I love this outfit. The jeans cut off at right above my ankles and so I get to show off my sexy ankles or my extra cute socks (cause I only own cute socks obv) The sweatshirt is something random I found at a shop and bought for 1000yen ($10) 

It fulfilled all my shopping requirements i) cuteness factor (complete with nonsense french!) ii) ultimate comfort. iii) works with multiple outfits iv) affordable.

Also, here’s my bag of clothes that did not make the cut. I’m not a compulsive shopper or a clothes hoarder by a long shot, but I still put away 20-30 different articles of clothing (JUST CLOTHES! Not even accessories or undershirts or coats). 

How did I do it? …I just thought about what I wanted to wear for the next seven to eight days and if each piece of clothing worked with more than one outfit. 

My clothing count in this catalog is now up to 4.

Originally posted by tyjo-jishwa-imagines

…is that it’s depressing. It’d be a flat out lie to say that I don’t like shopping. I like it so much in fact that I need to take steps to curb it. On days when I feel like my life has been a real bummer, there is nothing a cute little dress won’t cure.

Originally posted by 1943newyork

Then comes the actual shopping. I’m by no means a petite lady but in the past 10,950 days I’ve spent on this planet, it has been a molasses-like realization ( a true understanding, not just ‘knowledge’) that the world has an idea of what I look like, what my body SHOULD look like and everything that I like has been catered to that ideal. Instead of buying clothes for my body and myself, I’m buying clothes that get me closer to that skewered ideal.

Instead of buying clothes for my body and myself, I’m buying clothes that get me closer to that skewered ideal.

And thus, I try on a multitude of cute dresses that grace the store shelves with their overwhelming cuteness that just… don’t look so cute on me. I tell myself “maybe you should just lose some weight instead of buying new clothes” or “maybe if your legs weren’t so stumpy or your shoulders weren’t so broad… ”

Rationally, I’m aware that I’m falling into that same ol’ trap but when I’m standing in front of the mirror and don’t like what I see, it doesn’t take long for me to convince myself that I’m full of regrets.

So here’s a real FK YOU to society. I’m taking back my wardrobe and my self-esteem that you want so badly. I will have my cake and eat it too… just.. at a much, much slower pace.