CLOTHES?! Remember those? Also, HELLO!! Remember me???
First let me start by saying, I know we are not done with the pandemic. We are all coping and longing to be in a place that feels normal. To be able to see and hug our loved ones. To not live in fear of what the day holds each time we open our eyes.
And for me, my place of normalcy is cussing about clothes.
For a long time I honestly thought I wouldn’t write again. How can I write about clothes? They became so distant and unimportant…just stuff on hangers.
Plus, I wasn’t wearing them! Nobody wants fashion advice from a scarecrow and I spent the majority of 2020 looking like a joe dirt scarecrow.
A scared scarecrow.
Like you, I was afraid. So afraid. For everyone.
Life was coming at us fast. It still is. On top of COVID we still have our lives being turned upside down by disease, cancer, etc. (insert all the terrible sad things here.) 2020 took some pieces of my heart and some loved ones that I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to. We all gave up a piece of our heart in some way and I’m so sorry for however this pandemic has touched you and your loved ones as well.
Getting dressed and feeling good when I looked in the mirror wasn’t a priority. How dare I put time and effort into styling an outfit, there are much bigger problems in the world! And there are, that statement is true. But, just because we are fighting for our lives back doesn’t mean we aren’t allowed to feel good about ourselves, or smile when you look in the mirror. Just because we take the time to put ourselves together doesn’t mean we aren’t still grieving the world that is going on around us. You still deserve to feel pretty. YOU DESERVE to feel confident and assured.
So let’s fucking get back to that feeling.
God it felt good to say that.
We’re going to take it slow and ease back into it.
This is called a dress.
And let me just go ahead and warn you, these next few posts are going to be simple and humorous. So tag along if you’re into that sort of thing. Even I need to dumb it wayyyy down and remember how this whole outfit situation gets pieced together.
Ok, first things first. We gotta cover our private parts and a dress (usually) does both of those things! Amazing. Two for one. We are doing great.
Sometimes dresses have what is known as a puffy sleeve.
These are useful for hiding your secrets in them. Nobody will ever know you walked down the isle at Publix the wrong way from what the arrow on the floor was telling you. Because guess what, you hid it in your puffy sleeve.
Dresses may also have a turtleneck.
Turtlenecks are useful for wiping off all your makeup near your face. It saves time when you have to wash your face at the end of the day. Because BOOM, it already rubbed off on your dress.
Multitasking.
SHOP DRESSES
Depending on where we are going in our dress we may need shoes.
These are boots, and they were made for walking.
SHOP BOOTS
If it’s cold, we’re going to need more clothes on top of the dress.
Jackets are nice for that situation. They have pockets and you can hide slim jims in them. Or fruit snacks, whatever your heart desires.
SHOP JACKETS
GUESS WHAT?!
We can even wear sneakers with our dress and jacket combo! Wow. We are getting WILDDDDD.
Who says you can’t parkour in a dress?!
SNEAKERS
And sometimes, if you walk fast our jackets will flare back like a superhero.
Just bamboozling strangers on the street with these endless skills we have acquired in our dress, jacket and sneakers.
We are unstoppable.
Ladies and gents, we have successfully created an outfit.
A LEWK if you will, a vibe. Not gonna lie I just googled, “are we still saying lewk?” Only time will tell.
In all seriousness, let’s take the time to feel happy about ourselves again.
Happiness is when you feel good about yourself without feeling the need for anyone else’s approval.
When is the last time you took a moment to feel put together, like no matter what lies before us in this chaos I’m going to face it and face it feeling my best?
Probably, a long time. I hear you friend.
So let’s get back down to business, let’s smile in the mirror, let’s push our shoulders back and silently demand the attention of a social distanced room…
Because being you ROX!!!! Don’t forget that.
Until next time-
Lyv
SHOP THE LEWKS
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