WIW Week 6 M - Total outfit fail

My weight loss continues to play havoc with my wardrobe. I managed to get somewhere with my summer stuff, but now that I'm pulling out "fall" things (in quotes because in Austin fall is mid 80s to low 70s) I am running up against more old faithfuls that no longer fit. :/

Pics 1 and 2 are the same, 1 just has a coat on.

Pic 1:
- Vintage black Helmut Lang cotton coat (eBay)

Pic 2:
- Roque by Ilaria Nistri gray cowl-neck dress (yoox)
- Herff-Christiansen tank under (sample sale)
- Rag and Bone vintage silk-blend skinny jeans (eBay)
- Vera Wang Lavender moto boots (eBay)

The top is both clingy and shapeless, and the pant waist is slipping and giving me a fabric gut. Wearing a belt with the jeans won't work in this case because it would bulge. So if I keep the too I think maybe leggings next time.

I feel like this was close but no cigar.

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11 years ago

Thistle

Veteran

::hugs:: It is really hard when you reach for something you love and it no longer loves you back. Could a good tailor help?

ironkurtin

Not sure I'd spend the $ to tailor what is essentially a big tshirt.

Joy

When I lost weight, tailoring favorite pieces was a big disappointment and I ended up getting rid of them anyway. Think of it as an opportunity to rebuild

So confirm the bad news for me... this outfit stinkos?

Hm. I sense this post is not grabbing much attention. Must be a pretty dull outfit!

Beth Ann

The pants seem to be an issue, but I'm not sure that the tunic wouldn't work over sleeker leggings. Just focus on the fact that you look terrific -- strong and fit.

cheryle (Dianthus)

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I didn't comment because I actually liked it without the jacket but you seemed to totally not. I think there is too much going on with the jacket too though. You are quite slim now so you can wear looser fits and still look slim and fit.

K. Period.

Dana, I don't think they are awful--I just can't see them well enough to distinguish what is working or not. We can neither confirm nor deny..... That bathroom of doom is really a cave, isn't it?

On the tailoring front. Sigh. On the tailoring front...I agree with your gut feeling on it. I have never had any luck with a significant re-tailoring. A little is fine. You've lost so much weight and your shape has changed so significantly, though, I don't know that tailoring will work. It would be more like recutting your clothes. Sometimes I feel like it is better to let something you love that was fantastic go on to a better home than to try to salvage (and potentially ruin) it. Such a bummer to lose old faves, though.

Anonymous

I've been eating turkey and hanging out with the fam. I find it hard to see the details...I am wondering if your new shape is driving a more structured look, and these drapier looks aren't working as well because you don't have the same real estate to show them to their best advantage. Your new shape highlights a different look. This outfit isn't bad, but I see the fit issues you have highlighted.

It must be so frustrating that previously loved workhorses are being recalcitrant.

Stupid Potty of Horrors and its nasty dark lighting.

DonnaF

The tunic/dress looks fine, so maybe it's *just* the jeans which I suspect are more of an issue of how they feel (slipping) that how they look IRL? Also, I echo Ceit in suggesting you experiment with more structured or architectural looks. Or maybe drapey ones that drape in different places than you're used to?

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