{"id":1625,"date":"2010-01-13T03:52:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T03:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2010-01-18T04:29:48","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T04:29:48","slug":"fashion-post-rants-and-raves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/13\/fashion-post-rants-and-raves\/","title":{"rendered":"Fluffy Fashion – Or The Post In Which I Offend Your Clothing Taste"},"content":{"rendered":"

So the weight verdict?\u00a0 159.2.\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 So not cool at all.\u00a0 I am back to tracking my calories in and out as such and weighing daily until I reach under 155.\u00a0 I haven’t decided how many days I’m going to make myself weigh under 155 before I go back to normal life, but at least a few.\u00a0 Honestly, I feel like my calorie allotments are WAY too high but I know the math makes sense for the training I’m doing.\u00a0 Which is why I stopped tracking in the first place – 2000 calories feels like a fail\/splurge but damned if my body doesn’t need it days I’m running hard.\u00a0 I actually underate yesterday @ 1800 calories since it was a running day.<\/p>\n

So we shall see.\u00a0 I’ll report in soon and let you all know how my little experiment is going.\u00a0 However, it’s almost hump day, so I think it’s time for a little fluff up in here, yeah?<\/p>\n

And by fluff, I’m talking about fashion.\u00a0 First, a PSA and a plea to everyone out there who has lost some weight or doesn’t have anything that fits them properly: GO SHOPPING.\u00a0 This weekend.\u00a0 Or right now.\u00a0 There is nothing that makes you feel more fabulous than a few properly fitting outfits.\u00a0 Get thee to a thrift store<\/a>.\u00a0 Over the last 3 years, I’ve had to pretty much get a whole new wardrobe each season, and I was able to do so for about 100 bucks by hitting up Savers<\/a>, which gives you 20% off your purchase if you bring a donation.\u00a0 Thrift store clothes on a discount.\u00a0 This makes me a happy girl.<\/p>\n

If that’s still out of your price range, at least pick up a few pairs of jeans that are the proper size and fit, a few shirts that make you feel fabulous, and a dress\/skirt\/dress outfit that befits a night out on the town.\u00a0 If you have a dress code at work (I’m lucky as our only rule is really show up with your naughty bits covered), pick up a few work-appropriate outfits as well.\u00a0 If you’re sad that no one has noticed your progress thus far, it’s probably because you’re wearing clothes that make you look bigger… they will after this!<\/p>\n

So, you have no idea WHAT to purchase?\u00a0 Well, let me help you with my opinions.\u00a0 I may be getting old, but there is a lot of CRAP out there fashion-wise lately.\u00a0 Here is my completely judgmental, skewed, and biased view of some of the things we call fashion today.<\/p>\n

Things I LOVE:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 The sweater\/knee skirt\/tights\/boots look.<\/p>\n

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This is seriously one of my favorite new fashions in a while.\u00a0 I’ve seen it on curvy girls, skinny girls, topheavy girls, bottom heavy girls, and it just looks fantastic.\u00a0 Polished, sophisticated, put together, but also fun and spunky.\u00a0 Which leads to the next…<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Colored tights\/patterned tights<\/p>\n

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Seriously so much fun.\u00a0 I haven’t gotten into this as much as I’d like to as I have lots of patterned skirts and not that many plain (minus two minis that are not really office appropriate), and just don’t quite have the hang of pattern mixing.\u00a0 But I have a great pair of zebra stripey ones that go well with my black dress(es) and the green and white stripey ones were fun for x-mas.\u00a0 I have argyle ones and silver sparklies too but I haven’t worn them in a while.\u00a0 DO WANT a nice pair of red, blue, and brown to go with my nude and black ones – but haven’t obtained yet.<\/p>\n

Things I am learning to like:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Skinny jeans (mostly as a vehicle for boots\/heels)<\/p>\n

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Now, for the longest time I poo poo’d these, saying I wore them once, and I won’t wear them again and bought the biggest bellbottoms I could.\u00a0 However, I’ve come to terms that treated properly, skinny jeans can be HAWT.\u00a0 Like throw a pair of boots on top.\u00a0 I tried to do this with a pair of my almost not-boot cut jeans and it didn’t work.\u00a0 I need the real deal.\u00a0 I’m thinking they could totally be amazing with heels too (which I have and don’t wear because I don’t have any pants that don’t eat them).\u00a0 So, I ask the ladies out there – have you tried on these?\u00a0 Did I just have x-mas bloat or do they run about 2 sizes smaller than normal jeans?<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Long sweaters:<\/p>\n

