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[quote=Anonymous]So, I’m bored tonight and read this whole thread. (What a ride!) Then I went into the bedroom to change into pajamas and happened to notice a small pile of clothes I’d set into a “decide whether to keep these” pile. They were: 1) two shapeless low-support bras, 2) a pair of capris, and 3) a tunic from Soft Surroundings. Guess I know what to do with them now!

But in general, I’m of the opinion that the problem isn’t so much certain items themselves as the fact that it’s a 50-year-old (in my case) with certain cultural baggage who’s wearing those items. I have always loved thrift shopping, and in my teens and 20s I could buy literally anything and pull it off. Old-fashioned, new trends, men’s clothes, costume-y, you name it. Now when I browse thrift stores with my teen, she could now do that but anything risky on my part would be read by others less as “fun with fashion” and more as “oh no, crazy grandma thinks that’s stylish.”

Ah well, guess what I’ve lost in fashion freedom I’ve gained in developing the confidence to dress for comfort without caring what anyone else thinks of that. (In truth, the poor Soft Surroundings tunic is getting the boot because it has a mesh layer that irritates my hyper-sensitive skin, not because of anything said here. I was just amused by the coincidence.)[/quote]

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