am I doing this right?...essentials

I'm interpreting this as "things I always gravitate towards and always have as part of my wardrobe."

1.) lightweight cotton sweaters--the weight of the J Crew "Jackie" sweaters, if you're familiar with those. I wear these almost 12 months a year, since they're the right weight for too-cold A/C in summer and overheated public spaces in winter. I used to mainly have these as cardis, but today I mostly have v- or crewneck pullovers.

2.) jeans--boyfriend, straight-legged bootcut

3.) very casual summer dresses and jersey skirts--I dislike shorts

4.) hooded sweaters and t shirts--yeah, don't ask me to explain

5.) fashion sneakers

6.) distressed metallic footwear and purses

7.) platform/flatform sandals and semi-clompy boots--should I just say "clunky shoes"? Over 30 years ago, one of my friends' mothers famously said while shopping, "oh! those are Andrea shoes, they're so ugly they're cute!" and nothing has change in the interim

8.) cool sunglasses--are these really a statement piece though? OTOH, I wear them daily, so...

7 years ago

RobinF

Veteran

Interesting! I tend to like clompy shoes too. I'm trying to figure out my essentials, these sound like the right type of item to me.

unfrumped

I like the idea of" things I gravitate to". Things that become your style and what you need to get dressed/ put outfits together.

Staysfit

I think if you wear them daily, they are essentials even if they are statement like. For example, Angie's watches might be Statements for some people but for her they are essentials.

Suz

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I would try to narrow this down a bit more by colour. Which colours are core?

The metallic purses/ footwear are likely statements....

Andrea H

Active Member

Suz, colors are dark neutrals (black, all shades of gray, olive) with white/cream/beige. I'm not sure my distressed metallics are statements? I use them as neutrals that go with basically everything. I'll come back and add a pic of a few.

Edit: pic added, sorry for the poor lighting. Would you consider those statements? I wore those Sam Edelman sandals almost every day that I didn't work for two summers in a row. They were the footwear that held my wardrobe together.

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Angie

Fashion Stylist

"things I always gravitate towards and always have as part of my wardrobe"

No. This is not correct. You can gravitate towards a statement piece, and make sure it's always in your wardrobe.

You are 100% on the right track - until we get to #7 and #8. Both of those items are statement pieces. Good job on the rest though.

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