In a recent New York Times Thursday Style section, there was an article about breaking up with clothing brands. Some of the people cited in the article stopped wearing a certain brand because their lifestyles outgrew it or the brand changed its image or the brand just didn’t suit their bodies anymore. I read the piece and instantly identified with the sentiment, as I’m sure most women could at some point in their life.
My experience with this has been more about a perceived quality level as opposed to a specific brand or store. I’ve never been a short/tight/low-cut kind of gal so I haven’t had to worry about maturing out of a type of clothing. But after I got to a certain point in my career, it felt unseemly to be walking around in inexpensive synthetics or poorly made brands. My company gave me a title and salary so I needed to look like I could command respect (even if I couldn't really).
I’ve had more of a “maturing out of” experience with jewelry – specifically earrings. I used to love big, long, dangling earrings, and the bigger the better. I’ve always had longish hair and I loved the look of the earrings dancing the can-can while my hair served as the velvet curtains behind them. I always thought such earrings were a bit coquette-ish, a subtle come hither, if you will. In hindsight, I think its safe to say that scant few straight men have ever noticed a women’s earrings, let alone attributed any message to them. I may have perceived long earrings to be the jewelry equivalent of footwear's “FMPs” (F*#k Me Pumps), but I’m probably alone there.
Lovely and exciting jewelry for all occaions.
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