I Am What I Wore

One girl's quest to streamline and catalog her nostalgia-laden wardrobe.

Category Archives: Fashion

Zooby Zooby Zoo!

Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Cobalt, cotton Designer: LAMade Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: Three I have a problem with anticipation. I can’t just let it seep into me slowly. I open the flood gate wide. I let a torrent into me, and it swallows everything. It rages through me, swirling faster and faster, growing ever more …

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The Sound Of Silence.

Item: Sweater Color/Fabric: Brown/orange, wool/cashmere Designer: Prada Where Purchased: Woodbury Common Years Owned: 5 I want to write tonight. So badly! I long for the gentle pressure of the keys beneath my fingers, and the encouragement of the happy blinking cursor. To sort my thoughts into straight, orderly lines that end with a period. Or …

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Adventuring!

Item: Sweatshirt Color/Fabric: Grey, cotton Designer: Mike and Chris Where Purchased: Next Boutique Years Owned: Five Here I am, again, starting again! I was building quite a lot of momentum and enthusiasm from organizing my old posts, and passing judgement. I was ready and eager to start writing consistently again, and then something happened that …

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Baby, Come Back!

I know I haven’t been that consistent these days, but I have been busy! I’ve been working every night, going through old posts and sorting them. Check out the new Category Menu on the right- you can now see what I’ve decided to Keep and Toss, and what I still can’t make my mind up …

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Nightmare Hippy Girl.

Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Skye blue, polyester Designer: XOXO Where Purchased: The Salvation Army Years Owned: Three I am about to stir up a little trouble. Are you ready? This might hurt. It might hurt a lot. I’m going to talk about the thing that I don’t like to talk about. A thing that I have …

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The LBD Project- January Edition

Item: Little Black Dress Color/Fabric: Black, rayon/nylon/spandex Where Purchased: ideeli.com Years Owned: Almost three Hello, friends! Tonight is a blast from the past- I admit that I have written about this dress before (here). But I have new things to say about it! I know it is February, and we’re already on to month two …

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A Pail of Apples.

Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Pure white, cotton Designer: American Vintage Where Purchased: Next Boutique Years Owned: 3ish Tonight, I have very mixed emotions. This is a blouse I’ve never been 100% behind. I want to love it. I really do. But I’m not really sure if it works for me. I remember anticipating American Vintage’s arrival …

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High and Low.

Tonight , since I spent all my time coming up with this new look, is all about searches. A part of this blog that has always brought me a great deal of joy is discovering what search entries people have used to stumble across my page. I’ve always wanted to combine them all into a …

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Panic, Happiness, and Hot Pink Flowers!

Item: Sweater-tank Color/Fabric: Blue, white, green, yellow/Cotton Designer: Esprit Where Purchased: Esprit Outlet; Birch Run Years Owned: Whew- not sure on this one. 13 years? Tonight’s muse is one of the Forgotten. To be honest, I truly thought that this had gone the way of the Salvation Army a long, long time ago, but apparently …

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Savin’ It.

Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Multiple purples, grey/silk Designer: Rebecca Taylor Where Purchased: Barney’s Co-op Outlet Years Owned: 2 Here I sit, in a dark room, with an empty screen and a full glass of wine, creatively inspirational music playing (tonight, the Decemberists), feeling strangely…content. Until a few short moments ago, I had not dressed my Trixie …

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