So I was just enjoying Beebee’s Vintage Dress blog and she is doing a major wardrobe overhaul. I should do this too- it would be very productive and I can play dress up, so win-win… Annie style.
She reveals the following:
Gunn’s 10 Essential Items Every Woman Needs
• Basic black dress
• Trench coat
• Classic dress pants
• Classic white shirt
• Skirt
• Blazer
• Day dress
• Cashmere sweater
• Jeans
• A comfortable alternative to a sweatsuit
I sense that this is going to be a very upsetting trip thru my closet.
My trench coat is not Burberry- it’s a green floral that I lost the tie to.
My classic dress pants have cat-hair maribou hems from hanging on the bottom row of my closet where the puss-tails do hibernate.
What is a comfortable alternative to a sweatsuit?
I’m thinking that comfortable is an adjective that I should remove from my shopping vocabulary. Also kitshy, novelty and anything my husband sees on Katy Perry. Lets face it- I have a wardrobe that looks like it emerged from a clown car. If I went on What Not To Wear, they would call for a priest. And I quite possible would try to wear his vestments as a sash.
So. My sewing resolve for the month of September is to get some normalcy up in that closet! My pop pieces are threatening to explode and take hostages.
Pretty Grievances 
I’m still laughing at the image of you wrestling the vestments off a priest. Ahahaha….
I hate lists of clothing essentials. They bear NO resemblance to the things I actually need:
Basic black dress. Ok, I have this. In fact, I have several.
Trench coat. I live in an area where when it rains, it pours. Trench coats are useless. A warm raincoat with a hood is my essential.
Classic dress pants. Eff that noise. If I’m getting dressed up, I wear a dress. Or a skirt.
Classic white shirt. I have a plain t-shirt. Does that count? I have never needed a white button-down, even when working in an office.
Skirt. Only one? Puh-leez.
Blazer. Nope. Have never needed one. Did wear one in my office days, but didn’t really need it even then. Cardigans are roomier.
Day dress. Agreed, needed for casual weddings. Own a couple.
Cashmere sweater. Cashmere makes me itch. Acrylic cardigans are fine.
Jeans. Duh. Got that handled.
A comfortable alternative to a sweatsuit? I call those pajamas.
Where do those people get their crazy notions about how women dress?
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You made me smile – especially the bit about the sweatsuit! I’m with lazysubculturalgirl. I have never owned a blazer and my white shirt and dress trousers don’t leave the wardrobe. I did once own the coveted cashmere sweater but it wasn’t the wardrobe fix everyone told me it would be. It got holes in it and I don’t miss it.
Have fun sorting your wardrobe out and stick to your own style…and show us the results!
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I agree with th lazyscubagirl on the blazer. I have 4 sitting in my closet right now and I think I’ve worn 3 of them…..twice each. The dress trousers, I have a ton of and get plenty of use out of them. This is mainly because I do NOT sew very much. I am a straight seam and minimal pinning chick. Over the years, as I’m buying off the rack, I have found a few things to be sad but true. I am a vertically challenged kinda gal. I’m not a “little person” by any stretch but I am, more often than not, too short for the regular size and too tall for the petites. Sigh……sniff
I see such cute things and if there is a sewn in waist, it rarely hits me square on MY waist. I often see cute skirts that have beautiful hems that I adore. BUT, put it on and because of it’s waist in relation to my waist it’s either too short, too long, or just weird. So I stick to slacks. They seem to forgive me more. I have found a few dresses and skirts that make me feel all girly. The search can be long and hard. But, when I find one of those elusive little creatures that fit, I will wear them to within an inch of their life! 🙂
The search continues……..
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Dont feel bad, Lynn- my only dress pants make me look like I am available to cater your next semi-formal event…
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