Releasing my inner preppie. . .
Or, Getting Naughty in Plaid. . .
Remember all the things we've been told about how to dress? Well, some of you might not be old enough to have heard this advice, but for some of us it was a catechism that we could recite in our sleep:
Wear solid dark colors, A-line silhouettes, not too tight; avoid unusual textures, or things that are poofy, like cashmere. Nothing shiny. Something interesting happening around the neckline.
Never wear horizontal stripes.
Never wear pleats.
Never wear plaid.
Wearing plaid is the fat girl's version of running with scissors.
Ha.
I wore plaid.
I posted somewhere sometime about wondering what my style would be when I no longer was limited to the few dresses I had hanging in my closet. Well, I am in the process of finding out. I have discovered ebay, thus blowing a hole in this month's budget. O well. I indulged myself in the clothes that were on the other side of the candy-store window all my life, either because of expense or my size.
I bought several hip-stiched plaid pleated (o MY!) skirts, boiled wool jackets, boiled wool vests, cashmere sweaters, and a couple of silk turtlenecks as well. Hi, my name is Kathleen and I am a prep. . .
Yesterday I wore some of my new clothes--red tartan plaid pleated (it's so fun to say that; like a toddler discovering another smutty word, I repeat it frequently--pleated plaid, pleated plaid, neener neener neeeeener) skirt, mid-calf length with a forest green henley shirt, a white vest, black tights and a bright red boiled wool gieger jacket. (It's been freezing in the school lately. . . ) I got a lot of compliments on the clothes, but here was my favorite. I was in the office, and someone said, "You look lovely." And I looked around behind me, and saw no one there, and said, "Do you mean me?" Not the most gracious way to handle a compliment, but jeesh, I didn't know. . .
I put on a cardigan sweater yesterday, one that I've always thougt would be too small no matter what, but I couldn't bring myself to get rid of because I thought it was beautiful. And it fit. I think more than anything, that helped me see that my size really is changing.
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