This morning I saw a news article (MTV News) trending via the Brief Me App that Anna Kendrick live-tweeted cleaned out her closet. Anna Kendrick Twitter Handle
As I read the tweets, “I was like girl , I feel you. hmm. I think I shall do that too!”
Well. Not live-tweet my wardrobe.
That’s too much work, plus let’s be real..
No one is going to retweet… that “I have 3 black pleated skirts.”
I’ve been wanting to downsize my wardrobe, change my style (a blend of boho /rocker/grunge look), and purge for the move to the glorious Pacific Northwest.
I’m already realizing I have a lot of stuff. Granted I am an actor , and have a versatile wardrobe , but some of this…
1.Ok. We need to talk about this.
Why. Just Why.
Why must there be so many things on one hanger? I know I’m trying to consolidate , but seriously.
Am I trying to DIY a kite or something?
2. Guys. This is a Spiderman dress.
‘Slinging posts ‘on the web seen in no-headline ever.
Yup. I’ll be here all night.
I can’t justify purging this.
I could rock this with leggings & boots right?
Denim vest & high-top converse?
…Plus, I do play younger than my age.
I’ll have the perfect dress to play Mary-Jane in “The (Unauthorized version) ‘Spiderman the real-story”.
Not that .. That show is a thing…. But it could be ! Oh yes. It could.
3. And then there is this.
“Sound Of Music ” called. They want their curtains back. Thanks!
This is one of those dresses I “had to have in the store” , (shopping for my elopement/stay-cation honeymoon) and then never wore. Like ever.
I think it’s awful.
But then I was like hmm.. It’s kinda cute.
Maybe with a brown leather jacket & brown boots?
Someone please talk me out of this life choice.
4. I wore this dress for an audition.
I might as well be wearing a bathing suit.
Or birthday suit.
Could you even imagine this khaki in an actual suit? Yikes.
Pro: It’s comfortable & is a great neutral color.
But umm it’s a little short. Like wow. I don’t ever it remember being this short.
Con: you can practically see the bizz-ness.
(Come to think of it) I did book the job. Well. Well. Well.
5. Pace yourself. Take a break. Mine was complete with cupcakes , jamming to “Style” by Taylor Swift, and listening to the collies snore.
6. I’m pretty sure this was worn during a Neil Simon theatre production.
Oh my stars!
Otherwise I don’t understand.
7. How many pairs of suspender pants & overalls qualifies as normal? Because I’m pretty sure I could wardrobe the cast of Newsies.
8. If you think you have too many Vintage v-neck target t-shirts.. You can never have enough…
9. I wore this (only once) for a photo-shoot.
Who you gonna call?
Short Denim Buster!
10. “My favorite-run me into the ground -converse that I wear with Everything”
Vs. “What the Hell Are these?”
So …4 hours later … And I’ve moved on to listening to the LOST TV series soundtrack, contemplating why polo shirts we’re invented, and eyeing that Merlot bottle across the room. Sup?
I realized:
I have enough black dresses to start my own ” little black dress collection ”
(which sounds like a great idea).
I definitely own enough pop-culture graphic T’s to give me street cred in any book-store or video store.
At some point, I really liked polka dots. I think I had a polka-dot love affair.
And ..I feel this tutorial might turn into a trilogy
i shall carry one.
In the words of the genius “Devil Wears Prada”
Miranda Priestly: …You have no sense of fashion…
Andy Sachs: I think that depends on…
Miranda Priestly: No, no, that wasn’t a question.
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Quirky & Cleaning Out My Closet,
Kelli
A Quirky Something 
Sarah's Attic of Treasures
I am one of the FEW people who can honestly say I have nothing to wear.
Over looking the fact that I have gained more than 50 pounds in the last 2 years because most of that time I have been confided to a recliner or a bed….so of course what few things I had don’t fit at all any more.
When I left Colorado and moved to Florida years after Bobby died, I came on an airplane. Danny and I were suppose to go back and get my stuff (as in mine and Bobby’s). Sadly Colorado Springs had a huge fire that ravished a good section of the town. And the home where everything I had was stored.
I was able to wear the same jeans and shirts as Danny did so I never really bought much for me. For the first few years we lived in an Rv and couldn’t store much anyway. By the time we moved into the house…..Neither of had the money to spend on clothes for me. Or him, since I wore out much of what he had.
I have work shirts, a pair of jeans that fit, 2 old pairs of jogging pants…..2 nightshirts….one of which is too small and one I just bought out of desperation. Now I practically live in it,
I have extra large shirts that make me look like s slob.
I was never a clothes person but even I know this is not normal. At first I didn’t want new clothes….(Well I did but thought I’d get them later)
So now, even when I want to look really nice……I can honestly say :”I have nothing to wear”
Not sure why I rambled here like I did. I really came to say I loved what you wrote and the photos you included.
Just last week, I actually cleaned out a good part of our closet and dresser. Still have more of Danny’s to get rid of.
It felt good.
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Tim Daniel
I really like the “Sound of Music” dress. And the Spiderman dress…pretty amazing!
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