Most of my shopping this year was for foundations, either the kind that goes under everything else (underwear) or the kind that goes under my feet (footwear).
Here are the numbers
Underwear 7 purchases
Footwear 9(!!) purchases, 2 of which proved to be fails once I’d worn them enough to find out, too much to be able to return them.
Swimsuits for fun 3
Workout bikini / leggings / shorts 3
Jeans 2 (maybe 4, depending on k/r of box in bedroom)
Coats 2 (+1 blue parka moved from storage to active)
Tops 6
Christmas presents: 1 fleece topper, 1 pants
For comparison, 2020 was
Underwear 3
Shoes 1
And the last year before the pandemic, our first full year in Berlin, I bought
Jumpsuits/dresses 5
Skirt/pants 2
Tops 3
Cardi/vest 2
I’m not sure what conclusions can be drawn here. For the most part, style decisions are on hold until some life pieces fall into place.
I’ve been realizing that my summer and winter styles are probably quite different from each other. One example is that although I love busy, colorful small patterns (the kind guys call “puke” color) and wear paisley all year long, all my ditsy florals are summer pieces. Another is that I seem to want more stark contrast in winter than in summer.
I’m also trying to decide about my body; the thyroid hormones make me lose muscle, and in winter I put on fat. I haven’t decided how much energy I want to put into changing those things and to what extent I want to just accept them. To be clear, I’m well aware that I can dress this body, skinny legs, tummy pooch & all, to look nice from the outside. But how I look to others has never been as important to me as how I feel in my own skin, and in my clothes. I don’t enjoy the blanket of subcutaneous fat I’m carrying right now, no matter what anyone else thinks, and my thin thighs are far too weak. What I decide to do about it takes priority over any style considerations, but will of course impact my style.
I think my impulse buying is better—I loved my artsy cape when I bought it a few years ago, but rarely wear it. My white boots, otoh, are getting tons of wears and seem to be settling in with the rest of my wardrobe quite well. (I might do a separate WIW with white boots).
Thanks for reading. Comments, critiques, and considerations are quite welcome.
