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some of our daggiest days are our best.....

jussie

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Just this last week I took my children on a 9 day trip around Tasmania, while my hubby stayed home to work.
We hiked, drove for hundreds of KM's on windy roads and spent 2 days on a boat. We shared a suitcase. Tasmania is infamous for bad weather. Consequently I had a limited and very practical travel capsule. I deliberately decided not to think much about style on this trip. I even wore my hubbies tee-shirt, track pants and runners for a whole day! In public!
And guess what? I had a fabulous time! It was liberating just to put fashion aside for a bit. In the past I have always had trouble "letting go" and sartorially relaxing in situations like this.
Now I am home and ready for style again! Can't wait to put together some fun outfits.
Can anyone relate to the benefit of taking a "style free holiday"?

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Molly Mac

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I spent 3 weeks this past summer exploring 5 of our National Parks. Except for one casual dress, I brought nothing but gear: Exercise tights, tshirts, sneakers, and hiking shoes. I brought moisturizer and sunscreen but no makeup. I loved every minute of it. It was incredibly freeing and allowed me to focus on the beauty around me. However, once we returned to reality, I happily slipped back into my favorite fashion pieces.

Anonymous

The pictures are just breathtaking.
My style free trips include no makeup.
Fashion wise- when I travel I am more limited in footwear otherwise not much difference.

Jessikams

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YES! We love to go to a fishing cabin in northern Minnesota when we get the chance. It is remote, muddy and buggy as all get-out, so “gear” is the fashion of the day. And we always have such a great time.

Barbara Diane

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Beautiful photos. Thanks for the peek into your trip.

anne

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Oh yes, totally. I even have a thread from Jan about how I "went feral" while camping! Although I did have to nix one of my clothing choices (an old while blouse with puffed sleeves I was using as a bathers coverup) because it embarrassed my daughter!)
And Tasmania is so beautiful. I've never been there, so I have visited every other state in Australia, and I'd so love to go!

Also, I am impressed at you going on a holiday with just your kids!! Well done.

Sisi

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Beautiful pictures, thank you for posting!

As per your question, I admire you for the fact that you can relax and enjoy your vacation without thinking of style. I need to feel "stylish" or at least well put together even on vacation to be happy - and I understand that this complicates life. Your attitude is the right one.

I have already told here the story of a journey I made years ago where my friend lost her suitcase the very first day. For a week she lived out of the few things that the other women of the group lent her. She was perfectly happy all the time. I was so impressed. If something like that would have happened to me I would have gone nuts!

Mainelady

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Your pictures are beautiful! It sounds like you had an amazing adventure! I have had style limited and style free get-always. When we head to our cabin, I have a very small capsule of clothing that I keep there and much of it is gear. All of it is super casual and easy to clean and dry. Zero fuss factors.

Aurore

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What a beautiful place!! Like you, I enjoy "style-free holidays". Usually happen when I spend a while in the mountains, where I wear hiking gear and care for function rather than fashion. Or usually don't care at all about what I'm wearing but simply enjoy the place.

Jenni NZ

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Um, the whole decade of the 90s? The 3 children were born in 1991, 1993 and 1996 and I don't think I stuck my head above the parapet until 1998. I remember buying 2 outfits I loved that year after leggings at weekends and the most boring pants ever at work. And yes, practicality on holidays. Glad you had fun with the kids, what beautiful scenery.

rachylou

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What a neato trip! When I went desert camping last year - I brought more clothes but gave up immediately and just stuck with my one sundress and little linen jacket. You’d think you might get all sweaty, but it was so hot and windy this was not the case.

kkards

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wow...gorgeous....
my sister and i go to the jersey shore for a week every summer...its bathing suits, shorts and tees....and i think i've left fashion behind...but as my sister points out everyyear, i haven't...

Helen11

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What a great holiday, Jussie! Tasmania is beautiful, isn't it?
Last December, my sister and I took 5 kids to the beach for a few days. Fashion was not a high priority, like you we took a small bag, and we had a wonderful time.

Angie

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How beautiful, and glad you had a brilliant time.

Suz

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Beautiful photos! It sounds like a memorable trip for you all.

Cardiff girl

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Wow that’s some beautiful coast line and yes I hear you.Much as I love fashion I also love once a year a few days by the beach no make up or,hair do and just shorts and a tee,feels like a reboot ready to start styling again when I get home.

Sara L.

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Great photos! Unfortunately, even on vacation I need to feel put together. Even when just wearing gear I like it to all go together and fit well. Otherwise I feel frumpy. I have bought specific items for camping and hiking so I have clothes that are practical but that still make me feel good. We spend a week at the beach every summer and I have multiple swimsuits and coverups that I can mix and match together. Easy peasy but still fun and stylish.

Janet

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Beautiful! I can't wait to visit there someday.

I can totally relate. I just got home a couple of days ago from a week in the desert southwest, and I looked like crap all week long and didn't care. Many of my trips are solo travels for the purposes of hiking and photographing, and I end up camping a lot. I basically live in gear all week, put my hair back in a ponytail and wear a goofy hat, and never put on makeup until it's time to come home. I love it. It's a total break from worrying about how I look. And as an added bonus, I usually come home a couple of pounds lighter for all the hiking I do, so my clothes fit better when I return.

LaPed

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Beautiful pics, Jussie. I'd love to go to Tasmania someday. You're brave for going solo with multiple young'uns. I much prefer bringing DH along on that sort of trip so I can have a break once in a while.

Pretty much all my travel is "style-free" because DH and I are backpackers first and foremost. We rarely do city-trips except to visit friends and family, and usually we tack that onto a hiking trip. I quite often build my travel capsules around my hiking clothes, and have been buying somewhat nicer gear in recognition of that fact. Actually, it was only last year that I built myself a real capsule of non-gear summer clothes; before that I just lived in nylon shorts and merino tees (the perils of working on a school schedule!).

Anonymous

Wow, what a fantastic trip. I would love to there!

I'm getting ready for a 3-week trip to Italy/Sardinia, and I'm going to go pretty much bare-bones on my style attempts. It will be a hair vacay, too. I'm thinking of getting a tee shirt that says "Vacation hair, don't care." Seriously, I need a break from all the rigamarole of style (as much as I love it). It sounds like you enjoyed yours a lot!

JAileen

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Beautiful!

I love that we speak the same language yet it can seem so different at the same time (I had to look up daggy).

This summer we’re going to Barrow, Alaska, and the main criteria for my travel capsule is, “Is it warm?” So I’m pretty sure I won’t be fashionable AT ALL.

Bonnie

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I live in the hot southwest so I'm going to spend a few months this summer by the ocean. I will be camping so wearing tees, hiking pants, and flannel shirts for cooler weather will be all I need.

jussie

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Thanks everyone for your comments. Sounds like some of you have some amazing vacation spots :). Seems like I’m not the only one who has discovered the fun of a “style free break”. Just to let the brain have a rest.
It’s interesting that some don’t have the word “daggy” in their lingo, I love the quirks of language.
Thanks again fabbers. I’m already excited to plan our next trip.

Lesley

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Sara L, don't feel bad, I am the same way. I find it fun to change to a more appropriate look for my vacation activity, so going way more casual and laid back, but I still like to put together a look. I don't personally find anything wrong with it.