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Comment on The Dress Code by Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:31:04 +0000

I’m having a similar problem – I cannot find a single piece of clothing that suits me! And I look like a butch, east german farmer’s wife when I wear a dress. So for now, jeans and hoodies are it.

Comment on The Dress Code by Elly

Elly — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:16:58 +0000

What about eBay? There are loads of beautiful and quirky clothes on there (and can be cheaper than high street). Oo, or Folksy (British equivalent of Etsy) – lovely handmade clothes and accessories on there. And, if you can’t afford a whole new wardrobe you could start with accessories?

In terms of the skinny jeans – you’re way slimmer than I am and have slimmer calves and thighs and I’ve managed to wear skinnies! Shop around – you’ll find a pair that fit and suit if you really want some.

Comment on The Dress Code by kim

kim — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:46:53 +0000

know what you mean hon. i have this problem too. i shall knit thee a scarf (just don’t expect to get it until you are 56)!

Comment on The Dress Code by Emma

Emma — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:36:35 +0000

I have one thing to say to you… The Coat Of Awesomeness. It may not be your whole wardrobe, but I think it’s a good start!

Comment on The Dress Code by Ali

Ali — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:14:56 +0000

I agree with you on all this. Once I was settled in the idea that I was going to be a gardener/horticulturist/plant geek, I knew how I could see myself, and what I wore needed to reflect that major part of my personality. So it is important, and not childish or selfish at all.

You could make a list of things or materials you like, or collect key words – layers? lace? colours? textures? vintage? retro? sharp? modern? – and from there see what you can find. There are always clothes markets and vintage shops that have loads of great quirky things. I can always do a recce around London for your next visit.

Comment on A Gift of Moments by Twinkle

Twinkle — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:32:16 +0000

That’s lovely and a lovely sentiment behind the gift – well worth the waiting for !

Comment on Changing Room Attitudes by Chantelle

Chantelle — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:27:22 +0000

Ian: I guess it’s all a case of perspective, isn’t it. Once you have to do something that forces you to get over socially-cultivated embarrassment you realise how silly it actually is. Or, as you say, perhaps your local pool is a secret nudist hangout

Eric: I find I act differently if other people are obviously doing the contortionist thing too because I don’t want them to feel uncomfortable, although I draw the line at putting my knickers and bra on under the towel, then they just have to accept that I’m not going to put my top and trousers on under a wet towel.

Mark: It was disconcerting – only had to do it once because we only made it into the town once (first time the guys and I went to visit someone we knew who was training in a school down the road; he had an ensuite). I got annoyed with the staring after a while and started meeting the eyes of the other women and frowning; about 10 minutes later they were all trying to look everywhere but at me. If it hadn’t been a case of such overt scrutiny I probably wouldn’t have reacted in quite the same way.

Ali: Ok, but that woman was kinda crossing the line (it’s not something I’d think it was acceptable to do). I was really getting at the fact that if you’re just drying and changing then often you’re concentrating on that so being aware of other people doing the same thing in the communal space shouldn’t involve a stare-fest (because, you know, it’s not like we haven’t seen everything on our own bodies, right?) and therefore shouldn’t really be that much of a problem. Sometimes I think people are prudish for the sake of being prudish and because it’s the ‘British Way’ rather than there being a real reason for it.

Comment on Changing Room Attitudes by Ali

Ali — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:25:40 +0000

I still say any discussion about changing room attitudes can be swiftly devolved by quoting this Tweet I once read:

“At at the gym. Fifty-plus woman blowdrying her minge. It looks like Gandalf in a hurricane. Help me.”

On topic, tho, my gym has the usual rush-and-crush of people before and after classes, but not very many wet-towel contortionists. Come to think of it, there are alarmingly few cubicles in the women’s changing room…

Comment on Changing Room Attitudes by Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:12:19 +0000

My current gym is very bad for my sense of prudishness. I regularly walk in to people casually chatting away in the nudd, without even making the pretense of changing.

China sounds mightily disconcerting, how long did that take to get used to?

Comment on Changing Room Attitudes by eric

eric — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:20:45 +0000

Hear Hear! I always found it distinctly weird, though I’ll admit, if I spot another towel contortionist I do the same myself in order to make them feel less odd…