Note: I planned to do daily outfit posts - and still have that plan. However, I really should have considered the working condition of my camera prior to setting up this blog. Nonetheless, here I am now and I'll have to forge ahead cameraless.
The Essentials
1. Pants. Seems silly, that I have to spell it out like that. But pants are more than just delighful leg coverings. Pants can give us nice butts, excentuate the positives, eliminate the negatives, warm us up... etc. I prefer pants that fit. I hate light colored jeans. LOVE dress pants with wide legs. ADORE colorful silly pants.
2. Skirts. Okay, okay. This seems too basic. Here's what I love about skirts. First, you can wear skirts on a variety of occassions. Really, like any occassion. You can dress it up for a meeting, dress it down for a day at the house, wear it short to do a little flaunting or wear it long in one of the ultra-chic long skirt looks of today. Millions and Millions of people wear skirts for their versatility, breatheability, interchangability, intergalactic ability - you get the drill. Skirts were the most vital piece of clothing for both men and women, until men got all modest and started wearing pants. If you aren't already wearing skirts for all occassions, I highly recommend it.
3. Jean JACKETS. There is nothing better than a nice jean jacket. A jean jacket does everything. It can make you look cool with the collar popped. It can keep your arms warm. It can make a less than conservative top more appropriate for work (I have this problem a lot). Jean Jackets are controversial. I can understand that. But, if you are on the jean jacket fence - get one, love it, own it, and wear it (often).
The NON-Essentials
The non-essentials are not exactly what they seem to be. I consider all clothing that you or someone else likes as essential. That Lace Tutu from the thift store for $3? COMPLETELY ESSENTIAL. Those Men's pants/that maternity shirt that are too cute to pass up. COMPLETELY ESSENTIAL. Non-Essentials, thus, are clothes that simply make no sense. I have been victim of these non-essentials many times.
1. Pants that you wish fit, but don't. If they don't fit, don't buy them (unless they are for someone else). If you aren't going to wear them, now or sometime close in the future, do not buy it. You know how many times I have been in the local warehouse-sized Salvation Army staring at clothes, salivating? More than I can count. For example, just the other day, I bought a beautiful part of vintage dress pants with ATTACHED suspenders. Seriously, they are amazing. However, they are a size 10 from the 1950's. If you know anything about fashion, which you likely do, is that a size 10 now is not the same size 10 from the 50's. Infact, they are much different sizes. I got those puppies home, thrilled for my find, slipped them up and WHOOPS, no such luck. Cue sad trombome here.
2. Things that need altering, but you aren't a good seamstress (is there a gender neutral word for this?) or you are unwilling/unable to pay a tailor. This should be obvious, but I have bought so many things that I have hoped to tailor but have been way beyond my ability. I am looking at you, ruined ModCloth dress. I can totally sew, but not exactly in the way that I believe. In my mind, I am the next contestant on Project Runway (or that terrible knockoff "The Fashion Show").
3. Bowties. Bowties don't exactly fit into the description of a non-essential item, based on the description provided above. However, I really hate bowties. They don't do anything, are merely decorative, and stupid looking. Bowties are designed to be wore by men who are attending Very Important Events (tm). That's not fashion though! Nothing that has a prescribed role can really count as fashion, so in general, I find bowties distasteful and completely non-essential. All of the above can also be applied to regular neck ties, which I also hate, but tolerate slightly more than bowties.
What clothing items do you think qualify as essential/non-essential?
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