I Am What I Wore

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

Category Archives: Fashion

Penny For Your Thoughts!

Ok. I realize that many of your are puzzled at this moment. Actually, it is my sincerest hope that most, if not all, of you are puzzled. Because there are so many reasons to be puzzled. First of all, I am back. After a long, seemingly endless hiatus, suddenly, here I am! Second of all, …

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A Story Worth Sticking To.

This isn’t exactly a come back. It’s sort of… oh, I don’t know. An affirmation? A confession? Sob-fest? I guess I don’t know what to call it. I’ve never had a big opinion of public complaining. So I will try to keep this short. But probably not sweet. I’m not sure why I haven’t been …

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Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough.

Item: Jacket Color/Fabric: White, Cotton/spandex Designer: Luella For Target Where Purchased: Target Years Owned: Five Tonight I am feeling a little melancholy. You know, just non-specific sadness. A feeling that I call blue. I don’t know why. I had a lovely night of Shakespeare, and wonderful company. It might be the fact that just seconds …

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Uno! Dos! Tres!

Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Poppy, cotton Designer: Maeve Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: 5 To begin, a confession. I am having a very hard time with the writing these days. Tonight, I decided I would give myself a goal of writing every other day for a bit and see how that goes. It’s getting hard to …

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All That Dances Through Me.

Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Beige, polyester Where Purchased: Banana Republic Years Owned: At least 6 I really want to write tonight, but I’m not sure how long I’ll last. Sitting is just about the most unpleasant activity I can think of right now, and the fact that I have to sit and write when Nate is …

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Think And Wonder And Dream!

Item: Dress Color/Fabric: White, cotton Designer: Hard Tail Where Purchased: Marshall’s Years Owned: 4 This is a dress that hasn’t really had a much of a life on stage, just a few minutes, actually, but it has gotten much wear in real life. I guess that’s better. Or is it? I got this in the …

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Where’s The Loose Connection?

Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Grey, acrylic Designer: H&M Years Owned: 4 Oh, man. First let me begin by saying that I do not buy H&M’s sizing. I do have lots of clothing with European sizing, and they are about two sizes larger than H&M’s. I just spent an agonizing amount of time trying to get this …

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Ramble On!

Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Cream, cotton Designer: Free People Where Purchased: Urban Outfitters Years Owned: 3 Given the fact that last week held much madness and not a little quantity of pain, I didn’t really have time to absorb the fact that my show is over. I’m no longer in a show. And I have nothing …

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A Matter Of Resiliency.

Item: Sweater Color/Fabric: Blue/white, acrylic Designer: Betsey Johnson Where Purchased: The Salvation Army Years Owned: One This week, I have found cause for much reflecting. Next week will be the one year anniversary of the surgery on my hip, so I’ve been thinking about all that has happened in the span of a year. It’s …

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A Common Refrain.

Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Ebony/Ivory, silk Designer: For Love And Liberty Where Purchased: Next Boutique Years Owned: 4 Tonight, I am considering a lovely little dress that I unearthed from the floor of one of my closets. In the spare bedroom, which I was tidying up last weekend before our friend Chris came to visit. This …

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