Girls thread cont.

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i wish i could shop for you. shopping for men's clothes sounds like fun!

i am srsly tempted to shanghai my sister into shopping with/for me while she's home from engerland

homo you are welcome to shop for me anytime

Shopping for men's clothes is great fun. I generally have had more success shopping for men's clothes than shopping for myself.

Your sister might enjoy helping you, or maybe one of your stylish lady friends could help?

Tbh 'jeans + t-shirt' is how I dress approx 75% of the time when I'm not at work or in PJs and I'm OK with that.* I just wish that when I did want to dress up there were more options.

*My mother never fails to remark that it's time I get some adult sneakers every time she happens to see me in Converse. What adult sneakers are exactly, I have no idea.

e that is me exactly, down to the converse (which I wear to work all the time :-/ )

I would feel pretty great about a Dr. in converse tbh but that's just me.

I actually do have a lot of dressier/nicer stuff but it's so much to think about. This morning I was going to wear this new skirt I have but haven't worn yet but then I started getting overwhelmed thinking of which tights and boughts to wear it with etc. and I didn't have time so I just wore my work equivalent of jeans/t which is black trousers and a sweater. Laying out my clothes the night before helps this dilemma a bit but I fell asleep on the couch last night.

tights and boughts

lol

tight and BOOTS not boughts

omg so did i (fall asleep on the couch...i don't have to be @ the BEC until 3pm today so w/e i am just chilling)

lol :)

e, I didn't quite get what "vocal fry" was (I think maybe it's less common in the UK, but I have def heard it, and tbh I basically never hang around young people so whatdoIknow etc) until I followed the link from a comment elsewhere on the internet and listened to the stream on this page:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/active-voice.aspx

Check the last word of nearly every sentence, where her voices goes low and sort of growly/tremelo.

I am a terrible person for wearing black jeans and sneakers (nearly the only shoes that reliably fit my wide, flat feet) to work every day. My token gesture to adulthood was when I decided I was too fat for t-shirts and started wearing buttoned blouses, but those are not cool and have been hard to buy for the past few years so now I wear tops which are basically... slightly nicer t-shirts, I guess.

i am a big fan of the slightly nicer t-shirt

also the only shoes i have worn for the past 2 months, save once or twice wearing my cowboy boots, are my blundstones, so... but i still feel like an adult. and my feet are v happy.

that voice lowering thing is bizarro imo

Oh wow I can't listen to that girl - her voice is really annoying! I don't think I do that. If I do anything I worry it's that I go up at the end of sentences and sound a little Valley Girl-ish. Hmmmmm. Maybe I can get the other examples to work on this computer . . .

Yes, that's very strange. I'm going to listen out for this and see if I hear it irl now.

After working hospo/retail for so many years, and having to dress accordingly, I love that now 4/5 work days I get to wear baggy jeans, trail runners and my husband's old t-shirts. It makes wearing ” proper” clothes less of a chore and way more fun.

you will! oh you'll hear it. talk to college students.

homo II i applaud you for your bold fashion. i hope you didn't think i was being critical of that whatsoever in my reluctance to accept "cougar". i guess i just prefer "vixen".

i think my default style is generally undercover witch/secret surprise occult priestess in a suit of rather normal armor.

i wish i could be a hammer woman, but i have neither the hair nor the bod

what's a hammer woman?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/poletti/sets/72157604767547323/
(may contain nsfw photos but the ones in the beginning are ok)

women of hammer horror

WMIG (would murder in gorefest)

i am a big fan of the slightly nicer t-shirt

me too but I must admit I still feel a little excitement at this time of year when I can get away with a plain ol' t-shirt (possibly advertising a band or something similarly symbolic of non-office vibe) knowing that it'll be hidden by a sweater all day

hahaha <3

What adult sneakers are exactly, I have no idea.

They aren't. Instead there are these things called "shoes."

I know, I know but I have big feet that are hard to find nice shoes for. Also, I wear shoes out really really quickly. I generally have one pair of black ballet flats, sneakers and a couple pairs of boots. I can't wear high heels for more than an hour at a time so they're pretty much out. :(

evan I seriously wanna shop for you.

can I make a polyvore for you??

x-post - Besides, sneakers just go better with a t shirt and jeans. ;)

There are so many wonderful oxfords out right now! And many kinds of loafers, too. Or Clark's, even if you had to buy men's sizes (not sure).

Oh I'm not quite in in men's size territory. I will have a look next time I'm in the market which is about now since my black flats are about falling apart.

Also if I'm totally honest - I pretty much hate shopping because I'm so unhappy with my body. If I felt more comfortable with myself I'd probably be more into buying more clothes and dressing up but I don't and so it's a lot easier to just wear "safe clothes" rather than go trying on new things and winding up in tears in a dressing room somewhere. It's a problem which I plan on addressing. In therapy! Tomorrow! :)

Check out these Bass oxfords!

http://a1.zassets.com/images/z/1/5/4/1545225-p-DETAILED.jpg

that is so true -- i've waited years for oxfords to come back and here they are. i've had a pair of black oxfords as long as i can remember, probably since i was 12?

god those red ones are so cute

It's a problem which I plan on addressing. In therapy! Tomorrow! :)
yay! squash that shit, you're going to feel better soon.

Those are really nice actually.

Oh man a couple years ago I went to the Bass outlets and they were having a buy 2 get one free sale on already reduced boots. I got three pairs of boots for < $100. It was amazing. Wearing a pair of them today as a matter of fact.

(different pairs since i was 12, obvs, but i remember virtually all of them because i wore them ALL THE TIME)

Tbh my entire style approach is to go too young with the hair and make-up and too old with the attire, so I embrace the matronly work wardrobe w open, polyester-clad arms.

http://a1.zassets.com/images/z/1/1/5/1153795-p-DETAILED.jpg

Those are Frye's, though, so price is slightly eeek.

oh boy those are the ones i have wanted FOREVERRRRR

they're perfect

In my Catholic HS we were only allowed to wear oxfords so I usually had a bunch. Or these - these were very popular too:

https://bassshoes.harborghb.com/images/product/views/ELYGOBI_lg.jpg

<3 Frye's but they're so $$$$. I know they last forever but I never have that much to spend on shoes at any given time.

omg I have no idea what I'd wear these with and therefore prob never would but I NEED THESE:

https://bassshoes.harborghb.com/images/product/views/FLAVIEWHSK_lg.jpg

Loaf loaf loaf

http://a1.zassets.com/images/z/1/7/5/6/3/7/1756377-p-DETAILED.jpg

(Nine West)

Oh hai look, also in blue!!!

http://a1.zassets.com/images/z/1/7/5/6/3/7/1756372-p-DETAILED.jpg

Ooooh, lech found the Rachel Antonoff collection!

btw my hahaha <3 was for emily

WMIG (would murder in gorefest)

― Illia Rump (emil.y), Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:33 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark

I'm in desperate need of new boots - I want a sort of oxford style boot, mid calf, but haven't found anything under 200

laceup you mean?

with or without heel