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| Photo Credit: Jess Schreibstein |
I am intrigued by contrast. So, as the ghostly white,
glow-in-the-dark gal that I am, my wardrobe has almost always been almost all
black. Black dresses, black tights, black shirts, and black shoes. Of course, I’ve
had other bits of color here and there, but they’ve still gone into the darks
load every laundry day. In fact, in college, my roommate Rachel and I quickly
discovered that, to be most efficient, she should add her negligible dark items
to my overflowing darks pile, and I should add my negligible light items to her
overflowing lights pile. It all worked out in the end. (As an aside, this shows
that even Rachel and I are a contrast. No wonder I like her so much.)
More than contrast though, I love dark clothing for the dark
weather it belongs to. I love cold, gloomy days and I love dressing for them. I
have so much fun layering pieces together, picking not only a top and a bottom,
but several tops and several bottoms, that all come together to create a look
that is new and unique and complex. And so dark clothing plus cold weather is
an ideal combo.
Dark clothing plus unrelenting solar death rays, on the
other hand, can often cause overheating. And here in the lovely East Coast
humidity, sweaty overheating. I have
had to diversify. It has been a long and grueling process, but I have begun to
add little pieces here and there that both brighten up and cool down my
wardrobe. One of those pieces is the above floral sundress which came to me
from my beautiful grandma. (More about her gifties in a later post.)
This look is new for me. It’s light and airy. It smacks of
summer. There’s no layering, no heavy knits and fall palettes. And, you know
what, I love it.
So how about you? Do you enjoy dressing for all kinds of
weather? Has it been a struggle for you, as it has been for me? What is your
favorite weather for clothing?
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