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Isn't it funny how clothes make you 'feel' different?!
This morning for example, I put on a nice stripy skirt, gold ballet flats and a grey t-shirt. I have worn this combo previously and felt fine. However, at around lunchtime, I just felt 'wrong', so changed into black shorts and long black top, silver pendant and silver flip-flops. Nothing remarkable, but I felt a whole lot better.
I often wonder how my clothes have the power to make me 'feel' different. After all, what I like to wear may be someone else's last choice. I think this also extends to when I shop too. I see things, try them on and I suddenly 'feel' trendy or older or thinner or something, but of course I'm still the same underneath.
This must go a little way to explain why when getting ready for a night out, I can try on tons of things before something just feels right and that's the one for the evening. Powerful things clothes. How can an outfit make you feel bleurgh? Perhaps it's how I think I look to other people, maybe I'm just worrying what they think a bit too much......
I am the same :)
Some outfits make me feel really good and give me lots of confidence. I think I carry myself differently when I feel like this.
On the flip side, when I'm slouching round the house in pyjamas with unbrushed hair I feel lethargic, no energy etc.
When I'm working from home and have to phone anybody important I have been known to go and change into my suit as it makes me feel much more professional and competent :o
I know exactly what you mean, except I'd say it's less to do with what others think and more to do with how I feel. I also hate it when I'm out and suddenly think of a pair of earrings or something which I could have worn to make my outfit 'perfect'!
I know what you mean. I have days where I'll feel fine when I leave the house, but after a couple of hours I'll be thinking, argh, why didn't I wear a different vest or pair of shoes or something, and it will bug me to the point of feeling uncomfortable in what I wearing. Basically, I'm guilty of worrying too much about my clothes, I think!
Although I don't have to very often, I also hate dressing for smart or formal occassions. Smart is just too 'un-me', and most black tie suitable dresses make my feel like a prize turnip.
When I'm working from home and have to phone anybody important I have been known to go and change into my suit as it makes me feel much more professional and competent :o
I really like this!! Funny, no-one can see you, but you somehow feel empowered!
I think for me, some of it must stem from feeling judged. I want to look nice, I want others to think I look nice. I am guilty of judging people on their outfits :o . There is one girl who goes to a pub I go, who always wears a denim shirt tucked into denim jeans with a velvet hairband. Now she obviously feels fine and comfortable in this, however I judge her, I stereotype her. Completely unfairly. And I'm not even sure why I do it.
I remember reading about a support group for something in the US where the people had to wear each others clothes inside out, in an effort to get them to look at each other as people and not the labels or styles of their clothing.
Interesting stuff.
This morning for example, I put on a nice stripy skirt, gold ballet flats and a grey t-shirt. I have worn this combo previously and felt fine. However, at around lunchtime, I just felt 'wrong', so changed into black shorts and long black top, silver pendant and silver flip-flops. Nothing remarkable, but I felt a whole lot better.
I often wonder how my clothes have the power to make me 'feel' different. After all, what I like to wear may be someone else's last choice. I think this also extends to when I shop too. I see things, try them on and I suddenly 'feel' trendy or older or thinner or something, but of course I'm still the same underneath.
This must go a little way to explain why when getting ready for a night out, I can try on tons of things before something just feels right and that's the one for the evening. Powerful things clothes. How can an outfit make you feel bleurgh? Perhaps it's how I think I look to other people, maybe I'm just worrying what they think a bit too much......
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I am the same :)
Some outfits make me feel really good and give me lots of confidence. I think I carry myself differently when I feel like this.
On the flip side, when I'm slouching round the house in pyjamas with unbrushed hair I feel lethargic, no energy etc.
When I'm working from home and have to phone anybody important I have been known to go and change into my suit as it makes me feel much more professional and competent :o
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I know exactly what you mean, except I'd say it's less to do with what others think and more to do with how I feel. I also hate it when I'm out and suddenly think of a pair of earrings or something which I could have worn to make my outfit 'perfect'!
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I know what you mean. I have days where I'll feel fine when I leave the house, but after a couple of hours I'll be thinking, argh, why didn't I wear a different vest or pair of shoes or something, and it will bug me to the point of feeling uncomfortable in what I wearing. Basically, I'm guilty of worrying too much about my clothes, I think!
Although I don't have to very often, I also hate dressing for smart or formal occassions. Smart is just too 'un-me', and most black tie suitable dresses make my feel like a prize turnip.
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When I'm working from home and have to phone anybody important I have been known to go and change into my suit as it makes me feel much more professional and competent :o
I really like this!! Funny, no-one can see you, but you somehow feel empowered!
I think for me, some of it must stem from feeling judged. I want to look nice, I want others to think I look nice. I am guilty of judging people on their outfits :o . There is one girl who goes to a pub I go, who always wears a denim shirt tucked into denim jeans with a velvet hairband. Now she obviously feels fine and comfortable in this, however I judge her, I stereotype her. Completely unfairly. And I'm not even sure why I do it.
I remember reading about a support group for something in the US where the people had to wear each others clothes inside out, in an effort to get them to look at each other as people and not the labels or styles of their clothing.
Interesting stuff.
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