No more clothes shopping….clothes combining!

Polly73

Aren’t (or weren’t) combinations a sort of all in one undergarment?

Combined definition - to mix together.

Baggs I’ve been very staid in my approach and always stuck to the same combinations, my plan is to not wear things I have paired together before.
Until I have shed all my excess weight or for 12 months I don’t want to make any more purchases.

You really don’t look as if you need to lose any more weight

Sago

Baggs I’ve been very staid in my approach and always stuck to the same combinations, my plan is to not wear things I have paired together before.
Until I have shed all my excess weight or for 12 months I don’t want to make any more purchases.

Well, good luck with your resolution, sago! I keep telling myself I'm not going to buy any more [you name it], then I see the exact thing I've been dreaming about for yonks.... ?

Yes

Combination undergarments, which combined chemise and drawers into one garment, first appeared in the late 1860s or early 1870s. By the 1890s, combinations had largely replaced the long chemise worn over a separate pair of drawers.

Polly73

Aren’t (or weren’t) combinations a sort of all in one undergarment?

Sorry, I meant to quote your post, Polly73

It could get a bit like aiming to eat everything in the freezer before restocking.
I’d get some odd “combinations” from mine
Pheasant and gnocchi anybody?

Thanks Sago for magic pant info received mine today from ebay 17.99. Bought Plus 1 as I'm size 16/18 smaller size definitely wouldn't have fit.

They now do cropped magic pants - my daughter recently bought some and she says they’re great - about knee length. She bought from a local shop (London)

Kissngate they look great, I bet you will order in another colour!

Polly73 Thanks for the heads up although I won’t succumb!
I tend to roll mine up and down depending on my footwear!

Today I have resurrected a shirt that was designated to the back of the wardrobe as it gaped across my bust……never a good look.
Weight loss has made it fit perfectly, I’ve teamed it with my faithful Barbour jeans and my suede loafers.
These were £19.99 from TKMaxx they are a Spanish make called Manuel Verdu, they are in the childrens section as they’re for little boys really!
I have navy and sand, I bought them about 4 years ago but they still get them in from time to time.

I discovered magic pants last year from Niche online - they are super comfy and washable and I wore them nearly everyday. They can be quite dressy or casual. I got some thicker and warmer black ones for winter.

Polly73

Aren’t (or weren’t) combinations a sort of all in one undergarment?

Nice woolly ones in winter!

‘The new curate was quite a nice young man, but what a pity it was that his combinations showed when he sat down.’

(Classic first line of ‘Some Tame Gazelle’ by Barbara Pym)