what's amusing here is that the men don't change! and that it's the men babbling about what they wear.
i have two modes ... the mode i sported up until this year, and i'm missing it more and more. Mode 1 - Casual Comfort (ie, boy's clothes). Men have all the best clothes, i swear. I mean, for day to day wear. Women look cute and all in the little trendy styles but those clothes are 1) expensive and 2) uncomfortable. then you get pissed when you spill mustard or spaghetti sauce on it ... when if it were boy's clothes, you'd just slap some soap and water on with a paper towel and be done with it. and there's just something so warm and inviting about your clothes ... all of you sound so comfortable and cuddly. i swear.
ok ok, so, Mode 1 -
PANTS
-baggy @ss darkest blue jeans (usually too long for me so I have to cuff the bottom but they drag anyway)
-still looking for the ultimate pair of khakis and baggy corduroys
-tighter fit lighter blue jeans for "girly boyish" effect. wear sneakers plus cute top and i have casual but can get away with it cuz i'm wearing a nice top.
insert: men's pants kick @ss but don't always fit a girl's hips and thighs so well
SHOES
-i get Payless shoes Airwalk Wannabes. I'm poor. I usually wear them out within a year cuz i'm tread heavy on the insole. But the problem is they used to change the color every season (navy blue, tan, etc) but now they don't anymore so all i have is a yucky tan, but that's limited my shoe flair the past couple years. i wear those with jeans when i don't care about being anything but comfortable.
i also have some heavy dark brown "workmen's" shoes with the heavy sole (for presence) and a pair of those slide your feet in rubber "pool shoes" that are all about quick comfort (going to the store down the block and don't care if you see my white crew socks with grey toetips).
SHIRTS
-baggy guy's shirts, short sleeved. used to wear more t-shirts but they fit me less and less in the chest so I get a more fitted kind with contrast lines (along upper shoulder) or various logos (not major, I hate logos), usually by brands I've never heard of in the cheap but stylish Korean clothing stores they have at the mall. The usual shirt is dark blue with a white stripe on the arms, sometimes a V-neck. occasional t-shirt under Hawaiian shirt (the cool kind, not the hokey kind).
MODE 2 - Dressy. Blech. With the impending expulsion into the real world where men can get away with khakis daily but women must "switch-out" though we resist dressing up TOO much (unless we're older, therefore forced to look respectable in pants suits, skirt suits, and pumps), i have resorted to "trendy comfortable." though it is against my nature to be "trendy" i am also cursed with an inescapable appreciation for beauty/style and cannot allow myself to look cruddy when I must present a respectable front.
PANTS - none, they never seem to fit me right. don't ask.
SKIRTS
long (past knee, mid-calf length) - black, charcoal gray, gray pinstripe - gives me a tall look, hides my legs, keeps them warm in the winter, and my only alternative to jeans.
short - spring only, flirty flowery things (i know, i'm ashamed) but they're sort of simplified (trendy, not old maidish) with a flare just past knee (worn with light shirt over tank top, or fitted shirt)
JACKETS - matching skirts, black, charcoal gray
FITTED SHIRTS - ah, my vavavoom shirts. tight white, red, black, and lime green. french cuffs, unbutton the top two, cleavage. Shirts are tailored with tucks around the midsection to show off figure (slender midsection and popping waist and chest effect) - remain business-like but sexy.
over a long skirt ... oh so professional and demure.
i switch the shirts around with some other cotton-based, colored, or patterned shirts - woolen turtlenecks or whatnot for a change, or a mock turtleneck with a suede black/brown long -sleeved button up over it (unbuttoned).
SHOES
-practicing lately in high (thick) heeled knee-high boots. i'm not used to high heels and rarely wear them but figure i better train myself in preparation for fame and fortion when I rub elbows with the Hollywood bigwigs.
-when feet are tired, resort to low heeled boots or sensible black pumps with ankle socks.
in general, i go barelegged - i can't stand pantyhose.
tada! this shouldn't update, this is pretty much my style. i tend to switch out "dressy" with "dressed down" during the work week and walk around in pajamas/lounge clothes and socks when I get home (i strip the minute i walk in the door regardless of what i'm wearing) and if i'm not going anywhere on a weekend.