Do your clothes tell the story of who you are?

I just read a delightful book “The Secret Lives of Dresses” that put me in the mind of my mother.  The book brought back many conversations I had with mom about how one is supposed to dress.

The memories were often like this:  As I would be getting dressed to go out somewhere she would peer over her glasses and ask, “Is that what you’re wearing?”  When I would defiantly say, “Yes," she would just look at me and sniff and say, “Hmm.”

Worse yet, she might ask, “Do you really want someone to see you in that?”  Truth be told she was often right.  The moment I left the house looking ‘schleppy’ would be the one time I would run into someone that I didn’t want to be seen looking like that.

Yet, somehow, I managed to survive the comments and develop my own self of style.  I love dresses and am truly a throwback to an era of wearing dresses rather than pants.

That is why I enjoyed “The Secret Lives of Dresses”.  Each dress had a story.  So what’s your style?  Do your clothes tell the story of who you are?  

Fashion fades, only style remains the same ~ Coco Chanel