I think it has happened - Wardrobe balance

I have posted many times about how this has been a year of great purging and editing for me.

Today for Mom's day I went to the mall with my DD and DH and tried on clothes and I came home with not a thing - I tried on several pair of jeans found a new promising brand - but didn't buy as I don't need jeans now.
Nothing that was in my color scheme appealed to me and the couple things I tried on were not a perfect fit.
I dp have a couple things I could add to my summer capsule but I'm content waiting and in no rush to fill the gaps right now.

I think some place along the line I created a spring work and casuall wardrobe that works and statisfies me. Pretty much every day i get dressed I have a high happiness factor.

I should have seen this coming as my latest capsule creation was a shoe capsule.

Now instead of focusing on capsule building I am going to shift to getting all my clothes in stylebook and having fun creating outfits, tracking wears and seeing how it all works.

10 years ago

Anonymous

It's a good feeling to get to that place, isn't it? I'm very happy with my wardrobe right now, and haven't purchased anything new in a while because I just don't need anything.

Suz

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Veteran

Congratulations, Frannie! And as I have said a number of times to you, I'm so impressed with how quickly you have learned all of this and put it into place. It took me several years to get to this place. It's a real comfort to know you've got your basic wardrobe in place and it can work for you. Brava!!

frannieb

Suz - I think part of it is I didn't have a choice and needed to get it done. I have a job as I have mentioned before that people have a certain expectation of how I should look and I am judged as competent or not based on how i am dressed.
I used to be a lot funkier in my dress as a teacher and AP.
For a number of reasons I could not carry that over into my current job and needed to find the balance the worked for me. Instead of a funky vibe I have embrassed Dramtic and once I found that and named it things became much easier.
Also finally realizing I have two distinct styles - Work Frannie which I enjoy but I don't want to dress like this all the time and MOTG Frannie - Who I never shopped for before now I have discovered that is the jeans wearing graphic tee gal who I didn't even know existed.

freeda

Active Member

That's fantastic! I hope to get there soon myself.

fuzzylogic

I am so pleased that you are enjoying your well curated wardrobe, frannieb! That is fantastic! You have worked really hard at creating it!

Jeweled

Thank you for sharing this great inspiration, Frannie! I'm getting very close to wardrobe balance myself - I mainly need to work on my shoe capsule. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with your wardrobe when you get it into Stylebook!

Sal

Well done! With your job it is great to know you have the pieces to put together to look professional every day of the week....and then a different vibe for weekend fun

Congratulations. I am excited to hear about your adventure with Stylebook. I hear really good things about it.

Summer

That's great, Frannie. You've worked hard on your wardrobe and now it's paying dividends. Have fun with Stylebook.

Ledonna N.

Nirvana you've reached it.

Elizabeth P

That's awesome Frannie.

I love this: "I have discovered that is the jeans wearing graphic tee gal who I didn't even know existed" I wonder where this will take you?

and welcome to the world of stylebook. It's a bit of a chore to get set up, but a lot of fun once you're there. I'm constantly coming up with new ways to use it. I started off by photographing what I wore, so just 2-3 things per day, then if I had free time would pick a "category" to do... skirts one day, cardigans another, that sort of thing.

Olivegreen

What a good thing to hear.

Jaime

It is wonderful to realize that your closet is more delightful than any store isn't it?

Angie

Fashion Stylist

CONGRATS. You are reaping the reward of hard work.

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