I don't talk about clothes too much here but lately it's been on my mind. I've been reading
Kendi's blog a lot, and especially
her posts about a working closet. I've always been a super frugal shopper when it comes to my clothing... shopping at Marshalls and Target, etc. The pieces look great the first 5 times, but then I just feel frumpy. I'm turning 27 this year and I think it's time to start buying QUALITY versus QUANTITY. (but it doesn't mean I'll be breaking the bank). She describes it perfectly here: "I would spend $100 on 5 or 6 things that I never wore and then lust over 1 skirt at J.Crew that I would probably wear all of the time, saying I could never afford that $100 skirt. Well that was true, because I was literally throwing my money away on cheap items that I only bought because they were cheap."
So it's a new year, and I'm going to change the way I think about clothes. Marshalls and Target, I'll miss you, but I'm moving on to bigger and better things.. like J.Crew :) (Although this may mean I can only buy one piece of clothing in a three month span.)
Along with this new mindset, I'm going to focus on purchasing staples for my closet; only which I really really need.
First up is a new pair of boots. I current have a vintage pair I wear all the time but they have given up on me. I've blogged about these before.. I do think they are the perfect pair. Cognac goes with anything, and they are "dressy" enough to wear to client meetings:
There's only one problem - it seems to be sold out everywhere in a size 8.
I've also added these to my wish list:
A great jacket that would go with ANYTHING.
How about you? Do you have any closet staples that you could not LIVE without?
ps- I'm going to be selling some of the pieces here on the blog that don't work. aka - great stuff from college that doesn't fit me anymore haha
