tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post8174052571854748497..comments2024-02-25T21:25:13.207-05:00Comments on Scholar Style Guide: Back to School Not ShoppingScholar Style Guidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600298487096240635noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-39284703109298177412010-08-27T12:51:43.978-04:002010-08-27T12:51:43.978-04:00Liz, I love your creativity in this post. What a ...Liz, I love your creativity in this post. What a lovely idea to style the same dress so many ways. Today is only the end of my first week of teaching, and I have already turned to the 'casual Friday' jeans due to lack of inspiration. I'm going to try to dress up my LBD a few different ways now too - that should help get me through a few more Fridays!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625840571769985683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-38816436724062550332010-08-25T02:30:29.285-04:002010-08-25T02:30:29.285-04:00@Jill - my clothes budget is roughly the same as y...@Jill - my clothes budget is roughly the same as yours, so I feel your pain! I almost always shop discount, and if I really want a particular item or new things for the season, I'll go without for a certain period of time and then splurge (though still on discounted items usually).<br /><br />Liz, when I first glanced at the pictures, I didn't even register that it was the same dress. Scholar Style Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600298487096240635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-88800346860840795572010-08-24T23:13:49.346-04:002010-08-24T23:13:49.346-04:00I too am putting myself on a shopping ban but this...I too am putting myself on a shopping ban but this post is making me think that shopping for a black shift dress is a necessity. Your's is awesome and so versatile. I particularly love outfit #2.E-Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306618457306286114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-72910689794959320932010-08-24T17:11:12.316-04:002010-08-24T17:11:12.316-04:00Yay for a versatile and professional LBD!
I'v...Yay for a versatile and professional LBD!<br /><br />I've been on shopping bans before and I'll be one one again soon. I think they can be instructive in determining motivating factors for shopping. In general, I think a plan and a budget is more useful for me than an all-out ban because I tend to chafe and rebel against rules -- even ones that I set for myself. I also think after a Raquelitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138113830990586689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-39618429771048200412010-08-24T15:35:57.051-04:002010-08-24T15:35:57.051-04:00AM, I know I'm highly likely to look at things...AM, I know I'm highly likely to look at things from a practical angle anyway, but here I was also taking a cue from Ms. Rich, who writes/speaks explicitly about how she derives theoretical understanding out of a practical analysis of her world. <br /><br />Jill, thanks for chiming in! I spend less than $50/mo on clothes, but the amount of time I spend doing various types of shopping is not Scholar Style Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600298487096240635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-10427950275080238032010-08-24T15:15:25.734-04:002010-08-24T15:15:25.734-04:00I love this post! That dress is truly versatile, a...I love this post! That dress is truly versatile, and those shoes have such personality to them.<br /><br />At the end of this month, it will have been two months since I shopped. This break was pretty much unintentional, though. I just haven't felt at all like shopping. In the recent past, I went for three months without shopping. It was a good experience - it made me take a good long look atAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-15808115217877034232010-08-24T14:57:18.854-04:002010-08-24T14:57:18.854-04:00'Love the fabulously versatile shift and wedge...'Love the fabulously versatile shift and wedges! What great finds.<br /><br />I had a forced 8-month shopping hiatus last year and found the first couple of months VERY difficult because I'd come to use shopping as relaxation/therapy. Now that I've had to develop more savings-friendly treatments for what ails me, I feel better, and so does my house down payment fund. <br /><br />And Academic Writer (a.k.a. A-Dubs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05342854659608373230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-982581035808642182010-08-24T14:06:51.389-04:002010-08-24T14:06:51.389-04:00Sorry,
I forgot to add that I love the many diffe...Sorry, <br />I forgot to add that I love the many different looks and the shoes!!!<br />Enjoy your 30 day hiatus from shopping....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-54144342153729549132010-08-24T14:04:27.007-04:002010-08-24T14:04:27.007-04:00Okay, I have to add some thoughts here about fashi...Okay, I have to add some thoughts here about fashion in days gone by....your 96 year old grandmother still will not start the day without putting on her girdle. I have tried for years to get her out of it and explain that she doesn't need to be so confined anymore, but to no avail. She does not feel comfortable unless she is firmly held in place. I think part of it is also that she is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-83103340491241057582010-08-24T13:27:48.845-04:002010-08-24T13:27:48.845-04:00I love this idea of wearing two items multiple way...I love this idea of wearing two items multiple ways! I actually just asked Anne-Marie for help with my wardrobe. My problem is the opposite of yours: I don't shop enough and my budget just doesn't support regular shopping. My question to her was, what are some essential wardrobe 'must haves' that won't make me look like a Plain-Jane? (And on a clothes budget of $50 a monthJillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812208221444119357.post-88127553881461636262010-08-24T11:19:38.161-04:002010-08-24T11:19:38.161-04:00You make a great point about less restrictive fabr...You make a great point about less restrictive fabrics translating to a less restrictive ideology surrounding the clothing. No doubt feeling physically free in our garments contributes to feeling psychologically free in them as well. I had been thinking more abstractly on this subject, so I'm glad you raised this practical point.<br /><br />As for apparel technology, I award three cheers forScholar Style Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600298487096240635noreply@blogger.com