'After 15 years of corporate life, I work from home. But my closet is full of stuff I can’t part with. What now?'
The second plan is a no-go, too, I fear. As I mentioned earlier, I don’t want to have a real job again. Commuting, small talk, meetings that accomplish nothing — I’m done with all that.So, it seems the only thing left is to actually… wear my clothes. The key here is to do so without looking like someone trying too hard — one of my worst fears — and without having to be uncomfortable all day. No too-tight waistbands, no itchy sweaters.
I sit down and come up with a strategy. My first step is to develop criteria to help me figure out which garments can work and which have to go. I create two litmus tests. One: Can I wear this to drop off my child and not feel like an overdressed weirdo? Two: Can I wear this around the house without feeling squeezed, chafed, itched, or otherwise constrained? Next, Iand donate everything that doesn’t pass muster. I wind up filling two full lawn and leaf garbage bags.
Now comes the infinitely far more fun part: getting strategic with styling. A quick Google search turns up a few ideas for dressing down work clothing — though there’s infinitely more advice for the reverse. Still, I found a few surprisingly doable takeaways.Though some tips — like this one — are obvious, it’s weirdly helpful to have them pointed out to me.I can wear that gunmetal-hued lace-overlay skirt with black Converse, and it’ll be totally fine.
I take these ideas for a test drive. One weekday morning, I slide on that Italian ocelot-print linen dress. Then I put on a pair of black low-top slip-on sneakers. I keep my face bare except for eyeliner, add a denim jacket, and wear tiny pearl studs. I drive my son to school, where his terrific teacher looks me up and down and says, “You look like springtime!” Which is precisely the note I’d hoped to hit — light, understated, breezy. Casual, but elevated enough to earn a compliment.
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