Do I deserve nice clothes only when I am 5 kilos lighter?
Some days, with my hand in a crisps packet, I confidently shout "Of course I deserve nice clothes, always, no matter what!!!". Other days, I'm not so sure.
Welcome to Wardrobe Wednesday, little micro masterclasses on how to use colour. Or how to live with your changing body. To make you a quietly fabulous sage, oozing of understated casual self-confidence.
As you know, I am on a quest to buy no more than 5 new clothing items per year.
Which leaves me free to buy as many used items as I wish.
Which aren’t many, because I like to keep out a wardrobe of only a few clothes at a time, and switch them up regularly, as the year progresses and my needs and preferences change.
One of the items on my current to-buy list is a new pair of jeans. I have finally caught on to the fact that wide leg jeans are cool, and have my heart set on some wide leg jeans, but I thought I would check to see if I could buy them used before splurging on a brand new pair.
Consequently, I was looking at an online thrift store for a new (to me) pair of jeans.
Lucky me, I came across n…