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Now, I also knocked these for the longest time, and then Zliten actually picked one up for me when he was out shopping.\u00a0 I love it.\u00a0 Somehow, it fits perfectly (which is a miracle) and is great for those days where I want something just super comfy and would rather be at home in my blanket, but don’t want to look like a complete ragamuffin in a sweatshirt.\u00a0 It actually looks fairly cute and put together with a pair of not-super-wide leg jeans, boots, and a patterned scarf and you can almost pretend you’re in PJs!<\/p>\n

Things I still hate:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Non-maternity pregnant lady shirts<\/p>\n

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You would think that this might hide a little extra belly, right?\u00a0 In most cases, OH SO WRONG.\u00a0 The ONLY time I ever see these actually look good one people are fairly skinny gals with a little pooch.\u00a0 If you have big shoulders and\/or boobs, this will just make you look bigger.\u00a0 If you have more than a little belly, this will NOT hide it.\u00a0 If you are toned in the middle then HOLY GOD WHY ARE YOU WEARING A PSEUDO MATERNITY SHIRT? *deepbreath*<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Super long shirts<\/p>\n

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This is pretty much a dress I wore dancing in 1997 – oh, you mean it’s a shirt?\u00a0 But it pretty much covers my ass!\u00a0 I don’t know what is up with the whole shirt dress thing but I hate it.\u00a0 Me = short torso.\u00a0 Any shirts that go much beyond my hip bones look horrible with jeans.\u00a0 I mean perhaps it’s because I’m not wearing super low rise jeans (see below), but I much prefer the actual dress-over-jeans look (and I’m not a fan, honestly) than fake-dress-over-jeans.\u00a0\u00a0 Maaaaaybe this is that one exception where leggings might work, but still, again, not a fan.<\/p>\n

I think this may be my worst fashion pet peeve.\u00a0 I can’t order t-shirts online because you never know how long they are going to be. and I can rarely find flattering ones even in stores (thank you, thrift stores….).<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Shirts that poof out on your stomach and then get tight on your hips:<\/p>\n

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I’ve been caught by these before.\u00a0 This one isn’t particularly cute, but I’ve tried on some that are.\u00a0 I like the gypsy sleeves and the hippie dippie look, and from the front it’s cute, right?\u00a0 Well turn sideways and even if you don’t have a pooch, this shirt gives it to you.\u00a0 And really, in what world is shirt-stretched-over-jeans-tightly cute and flattering for anyone?<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Super low rise jeans<\/p>\n

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Again, these look great on really skinny chicks with no belly fat.\u00a0 On the rest of us NOT prominently displaying our hipbones, that natural little bit of bump below our belly button gets squished in the middle and looks ackward.\u00a0 And honestly, no matter how cute you are, no one wants to see your ass crack.\u00a0 Paired with the super long t-shirt you get rid of the risk of exposing yourself, but your belly just gets shoved out and even fairly small\/fit girls look like they’re rockin’ the beer gut.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Leggings<\/p>\n

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I wore them once (actually I LIVED in them in the 80s), I don’t plan to wear them again.\u00a0 Whereas I can get on the skinny jeans train, I just don’t like them with heels.\u00a0 It’s like wearing a super fancy skirt\u00a0 and heels with an ironic t-shirt.\u00a0 Sorry, try again.\u00a0 I can see maaaaaybe wearing them with the long sweater with boots on top, but it’s almost a little too “pajama” for me.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 80’s sunglasses<\/p>\n

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Kayne, Im’a let you finish, but I think…well, wait, no YOU have the worst sunglasses of all time.\u00a0 Go ahead, continue on.<\/p>\n

That being said – don’t get offended.\u00a0 I have a girlfriend that rocks the long shirts and they look GREAT on her.\u00a0 Another one that almost exclusively wears leggings for a night out on the town and is tres fashionable.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s all about making it work for you.\u00a0 But seriously, get thee out shopping.\u00a0 Unless your closet is as full as mine, and if you can get away, go shopping anyway.\u00a0 Zliten, you totally did NOT hear that. ::grin::<\/p>\n

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So the weight verdict?\u00a0 159.2.\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 So not cool at all.\u00a0 I am back to tracking my calories in and out as such and weighing daily until I reach under 155.\u00a0 I haven’t decided how many days I’m going to make myself weigh under 155 before I go back to normal life, but at least […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,8],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUhDu-qd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}