Things are different nowadays, something happened to me. And it has to do with fashion. (!)
I used to wear what I like and be mildly interested in style. So mildly that I wouln't even talk about it too much. My main points were only buy what you like and only what looks good on you.
But sometime recently a tiny switch has been flipped. I have finally found a complete way I would like to dress. And now I stive to fit within that repertoire. Getting dressed is not just grabbing what I like and putting it together anymore, its fullfilling an idea. And when I have fullfilled that idea I am so happy, like I've hit the nail on the head, like a still life perfectly set up. And I enjoy it, oh how much I enjoy it.
Since my closets have never been what I would call overly anbundant, I've learned to switch things up a bit, like a european woman. And I dress with a desire to look "french", even though only vaguely, if at all, do I know what french women dress like. I am, in fact, perfectly aware that my idea is nowhere near reality, but nevertheless that's what I call it, "I want to dress like a french woman."
And every time I have an opportunity to get dressed with an idea, I yell, "No, I haven't fullfilled my repertoire yet! I can't quite get it, oh my, oh my... Do I look like a french woman yet?!" And my mother would say, "Absolutely french!" because we are, once again, absolutely late.