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Does a style or item dominate your wardrobe?

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Brownhamster Sun 07-Jan-24 20:43:08

For me, cargo/hiking style trousers, with multiple pockets.

Spuddy Mon 08-Jan-24 14:53:03

Leggins, I live in them no matter what the weather!

During normal weather I have a couple of light-weight scarfs with cats on.

In winters I have a choice of 3 blanket scarfs!

MayBee70 Mon 08-Jan-24 15:20:44

RosesandLilac

Apart from having too many clothes 🙄 I hate anything tight, itchy, scratchy labels (M&S are the worse), anything around my neck and frills (rather like you flappergirl)
I don’t like pastel colours and have stopped wearing black so much, I prefer deeper colours.

I even itch at the thought of wearing anything itchy( am trying not to think of the word wool as I type this but it’s not working….)

Margiknot Mon 08-Jan-24 23:04:35

I used to wear knee length shift dresses for work, mostly in blue or summer brights. Now I wear skinny jeans or black slim leg trousers and a jumper. I also cannot cope with itchy clothes or high necks. I’m trying to find a pair of straight trousers that look ok but being as I am short, struggle with wider styles.i like strippy tops.

PestyOne Mon 08-Jan-24 23:28:33

I seem to have amassed quite a few 'floaty' batwing & Angel sleeve tops - they're loose but not sloppy, cover tops of arms and skim the bust & tummy areas.
I find them flattering to my body shape and feel comfortable wearing them to both casual and more dressy occasions.

Unfortunately, because of the design and loose draped fabric, I can't wear a cape or jacket with my floaty tops, so have also amassed a collection of stoles, wraps and shawls in various fabrics and colours to go with them.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 09-Jan-24 10:34:41

I itch at the thought of cashmere. Don’t know why but just can’t wear it next to my skin, makes me feel itchy and clammy.

janthegranx6 Tue 09-Jan-24 11:22:40

Hate black, it makes me look like a witch. Love brown but its hard to find. Taken to wearing joggers in the cold weather, not a good look, must buck myself up by spring

Purplepixie Tue 09-Jan-24 11:24:36

Denim jeans and one of my hand knitted sweaters in the winter. Denims in the summer with lovely summery tops. Maybe cat t shirts as well.

cc Tue 09-Jan-24 11:31:31

Most of my clothes are very casual and simple, mainly blue, pink or purple. I hope that I never reach the scruffy end of casual, though I do have to watch myself as my old favourite trousers start to disintegrate! I do have a couple of summer dresses but mainly wear trousers. I never wear woollen jumpers as they make me too itchy and the moths always get them.
I don't really buy special occasion clothes, figuring that I have enough of these already.
My idea of hell is an event for which I am expected to wear "smart casual" having never figured out what this really means.

kittypaws49 Tue 09-Jan-24 11:34:13

Coats, my big passion, jeans, the cashmere jumpers I've collected over the years, in various colours. I actually look better in black now I'm grey, I hardly ever wore it when I was a brunette. And in summer I wear a lot of linen. And I really like soft cotton tshirts, but they're getting hard to find, everything is Modal these days !

cc Tue 09-Jan-24 11:34:45

Germanshepherdsmum

I itch at the thought of cashmere. Don’t know why but just can’t wear it next to my skin, makes me feel itchy and clammy.

Cashmere is the only wool that my skin will tolerate, though the moths devoured most of mine with relish some years ago. I do have one expensive cashmere jumper left, always carefully wrapped after use and only brought out when I need to feel a little smarter than usual!

cc Tue 09-Jan-24 11:42:35

kittypaws49

Coats, my big passion, jeans, the cashmere jumpers I've collected over the years, in various colours. I actually look better in black now I'm grey, I hardly ever wore it when I was a brunette. And in summer I wear a lot of linen. And I really like soft cotton tshirts, but they're getting hard to find, everything is Modal these days !

I had a couple of really good cashmere coats when I was working but the moths eventually made corrugated patterns all over them, sadly. It seems hard to find a warm coat that isn't wool.
I always used to wear black but just look faded in it now.
Yes, T-shirts do seem to be getting harder to find, I don't like a really high crew neck or a low neck, and they must be all cotton. I did find some perfect ones a couple of years ago, expensive organic cotton, but they went into holes within a couple of months. Not sure if it was due to them being organic, they were very soft and thin.
I sometimes find that Next have pure cotton t-shirts with the right neckline, but M&S rarely do now.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 09-Jan-24 11:45:27

I’m ok with cashmere coats, just not jumpers.

Soniah Tue 09-Jan-24 11:52:13

Winter tends to be velvet jeans in green or blue or burgundy , cotton polo's and bright woolly jumpers, summer Indian block printed cotton kurtas (which I buy when I run an art holiday in India once every couple of years) and leggings or if very hot colourful cotton dresses, I put it down to my hippy youth (oh and I love my red or pink hair)

Dempie55 Tue 09-Jan-24 12:00:24

Like Sodapop - checked shirts - I live in them. Flannel one over a roll neck in winter with a gilet on top. Cotton one in Spring, short sleeved one in Summer.

Ktsmum Tue 09-Jan-24 12:05:52

Navy/black/ grey trousers with block colour bright sweaters on top, Fat Face have a good range which I love

Yangste1007 Tue 09-Jan-24 12:07:31

Navy blue!

grannymags Tue 09-Jan-24 12:13:24

Jumpsuits have all colours and styles they take you anywhere

Diplomat Tue 09-Jan-24 12:22:07

I dressed quite smartly for my job, but now retired tend to wear trousers/jeans and M&S crew next jumpers in a range of colours (practical to look after grandchildren.) I do like to dress up when going out and love a scarf, so warm and hides my increasingly straggly neck!

cangran Tue 09-Jan-24 12:39:36

Stripy tops (I have a bit of a Seasalt obsession that I must reign in!), cosy jumpers and comfy ankle boots.

Gundy Tue 09-Jan-24 12:40:28

Oh, yes - my black wardrobe. Since my 20’s.

Still rocking what I call my Darth Vader look 😆, I sprinkle color in with a few favorite tops/sweaters, scarves, jackets, handbags, jeans, and a few tan/neutral shoes/boots, and some interesting sneakers.

I always have something to wear because I can pull sporty or dressy together in a hurry.
USA Gundy

cc Tue 09-Jan-24 12:43:01

cangran

Stripy tops (I have a bit of a Seasalt obsession that I must reign in!), cosy jumpers and comfy ankle boots.

I like some of Seasalt too and bought one of their cotton jumpers from M&S this year. Imagine my joy when I've been able to buy another one in the sales!
I'm a shopper who will buy repeats of any item of clothing that I like, though I am very hard to please.

missdeke Tue 09-Jan-24 12:49:28

Since my urostomy, dungarees, Winter and summer weight, all colours and materials. Never been so comfortable.

Glenfinnan Tue 09-Jan-24 13:00:00

Black trousers and M&S silky shirts/blouses!

GrammaH Tue 09-Jan-24 13:03:30

Brightly coloured pull on dresses for the winter, mostly from Orientique. For summer, I like Bombshell's flowery dresses in the Grace style - very flattering to all shapes - or colourful linen sleeveless shift dresses from M&S, Next, TK Maxx etc

maggic Tue 09-Jan-24 13:47:16

Black, black, black and black. Definitely geriatric Goth tendency.