tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822567602957274526.post3962273803740981732..comments2023-10-07T10:50:22.107-04:00Comments on Une Vie Chic: Clothes HorseKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746233349847124744noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822567602957274526.post-36385655093819798292010-08-10T22:28:45.516-04:002010-08-10T22:28:45.516-04:00I am the same with clothes....I always think what ...I am the same with clothes....I always think what if I might need it again! or I think of the lovely memories I had in that outfit.....and I tell myself it's only cupboard space - it's just so easy to keep things!<br /><br />The did have one big clean out before I loved to live and work in Europe. It was hard and horrible, but made curiously easier by the fact that as I knew I was going for years, I could really take only things I could pack in my suitcase with a 20kg bagage limit (and in the one (okay, two) other suitcases I sent my sea mail to the UK.....) So every item I didn't pack I had to say - in 2-3 years time when I come home, will I want to wear this?? Faced with such a bald proposition, I was able to clear out my teenage wardrobe, my university and first year of working clothes (oh so many mistakes in those ones!). I kept some favourite and sentimental clothes, but the majority went.<br /><br />I can't explain what a liberating feeling it was. There is apparently some correlation between hoarding stuff and being overweight. I don't know if it's true, but I do know emotionally I felt freer and during the time I was living and working overseas and I had to keep my accumulation of possessions to a minimum, I had no trouble with my weight.<br /><br />(Of course, I don't put it all down to this - it is just an interesting observation. As is the informal observation that most people on working holidays put ON weight - whether it's called the "Heathrow Injection" or the "Sydney Stone").<br /><br /><br />Oh - and essentials for my wardrobe? I am still working this out.....but of course for work it would have to be suits. Suit coats with matching skirts, pants and (my favourite) dresses. Everything else is a bit of a work in progress!<br /><br />JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822567602957274526.post-58007918997542515132010-08-09T14:55:55.883-04:002010-08-09T14:55:55.883-04:00I've been thinking a lot about this also (it r...I've been thinking a lot about this also (it relates to weight, thinking about clothes) and on my list are all the classics, crisp white shirt, dark denim jeans.Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822567602957274526.post-28239896335625929992010-08-09T11:36:04.785-04:002010-08-09T11:36:04.785-04:00you crazy girl you can not have too many clothes !...you crazy girl you can not have too many clothes ! but you can always send your donations to me :Djulie carrillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822567602957274526.post-92046105853091392462010-08-09T09:58:47.123-04:002010-08-09T09:58:47.123-04:00Shopping is so much easier when you know who you a...Shopping is so much easier when you know who you are.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.com