Response to the Daily Post Challenge: Outer layers

by rugby843, posted in Bladder cancer

Navy shirt, white pants, my uniform. My frame was always larger on top, so I tried to balance it out with this fashion. Legs are short so long skirts dwarf me, and now they are not practical. Sitting always, the long tops I used to wear just bundle up and make me look fat(ter) so I wear tighter fitting clothing up and down. I prefer leggings because they don’t pool around your feet when sitting, or get caught in rolling wheels. The only time I enjoyed ironing was to please my mom and be close to her. I still wear a lot of darker tops and even though my red hair is getting white in places, darker shades flatter me more.  Trying to look my best and a limited wardrobe is only a small challenge. Dressing to please myself for the last three years, I am free to choose what I want. It only took 60+ years for that to happen.  I refuse to wear what my daughter and I call “old lady” clothes.  I expect to be clean, neat, and presentable to the public, but do not fall into the latest fashion trends.  The worst example of how to portray yourself I observed in Texas, when working at a retail store.  A huge hairy man with ostensibly nothing on, including shoes, except a dirty pair of overalls, walked in to my department.  Everyone should have to work with the “public” at least once in their lives.

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2 thoughts on “Response to the Daily Post Challenge: Outer layers”

  1. Yeah been there done that. I agree, people should have to work retail, it would give a better appreciation for considerations. maybe? I wonder why people dress down like that? When I was younger, I was all about blue jeans. I remember my father saying, “you’re not going out dressed like that are you”?
    Now I only wear slacks in public. I haven’t worn jeans since they moved their tailoring to Asian countries. Not that the slacks are any better. Just writing that so it may be understood how long it’s been. Living in Canada, we have distinct seasons. That require different clothes for each. Cheers Jamie.

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