2003-02-02 - 10:58 pm
I love having non-studio days at school for the very fact that I can wear something other than my painting pants, an old tshirt, and my ink-splattered apron. The night before my lecture classes I could spend anywhere from 10 to 90 minutes picking out the outfit I'm going to wear that day. It's a silly thing to do but I've always loved to play dress up.
Yesterday, we went through a few vintage/thrift shops and I ached for new dresses but didn't have the cash. My wardrobe seems so disolate lately, repetitive and a little frumpy. I need to spice things up a bit. I would wear skirts and dress all the time if I owned enough of them. Instead it's v-neck sweaters and dark blue denims, how blah can one person possibly get?
Earlier last week I bought witch shoes even though I couldn't really afford it. They're a little uncomfortable and highly impratical for long periods of standing, but I just had to have them. It's a step to bring my wardrobe up to date - not with the fashion trends that are lurking the streets, but with the person I am right now. I'm a terribly asthetic person; what I wear reflects who I am. When my wardrobe doesn't "fit me" anymore, I just feel awful.
The trick is, though, to not let the opinions of others get in the way of how I want to look/be. Sometimes I get so caught up in outside opinions that I forget to think for myself. I chicken out and that's so completely unlike me.
So tomorrow I think I'll dress like a flight attendant, pencil skirt and swift scarf around the neck, because I'm so much more fashionably expressive than I let myself be.
