I had this thread enter my mind while straightening up the house last night. I think our clothing style has a lot of parallels with our home decor. I can appreciate lots of different approaches to style, and find many of them inviting and attractive, but it doesn’t mean I have to live in them. I visit a place with a beautiful modern interior, with spare high-end furnishings, monochrome decor, and nothing extraneous, and part of me wants to throw out all our stuff and buy sleek new furniture. But the truth of the matter is, even if we had the money and inclination to do all that — and who does?? — at some point I would find a beautiful patterned Moroccan rug or unique lamp or our crazy one-of-a-kind stone coffee table, and these pieces of flair would start creeping back into our home. Apparently I need a little color and pattern and eclectic zest in my life.

I agree it’s good to sometimes post, acknowledge, and evaluate the results of our less successful experiments. It helps us hone our eye and validate our instincts.

Haha I post anything I consider an outfit even if it's not the best. I don't even aspire to wearing a 'great' outfit absolutely every day... But you're right that there's valuable insight in the feedback on gets on 'meh' outfits and in your own reconsideration after posting.
I'm the opposite for outerwear right now. Anything too structured feels ridiculous and over the top. Like I'm playing a frazzled career woman in a nineties comedy, stranded in a small town where I'm first mocked by but then fall in love with the local woodworker.

I adored Irina's outfit. The minimalistic simple look looks so chic to me. But your style is also interesting—lots of textures and great accessories. Your make-up is always so well done.

I would love to wear something other than a puffer right now, but it is too cold. I run cold. I am always cold. Those beautiful wool coats will have to wait.

Liesbeth, lol at "a frazzled career woman in a nineties comedy, stranded in a small town where I'm first mocked by but then fall in love with the local woodworker." I know this feeling all too well and it's probably why 99% of my outfits are hardly outfits at all. If I dress even a little bit "up" from my milieu, I start to feel self-conscious like that 90s rom-com character, wiping mud off her good shoes or getting her coat caught on a barbed wire fence or something. I mostly want my clothes not to get in the way, and nice things often get in the way just by being nice.

I've found a lot of value in posting not-great outfits (I share pretty much anything I manage to get a picture of) simply as a frame of reference and to document evolution, or something. And I also enjoy reading others' "keeping it real" posts; way more interesting to me to see what people reach for when they're not trying, not planning, just living their lives. At least in my case, sometimes my "meh" things feel more "me" than many sharp, spiffy things out there, especially this year.

Haha, LaPed, good to see I'm not the only one. And then my life isn't even that rural at all. But still here in the suburbs I'd rather dress like the people I'd wanna make friends with and those tend to be puffer wearing moms. At work I don't mind as much standing out a little cause I have more occasion to get to know my colleagues beyond appearances and also I know I enjoy looking at other well dressed people there :).

I’m all for steaming your coat, wearing it, and seeing how you feel.

And really taking in all the positive feedback on your style. Really letting it sink in. And when the less accurate voice in your head starts up, remember ours. Fine running or adjusting your style is fine, but please be kind to yourself.