"I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think: 'Yes. That's it.'”
Simplify getting dressed.
1. Only you will be keeping track of how often you’ve worn those jeans with that shirt. Repeat your outfits over and over and over.- 2. Create a care giver “work” outfit. Your clothes can serve as a reminder of what you're supposed to be doing, and where you're supposed to be.
- 3. Wear the clothes you own. Buy things that you like, that fit, and that you have a need for. Don't be a collector or a hoarder. Life is too short and square footage is too valuable.
- 4. When you find something (non-vintage, non-designer, not-one-of-one) that you love, buy two, because it won’t be at the store when you want another one.
- 5. Ignore the fashion trends . . . be you!
- 6. By all means – GET DRESSED!!!
Live Lesson: J. Crew men’s creative director Brendon Babenzien says, “because it goes back to this idea that there's a way to do things, and a way not to do them. But it really varies from person to person.” Trust your instincts and be comfortable.
Ah, the old days . . .
Sweaters shortened, nothing below the waistline featuring short sleeves that reached only to the elbow. They were tight all over and looked look like doll clothes or “poor boy sweaters.”
Who designed these teeny-weeny tops that only youth could wear? Sonia Rykiel, “the Queen of Knits,” also known as "Coco Rykiel", a comparison to Coco Chanel. She was a French designer and writer. Her interest in fashion may have begun when as a seventeen-year-old she was employed to design the window displays in a Parisian textile store, the Grande Maison de Blanc. She later explained, "I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think: 'Yes. That's it.'” Her hairstyle reflected her joie de vivre sporting red hair cut into a bob with heavy bangs, often referred to as fringe!
Following a long and very successful career, Rykiel died at her home in Paris in 2016 from complications from Parkinson’s Disease. She was eighty-six years old. She received many awards for her work but maybe the most poignant was that a street in the 6th Arrondissement in Paris was named after Sonia Rykiel in September 2018.
P.S. Sonia Rykiel never learned to knit, but as a young child, she luxuriated in watching her mother knit.