Selecting the items:
The hardest thing was selecting the clothes I wanted to wear for the challenge. Not being an instinctive fashionista, I googled the challenge and looked through the images that other people had of the clothes they wore and read their blogs.
I discovered that too many patterns was out (limits the mix and match options).
I learnt that 'all black' was out (too dreary).
I learnt that all work and no play makes the wearer a little over dressed in situations.
I learnt you need to pick fairly durable clothes and nothing that needs dry cleaning because you need to wash your items frequently throughout the month.
I learnt that you need to be prepared for the unpedictable weather (especially at this time of year!). I opted for 'cooler' clothes rather than 'warmer' ones, rationalising that I can wear something from the 'outerwear' or 'underwear' range if need be.
But when it came right down to it, it is all about accessorising, so I selected things that I thought I had a good chance of dressing up or down with accessories, shoes, hats and bags.
The selections (excuse the photography!):
Dress; Vest; Black T-shirt (shown as brown in the photos because the black one is MIA in the piles of washing); Black pants; Red blouse; and dark denim A-line skirt.
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| Not sure why the photo rotations are all over the place here? |
Impressions from the first 10 days:
- Lots of washing!
- Have worn combinations of these clothes that I wouldn't have worn before with a positive result.
- One of the hems on my black pants has already come down - am working on learning to sew it back up (not my skill set as you know) but have had to use sticky tape the day after it happened so that I had something to wear. Hmmm...
- Have been cold at times!
- After completing the Adventure race, I had to change back into my nominated clothes whereas I would have loved to have been able to stay in my trackie daks.
What do you think your six items would be and why?
15 comments:
Sticky tape for hems? What a great idea! I usually leave my stuff for months until I find time to repair it, but now I have a quick option.
P.S. With that choice, yes, you would be very cold at times. And you've got a while to go. Good luck and I'll keep my fingers crossed for some sunshine for your sake.
OMG, I'd be stuck. I'd have to have jeans in there I think. I only have one skirt, so that. Um... Glad it's you, not me. PS: buy some of that hemming tape - is the same as using sticky tape only much more durable.
I'm with Al on the hemming tape. Or an office stapler works like a charm too...
I'd be picking a pair of jeans too...
Yep I live in a pair of black (breaking the rules by being too dreary?) high waisted jeans (great for sucking in the tummy)..
Actually, now I think of it I wear the same clothes every day anyway, so perhaps I could do it!?
Gill xo
I definitely thought about jeans but sadly I can't wear them to work so they had to be struck. Hemming tape? Must invest...oh that's right I can't buy anything new this year...sticky tape it is until I work on my sewing skills!
ooh, 6 items is a tough one.
1: Jeans
2:3/4 black top
3:purple short sleeved top
4:another pair of jeans
5:striped t-shirt
6:long sleeved white top
I'll hem your pants if you like. I sew all the time.
Interesting concept - I could probably do it with
jeans x 2
khaki 3/4 cargo pants
black 3/4 sleeve top
purple 3/4 sleep top
Floral T- shirt
Glad it doesn't include pjs and exercise gear. I'd dress up the shirts if I went out with an outerwear jacket ...just as well we rarely go anywhere except church.
(hemming tape - la la la ...)
This is totally my normal life. I am living in a limbo where I refuse to buy clothes until I lose weight and now I'm pregnant again so that's gonna be awhile. I reckon I rotate through even less than 6 items some weeks.
I live in 2 pairs of pants and about half a dozen tops so I'm not far off the challenge without trying. I'm another one in the 'won't buy clothes til I've lost my baby weight' category.
Oh, and I've stapled a hem before :)
Oh, no, you poor thing, you've been cold. What drive you have to commit to this! I would definitely have to have 2 jeans and then a few shirts and a couple of cardigans/sweaters.
Could not & would not do this, i wear way too much colour, combinations & styles - dresses, skirts, jeans, pants, shorts, kaftans - that is just 6 different pieces to cover my bottom!! I'd have to resort to jeans & 5 different types of tops, but then i love cardigans, um, no, couldn't do it. I'd end up cheating & wear 'better tops' to the gym, as my day wear until i went to the actual gym, just for the sake of colour!! Well done to you though, love Posie
I know what you mean about wearing combinations that you wouldn't have worn before, but work. When I did the challenge I wore a pair of shorts (the lightweight hiking kind that can convert to pants with zippers) to work with a black top ... and I think I looked OK.
Good luck learning how to hem your pants :-) One of my skirt hems came down during the challenge. I ironed it flat hoping nobody would notice. Months later I still wear the skirt hem-less. One day...
Hemming is a pain. If you have double-sided tape it's great (and more invisible than stickytape) til you get time/can be bothered with the sewing.
I've been wondering how you've been going. I was going to do this, but missed the deadline on the website, then decided it was worth doing it with everyone else. And then I thought it might make a great theme for a month (with perhaps more clothes?) I think I would be suffering from the literal "I have nothing to wear" because it WOULD be in the wash!
You're doing so great. But yes. HARD!
xx
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