So remember awhile back when I decided it would be a good idea to wear everything in my closet once? BTW, a very dumb thing to do. In fact so totally idiotic, it resulted in my wearing this shirt out in public.
(I’ll give your eyes a moment to recover.)
After that debacle I purged my closet and had what I thought was a lean, fashion-friendly closet. So, imagine my surprise when my sisters come over to help pack up my closet and we found these treasures….
1. Jacket bought (at considerable expense) to jump-start my career as a “working woman.” I remember standing in the boutique (in Canada, no less!) agonizing over whether to buy this or a black shirt dress. Fortunately, I chose timeless. I always do. (Sidenote: Molly is brushing her bangs with a comb found in the pocket. Used to keep it on hand in case, I don’t know, I needed to tease my perm?)
2. This was my first “vintage” piece (I believe it was circa 1993, bought it in 2001). When paired with a moderately flared, slightly distressed jean skirt, it says, “I am short-waisted,” like few things can.
3. This was one of my first purchases from Anthropologie and, I have to admit, the only thing I’ve ever bought from there that I’ve never worn. See, parts of my brain still work.
Because I was moving everything myself (LB was already in San Fran) I told LB that we needed to weed out his closet and get rid of everything he hasn’t worn in the past 10 years. (Soooo mean!) Typically he lets me in there once a year and after a whole lot of moaning and groaning concedes one t-shirt that has so many holes in it it looks like an old-school football jersey. (Remember those? Even I could see mesh was a look that wasn’t going to stick around.) After about an hour, it was not going well. We’d thrown away one tattered T-shirt and had a pile waist-deep of things he wanted to “think about,” when I stumbled upon my saving grace – the Halloween box. Turns out “hobo clown” is easier to swallow than “out-of-date.”
Molly and Jill wasted no time in putting together a “Greatest Hits of LB’s Closet.” Okay, so Jill doesn’t look good in everything.
So that was so much fun I’m thinking we’re going to have to do more of it. Because I have A LOT of ridiculous pieces of clothing. Many that I still wear in a way that is undoubtedly funky and creative, just like that pea green jacket.
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