old clothes | to wear or not to wear?

Totally convincing myself that 2 warm days mean it’s July already, I’m wearing my summery white handknits a little ahead of time!  Since my time available for crafty projects is pretty limited at the minute, I’m lucky to have the stock of handknits my mum and I have made over the last few years to call upon, especially as I’ve only grown a few inches during that time. (Yep, I was a 5’7 eleven year old!).  Obviously my shape has changed considerably since then, but thankfully handknits are forgiving. ;)  Almost every garment I’ve designed/made has been slim fitting and shaped at the waist: part of what (I hope) makes them classic and wearable for years to come.  I’m pretty sure I’ll still be wearing clothes I made age 10 when I’m 20, unless I have a radical change in taste!

Top: Handknit
Skirt: H&M
Jacket: Topshop
Shoes: Next
Necklace: Primark

How do you feel about wearing clothes you’ve had for years?  When I’ve invested so much time into making something I like to think that I won’t have gone off it one year later, and similarly I’m slightly hesitant to buy anything at Topshop scale prices that’s a very ‘of the moment’ style.  Given the speed that trends pass through blogland, I think it’s possibly a blogger tendency to feel like new wardrobe injections are needed fairly frequently, in the name of keeping a fresh image.  I like a new outfit as much as the next blogger; it is undeniably fun to wear new clothes and styles!  On the other hand, I rarely wear/blog an outfit without at least one component that’s been in my wardrobe for quite some time.  Included in my ‘2014 goals’ list was to become a little wiser money-wise, and without totting up the figures, I think I’ve done reasonably well on this one!  Sticking mostly to the likes of Primark and H&M has helped, and I think that blogging has probably encouraged me to be more creative with what I already own, rather than buying new pieces.  How do you think blogging/reading blogs affects your shopping habits?

I think you can just about tell I am actually wearing a skirt from the back haha. 😉

Three more days of school before the Easter holidays and I cannot wait for the break!  I’ve decided to throw myself into the Blogilates ‘April Abs’ workout calendar this month so I can wake up with my workouts planned for me.  I’ll let you know how I get along; wish me luck!

lily kate x
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