Your fashion-challenged Avid Bruxist, she is back with more (mis)adventures! (If you want to read previous Stitch Fix/fashion posts, scroll to the bottom and click the Fayshun tag.)
Let’s jump right in with a #no. Don’t get me wrong–I love a peasant blouse but not this peasant blouse.
As always, Kate could articulate it perfectly.
Question: Am I too old for pigtails?
I have no interest in jellies, but pretty much my whole beach vacation, I had my sister-in-law do double French braids, and tbh I’d do them myself 6 out of 7 days except my arms get real tired.
Moving on. Stitch Fix did it again. I mean, it’s fine. It’s fine. V-necks flatter me; it’s basic black; the cut is decent. But as usual
Looking back on previous fashion posts, I’m astounded by how much #booshit I kept. I kept items that were not right, just because I thought they were the best I could get, or maybe the best I deserved. But the best I can get, what I deserve, is clothing that makes me feel great. Not
I feel like there’s a life lesson in there.
Next we had these pants that kinda looked and sorta felt like a fuzzy bathrobe.
And hard as my knee-jerk #no was, I had the weird feeling that Kate would disagree, and I was right.
(Note: The orange biker sweatshirt mentioned below is a seminal fashion moment for your Avid Bruxist. If you weren’t around for it, click here.)
She didn’t hate them?
She said work, sure, but I just couldn’t do it. Felt like a clown, and eighty-nine and a half ducats is too dear for this Bozo. Sent them back.
Kate let me know Boden is a British clothing company that she’s obsessed with, and Ravello is one of their signature shirts. It’s a good shirt. Might have to get some.
Though, you know what? Part of my battle against diet culture/diet mentality has been curating my social media feeds to include body diversity, and man!, looking at Boden’s website has reminded me that most companies still feature only your garden-variety, taller-than-average, near-anorexic model. Stahp. For fuck’s sake. Maybe I won’t buy your goddamn Ravello.
Speaking of taller-than-average, I myself am not. I’m not even averager-than-average. You wouldn’t think that would matter when it comes to accessories, but that’s where you’re wrong.
To be fair, “long” was in the name, but
She makes me google so many things! Apparently, JVN is Jonathan Van Ness of Queer Eye fame, and everything for him is a “moment.”
Since the first draft of this post, I’ve started watching QE, and I. Am. Obsessed.
Except with the episode where they solve police brutality against black men with a chat and a hug. That one made me want to throw my TV out the window.
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I tried stich fix for men based on your happy fun times. My box had 4 winners and one 40 dollar pajama top desperate to convince you it’s really a shirt, but it was worth it to keep the pajama top and get the “keep the whole box discount” and so now I have a pajama top with self-confidence issues. But I like the other four things a lot!
Haha–yes!! Love you.
LOL to all of this, especially the perfectly placed Babe reference. Good decision on those bizarre pants. I felt the same way about that Queer Eye episode.
Right?! I was like, OK, thank you, copper, for acknowledging that the guy in Gwinnett County should not have been kicked in the head AFTER HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND SUBDUED, but that’s just the start.
Is that the episode with Karamo driving to their next “victim” and the cop pulls them over and everyone gets very tense? Yes I agree… not my favorite.
I am so glad you said no to the pants… I get almost everything I wear at the thrift store (and I look fine, thank you), and those were more than 10 times what one would pay there. You can say yes in error to something and it only cost you $7.
TBH Stitch Fix, to me, is just too expensive. Why don’t I come out and take you on a #nobooshit thrift adventure extravaganza. I can get you a cart full of clothes for the cost of one box from SF. Or, let me know next time you’re in Seattle and WE ARE ON!
Haha, yes, I spent 12 bucks at the thrift store this morning and got a necklace, three water bottles, two terra cotta pots, a kickboard for Patrick, a change purse, and a DVD player. I never look through the clothes… it seems like so much work for so little result. When I find cool things, they’re in a size 6.