long loose teeshirt" - but the golden colour
is so wonderful! |
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| The smocky dress is bit short, needs leggings... |
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| Without the teeshirt, this is perfect in the heat |
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Oldies but goodies - in fabulous fabrics. I whipped up
the jacket back in the 80s from a remnant, as one did
in those good old days |
Skirts -
That's probably enough* to be starting with, whatever the weather -
Just in case the weather turns chilly, as it can and has done, a number of LBJs (little black jackets) are ready for action. I do love an LBJ...
Leggings, if I dare, "at my age" - and why not! -
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| With other teeshirts, other shoes.... |
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| Love those long loose linen shirts! |
Various non-jean trousers emerged, along with some other beloved linen shirts -
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| Candidates for studio-wear |
... and a drawerful of teeshirts -
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| Too many stripes? No! You can never have too many stripes!! |
*A while back I purged my wardrobe, with the help of a friend, in a couple of days of "japanese tidying". This involves gathering everything and going through it piece by piece. In our so-rich western culture, when we gather everything together, it becomes plain that we (I use "we" loosely, there are exceptions...) have SO much and often too much in our fortunate lives ... but that's another story.
At the risk of becoming a little old lady who is still wearing the clothes she bought during her working life - clothes that are now looking a little tired, emitting a gentle whiff and hanging loosely on her gaunt frame - I probably need buy nothing more for the next two decades, just rotate what's already there.
But goodness, isn't it nice to have something new to wear!!