You know that old adage, “Don’t get it unless you LOVE it?” And now there’s that Japanese clutter guru who tells you to break up gently with things that don’t bring you joy, and get rid of them?
Well, PeaceBang is here to stand up for some of those items in your closet that don’t necessarily bring you tons of joy, but that you really come to appreciate for their loyalty and service. They’re not the most flattering garments, but they’re A-OKAY (said with pastoral enthusiasm voice).
Like, I am considering getting one of those kimono type deals, as they’re very fashioning right now and I noticed last summer that they look great on young, slim gals over shorts and camisole Tshirts. I am no slim young gal but I was like, “Hmmm, those new kimonos are cool and breezy and slightly boho and best of all they cover the upper arms!” Which is my great goal in life: to not inflict my upper arms on anyone who isn’t on the beach.
In one of God’s crueler genetic acts, the only cellulite I have on my entire body is on my upper arms.
So I saw this for sale for $17 and I thought, Hmmmm. That sleeve is going to be very unflattering on me.
But then I thought, “Weinstein, you’re being very picky. How many times this summer will you need to go into the office to meet with someone and it will be hot and humid, and you will reach for that kimono and be so glad you have it? $17 worth? Enough to tolerate the bad sleeve length?”
Then I thought about all the ways I could wear this. With a perfectly matching blue pencil skirt that I wore all the time last summer. With black pants. With the black pencil skirts I wear every summer all the time. With Tshirt jersey black sundress.
With my fun blue Fluevogs:
With these blue sandals:
With a top bun and big dangly earrings.
Doing a quick review of how I would style this garment, I found that it made me very happy.
The moral of the story is, you don’t actually have to love every garment you own. But you should love and feel fantastic about the ways it can go to work for you.
This is so refreshing. I always feel that I should become one of those people who invests $$$ in one perfect garment, but those do tend to be the folks you see wearing a (perfect) black turtleneck, jeans and leather boots in August. [LOL, so true. You don’t want to accumulate too much junk, of course, and there are ethical issues with cheap clothing that many of us care about, but the odd hard-working garment here and there is different. Cheap, but you’ll grab it many times. – PB]
Ah, upper arm cellulite… I suspect it’s from pre-menopause estrogen buildup.