clairegirl said:
see the brown is something ide wear now coz i am conservative...sort of have to be
but i guess after i lose this weight and down to the size i want, i want to try wearing different stuff that i've always thought looked hot but on other girls.. which is why i'm looking at the two jackets now and trying to decide between the two...either way, im going massive warddrobe changing after i get to my ideal weight
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Do i go with whats comfortable? or do i go for something i consider "me?" lol See the brown jacket is me, but only if it had something like that yellow top underneath but that denim jacket is just so hot lol
I'm not going to buy either right now.. im just looking at the denim as sort of my inspiration to keep going lol
My approach to clothes is like this: (heavily inspired from Trinny and Susannah)
Even if you loose weight, unless you have undergone MAJOR weightloss (I'm talking obese to on the healthy scale) your "shape" will still stay the same - so all your 'good points' and 'bad points' will still be there, and by extension so too will the clothes that suit you (and the ones that don't).
If I were skinnier, I would still wear the same clothes... no miniskirts because my legs are chunky and will still be chunky even if the rest of me is skinny, and no hipsters worn with crop tops because I have a podgy lower tummy... however I would STILL be wearing dark hipster bootcut jeans because they make my legs look longer/cover my chunky legs, and I would STILL be a huge fan of singlet and halter tops because they show off my daintier upper half, and I would STILL be wearing lots of elbow-length tops because they cover up my proportionately chunky upper arms but show off my skinnier forearms. And even when I one day put on weight, I will still be wearing the same sorts of clothes
So enough about shape. What about style?
If there's a style you like and looks good on you, then get it
There's no reason to hold off clothes 'because you're not as skinny as you want to be yet', unless they're SO unforgiving that they only look good on skinny binnies (such as skinny jeans and those mod-inspired sweaters with horizontal stripes), and even then fads like that rarely stay in fashion for long.
I've watched many a "What Not To Wear" episode, and I swear I'm not being over-naive when I say that they can make size 14 and 16 (and beyond) women look GREAT, in fact far greater than their size 10 and 12 friends. To quote from my S&T book:
"Don't believe that the only way you can feel better about yourself is loosing weight or cosmetic surgery. You can change how you look
today by learning how to show off your best assets and disguise the ones you don't like."
In case you haven't noticed, I majorly *puffyheart* Trinny and Susannah, and if I ever sign up on ebay buying all of their books is going to be the first thing I do!!!