Agony of dressing up
@allknowing (136601)
India
January 29, 2017 8:04pm CST
In my interaction with @JudyEv she did say that it was agony dressing up while she was young. I share that feeling fully with her.
If the dress was fine the shoes did not match and what about the bag, or the broach and even lipstick. Everything had to be just right.
But not any more. We do not have to bother about such things any more. As not only has fashion changed that advocates mismatches, uneven hemlines........ hardly anyone notices what one has worn these days.
What are you wearing? (lol)
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
I get sick looking at those hemlines which are planned to look that way. Wish that was in fashion when I had a subject where we learnt to stitch. I used to be put out of class because I just could not get the hemline straight I would have been the best fashion designer ever.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
@JudyEv I recently bought a floral shrug to go with my black outfit.. I hardly socialise but I like to look good and different if ever i go for one. This one was when I had sponsored that Christmas event for the mentally challenged.
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@JudyEv (340278)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jan 17
@allknowing I don't like the funny hemlines nowadays either. And I hate the cardigans which look as if they have stretched to glory.
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@much2say (55671)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jan 17
I remember those days when I used to take a lot of time just to look nice. Then when I became a mother, I dressed in whatever in what people call "the mommy look". Then I got tired of that . . . and in the past couple years, I've decided to look "nice" again, but without all the fuss. I know how to throw clothes together quickly, put make up on in less than a minute, and brush my hair to decency in a few second flat .2 people like this
@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
I would spend more time mixing and matching than time taken to dress up, in the good old young days.
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@much2say (55671)
• Los Angeles, California
31 Jan 17
@allknowing I should mention that these days I make sure I get clothing that I can mix and match with easily . . . that helps with getting ready quicker 
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I should mention that these days I make sure I get clothing that I can mix and match with easily . . . that helps with getting ready quicker .1 person likes this
@allknowing (136601)
• India
31 Jan 17
@much2say These days anythings goes but we have our individual tastes as well.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
30 Jan 17
i've been in my pj's all day.yea comfy.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
30 Jan 17
@allknowing i just gave myself an "i don't care" day.good for you once in awhile..
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
I am not that bad (lol) By 9 in the morning I am in my day clothes ready to welcome visitors, if any.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
@scarlet_woman We need to do that once in a way
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
Have you changed your fashion sense over the years?
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
I could never have imagined a skirt and blouse having two different prints
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
@just4him Those kind of things only poor people did as they were clothes given to them and now that is fashion (lol)
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Jan 17
@allknowing I see it all the time here.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
30 Jan 17
Girls have to bear this agony life long...its irreplaceable
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
When young it fails to be agony but seniors do find it to be agony (lol)
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
@amitkokiladitya I can never forget when young, how horrifying it was to discover that the nail polish did not match
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
30 Jan 17
@allknowing Hahaha.
.matching stuff is a big job..
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
30 Jan 17
Well, due to having issues with Fibromyalga, etc these days it would take a miracle for me to wear something that people might want to consider dressier and many times I don't even care if my shoes and purse match my outfits anymore even when I have to dress up. There are occasions I would Love to be able to do this but anymore it gets quite expensive to be able to even consider.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
You can relax as no one watches you whether your clothes match or not
@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
30 Jan 17
Good point. I kind of wish the 60's and 70's were back. The clothes I liked to buy then are nowhere to find nowadays.
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@libster (167)
• Richland, Washington
30 Jan 17
I tend to go simple. I've got a couple pairs of dress shoes, slacks or a skirt and a simple blouse. If I'm really going all-out I'll put on a necklace. But I don't really like dressing up. I think it's more the dread of the event than the clothes, though.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
I too am in my day clothes which are fit for may be to entertain visitors, may be, but ordinarily I go for colours that do not demand much matching and mixing nowadays. In my younger days it was different. Everything from top to toe had to blend (lol)
@diosabella (4789)
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30 Jan 17
I beg to differ. People now a days are more fashion oriented. Sometimes, they are ghastly latest fad worshiper that they forget which one goes to another pair. And don't ever think that no one is watching you. 
Every one watches you unless your a bad dresser since your a kid. When I'm confuse what to wear I always go back to basic.
Every one watches you unless your a bad dresser since your a kid. When I'm confuse what to wear I always go back to basic.@allknowing (136601)
• India
30 Jan 17
It is easy now to follow fashion as there is no semblance of order in that even two different prints are seen worn together..
I say it from experience as I hardly notice what someone else has worn which was not the case when I was younger. Those days there were fewer clothes and fewer varieties
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