one closet, one year!

I was getting dressed for a friend's birthday party and I didn't know what I was going to put on my body. I looked in my closet and it seemed empty, unpromising. I've had these moments before; everything was old, ill-fitting, or blah. I thought to myself, "Ugh! I have NOTHING to wear!" Then I began rifling through my closet and saw a forgotten shirt I loved and many more, and I realized I was crazy. I had plenty to wear, and plenty to choose from. My closet was FULL of treasures! At that moment I decided I would take a year to explore my closet and to add NOTHING new to my wardrobe.

I would create a NEW outfit for each day in order to maximize my wardrobe and shake up my style.

Basically, I would try to "snap out" of my fashion rut, and appreciate what I have.

It was my New Years' project:
One Closet, One Year.
Showing posts with label The Uniform Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Uniform Project. Show all posts

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Pocket Poetry!

Today was Pocket Poetry day at the school I sub at. The children shared poems they loved and poems they had written and it was wonderful!

I felt a little awkward because I was not feeling my outfit. I switched shirts right before I left the house, and I regretted it. That said, again I need to remind myself that my goal is to not repeat, to mix it up, and to avoid all situations that would/will bring additional clothes into my life, be it shopping, swapping, or dropping. That is, friends "dropping" clothes into my life as they have often done in the past. I have not not bought anything new or used for myself and I have also not transferred any shopping urges that I have into the kids' wardrobes. I did buy a few things for Sheena of The Uniform Project at Goodwill. My plan was to send her some things so that she would give me a shout out and help me me plug my blog. I am really bad at self promotion, so that seemed like a good way to go about it. I did pick out some awesome things for her, including these shoes below that I think she would have rocked. However, she, or her people, did not get back to me and tomorrow is the last day. Yay, Sheena! Congratulations! I am really inspired by her altruism and style! She rocks!

Outfit:

Brown Blazer: Walmart. George. I got this when I was visiting my mom in her tiny Massachusetts town. The only store for miles is Walmart. I was working in admissions at the time.

Ruffle shirt: Salvation Army. I got this in high school. Look at this similar shirt I saw in Anthroplogie:
 
Pants: Goodwill. Been wearing these too much of late. Need to put them away...

Shoes: Mossimo. I need to put these away too...