SPT {a lack of style}
LOST: Melanie’s Fashion Sense
LAST SEEN: circa 1999 (note: before having children)
DESCRIPTION: a wardrobe of urban+bohemian+flirty tops, skirts and pants (and of course some really fabulous shoes!) has since been replaced by jeans, jeans and more jeans, hoodies, t-shirts, flannel pajama pants, bulky cardigan sweaters as well as ultra ugly slippers bearing the image of a bumblebee and the words ‘Queen Bee.’
· self portrait tuesday ·
all of me challenge
February 14th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
me too…me too!
i need to go on what not
to wear. oh what i could do
with 5k for clothes
February 14th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Brilliant Melanie! You are still oh so cool even in those “queen bee” slippers!~
February 14th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
this is too much. i am loving it.
February 14th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
I heart you so much for this post. I mourn my loss of fashion–not that I ever had much. All I ever wear is jeans. I look at people I pass in the street and think, ‘man, how do they pull it off?’
February 14th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
HA! I love it!!! and oh girl, can i relate!
February 14th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
hahaha - yo, I saw that picture of you in the purple wig and orange shirt so I know you still got it.
February 14th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
Melanie you are very clever and talented.
Sorry I missed you last friday night. I would have loved taking you through the art museum.
February 14th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
Don’t forget to accessorize! i.e.: your kids hanging off your pant legs, or smudges from their lunch on your sweater :)
I love love love this post.
February 14th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
this is sooooo honestly true…
or at least
it is for me…
you just catalogued my whole closet
ESPECIALLY hoodies and pajama pants…
i am so pathetic i even save my
jeans
for important “good” days…
bahahahaha…
i suck
February 14th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
I am loving your SPT!
February 14th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Hoo hoo! I feel exactly the same way. I wish Clinton and Stacey would do a special book on moms who want to look put together, but still need to be able to be barfed on at a moment’s notice. :)
xoxo
LainE
February 15th, 2006 at 12:43 am
I love this posting! That is such a cool idea…thank you too for posting it to Deconstruction!
Sarah
February 15th, 2006 at 1:15 am
love this. since i work from home and only seem to go out to teach yoga, i can feel your pain. i went on a “business trip” last month and had to ask “do i need to wear a suit.” thank goodnes, no, because i would have had to buy one. i am trying to encourage my sense of style every now and then so that i don’t get too overwhelmed when i spend time with my friends who are oh-so-stylish.
love the way you have put these pictures together. and i love your candid honesty as always!
February 15th, 2006 at 7:24 am
I am dazzled by your creativty. this SPT is just brilliant.
February 15th, 2006 at 10:37 am
Melanie!
How do you DO it, girl? You manage to pull together separate photos and meld them together into the cutest little doll ever (YOU!) You have more style than anyone I know!
Hugs-
Deb
February 15th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
I wrote about this in my blog.
http://www.artsymama.blogspot.com
Thanks for the inspiration!!!!!!!!!!
February 16th, 2006 at 1:29 am
Heh. Growing up in the 70s, we wore our jeans and a t-shirts proudly as a sign of rebellion against “fashion”. Then I had to endure the 80s as a working woman - the stupid ties, suits, and all that crap. Ick. I’m back to the t-shirts and jeans, thanks anyway. If I *have* to dress up, it’s black pants, a comfy shirt and a fun jacket.
Fashion is for fashion victims….
February 20th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
Melanie, I always think of you as HIP and it has never occurred to me whether or not your clothes are. ;) But I understand the feelings…my ‘hipster’ wardrobe was left behind (given away) when I moved to the Caribbean…and for five years I lived in tank tops and shorts and flip-flops and K-Mart sundresses (hideous!) I’m of an age where I simply don’t care enough about having ‘cute’ clothes anymore…comfort usually wins out. Sometimes I wonder if it’s because I’m so comfortable in my long-term relationship (we’ve both spent almost all of our time at home this winter wearing sweats…romantic!), but I still have my moments. Here’s the irony…I subscribe to Vogue and Elle…I’m just too lazy (most of the time) to put much effort into looking stylish. :)
February 23rd, 2006 at 9:25 am
This is my favorite SPT…wow, very cool and by the way, I think you look great!
andrea
February 26th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
priceless!