Me Mad May is over; bring on RTW June!
I did the fourth week of MMMay17 but I had some phone problems so I can’t show you the pictures, except one. Here I am with a nice old 1960s Kimono sleeved jacket in the softest lemon wool. All the … Continued
Another week of dressing up and taking pictures – MMMay 2017
Enough already! I am bored of dressing up deliberately in me-made tops and bottoms, and taking pictures. I suspect that you are bored with looking at them too. So, just a quick post. I am still obeying my own rules … Continued
Have we all just got too many clothes?
In the 1930s women owned about 60 items of clothes, and bought five new items annually. During the second world war rationing allowed women to buy about ten new items each year. Currently we buy 60 new items of clothing … Continued
Contemporary, authoritative, appropriate – How to do “Business Casual”
I’m a fifty-something woman working in high tech in Seattle, where the dress code is casual and the culture youthful (and where there are, as in is most tech companies, fewer than 20% women in product development). As a result, … Continued
Casual wardrobe planning No 1 #The pants
Introduction Recently I wrote about putting together and making a casual wardrobe. I decided to take up Joyce’s exciting challenge of creating a capsule collection that would be inspired by, and suit, my “Lakeside Lifestyle”. I was very interested in, and … Continued
Me Made May 2016 – Week One
I have been “doing” Me Made May 2016 for a week now, which involves wearing something i made everyday and getting a photograph. I have completed the first week. The photos are taken by my husband, my PA, the sales manager … Continued
Kondo 0.3 – where I tackle the rest of my clothes
Having made a tentative start on my underwear I took on the issue of my clothes over the past week or so. I acquired a bunch of large, clear bags and I set about creating the wardrobe I wanted. By … Continued
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