Back of Marni shirt:
Front, with pockets on side!!!
O.K. If I have one story like this, I have a hundred.
Last year, my sweet husband (god bless him!) wanted to redeck the attic for additional storage. (As an aside, I don't need additional storage, HE does!) I told him he needed to shift through and purge all his junk that was up there before he did that.
Logical, non?
Since I don't keep anything in the attic, I felt he couldn't hurt anything and left him to his devices.
When I was searching for a pair of flip-flops recently, Andrew came clean: in his furry to clean the attic he accidently gave all my summer clothes to Goodwill. oops!
Alright, I had *one* thing in the attic. My summer clothes. Yep, all of them.
I wish I could say I was upset, but he felt so bad and Andrew is so sweet that I couldn't be mad. So, I am taking this opportunity to re-invent my wardrobe into my new, older, more mature mom phase. I've decided there are a lot of things I can pull-off now that I have the confidence of an "older" woman.
I want to get out of mommy uniform and slacker beach wear (hmmm..maybe not out, just less) and into more real adult wear. I feel like I am at a point in my life that I have the time to take care of nicer things. Not everything needs to be wash and wear. I would like it to be casual, but with flair. I am also going to do all this through thrift, consignment, Goodwill, ebay, etc.
I have a few designers I have been stalking on ebay, but until now I never felt I could pull it off. Vivienne Westwood, Marni, Dries Van Noten, Prada, and Rick Owens. o! and Chloe.
So, here are my first two scores from a consignment shop. The greige top is Marni--it doesn't photograph well, but it is beautiful. Lovely drape and graceful fit. It even has pockets! The second is Prada and is super soft. It has a funky, deconstructed shift shape.
Thanks for indulging my inner fashionista. Back to regular programming.
2 comments:
Oh, that is soooo funny!!!!! Man, you have such leverage for like ever!
I had a friend once who described the years where you have children under the age of 4 as 'the hag years' in that you always had food stuck to your shirt or you still had baby weight to shed or still had some maternity outfits in rotation.
I agree, time to move onward and upward!
I still need easy care and preferably no iron though. Wish I could always blame my stains on the kids! ; )
Say, is there a Zara in Dallas? LOVE this chain here!!! They are on line.... It's like a Forever 21 for people under 40. Love their price point.
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Yes, there is a Zara here in Dallas. I haven't been (it is in the Galleria) but every time I see my absolutely gorgeous hairdresser he is wearing a shirt from there. I have been meaning to go.
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