’Til 2022, a deep desire for “less” has continued to well up in my being.

Perhaps partially driven by a complex, heavy world around us. simplicity is uncomplicated peace, and excess is no much more than baggage. I’ve applied this not only to a much more capsule method to my wardrobe, but throughout my home and life as well.

It’s become simpler and simpler to let go of the baggage that builds up with time, and much more and much more gratifying as the piles of unneeded disappear leaving much more time to kick back and delight in what you have. Not only in things which are material, but also in matters of the mind.   

We are a generation of over thinkers. Of excess, and emotional weights we carry with us throughout our lives. It’s a new year, and it’s time to eliminate and decrease baggage – physically, mentally and emotionally.

The cause and effect is simple, with less, we are lighter.

With less burdens, we can stand up straighter. We become totally free to pursue what makes us really pleased without anything holding us down. 

If you’re feeling heavy, reflect on the year past. recognize your Demonds and the things that have weighed you down, and get rid of them.

It’s time to start living lighter, and happier with less.

Live more, with less. Be the first to love, and to forgive. remember each moment is all, and only what we make of it. It’s 2022, and though one never needs a reason to start new, now is as good a time as any. 

Having a profession and fashion as well as managing a fashion blog, for myself an overstocked wardrobe is a weighted battle I fight season after season.

You might not think a stocked wardrobe is something that weighs you down, but try considering a full closet and racks of clothing in nearly every room of your home. though I frequently donate or sell gently used clothes, there’s certainly some baggage I’m looking forward to letting go of in 2022. 

I’ve shared some suggestions on how to decrease your closet to a much more capsule wardrobe, numerous of which I’ll be following in the upcoming weeks to rid myself of some excess.

In the meantime, combining homes with my husband has taught me new levels of flexibility in managing a home with less.

Namely, “shopping” in his wardrobe. An added suggestion for a much more capsule wardrobe in 2022, discover the pieces you can share with your partner (if they’re open). You may be amazed just how numerous of your items overlap.

Genderless fashion is in, as is oversized fashion – and I’ve found numerous of the guy’s pieces have a better unwinded look than deliberately oversized items for women.

I’ve because discovered new favorite boxy tees, oversized sweatshirts, button downs, and even this blazer which can be easily “stolen” from his, to help decrease needs in my own wardrobe. Not to mention, numerous of the items are higher priced essentials, so you can save by being versatile with what you have as well.

And while coordinating oversized blazer outfits may not cure all of 2022’s weightless goals, it’s one place to start. hi 2022, a year of living with less. I feel a little lighter already.

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1. fashion magazine arrives.2. gown #1 catches eye.3. Web browse commences.4. Collection found.5. Hey, why’d they spend a kajillion dollars advertising THAT gown when this (dress #2) is so much nicer?6. publish gown #2.

This gown is terrific — look at exactly how it’s cut to take advantage of the stripes. You don’t see much of that anymore. and it’s from Bottega Veneta, which I’ve never truly paid much attention to, before. (I believe their purses are as well fussy.)

For those of you who are curious, this was gown #1: The top gown is so much a lot more striking, isn’t it? I liked the general lines of this one, but not the nipple action (I can’t believe of anyone, personally, who goes out buying for gowns with the concept “my nipples need to be clearly visible in any way times”). nor did I like the ruffles, which, when mixed with nipples, provide that sought-after “trampy milkmaid” look. but hey, there was a midriff band!

I expect to repeat this process a number of a lot more times this month. I haven’t checked out all the February problems yet.

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I fell in like with this skirt (Vogue 1247) a while back, because, pockets!

(Ignore the floppy blouse. What is it with the gigantic floppy asymmetrical t-shirtish thing? )

This pattern looked easy, quick, as well as finest of all, pockets! So I did what everybody should do before making a new pattern as well as inspected PatternReview to see what other people have stated about it. 

And I’m so pleased I did, since the general consensus was to lengthen the skirt by five INCHES. Yep. five inches. If I hadn’t checked, I most likely wouldn’t have observed exactly how short the skirt was, as well as then Mister Evans would have thrown me out of the Junior High dance I wouldn’t have ever used the skirt. Plus, there were a number of recommendations to leave off the waistband as well as just surface the midsection with a petersham ribbon dealing with (which is what I ended up doing). 

There are great deals of fantastic things about this skirt, I mean, besides the pockets. It went together in less than an hour, including (machine) hemming. Also, it takes barely any type of fabric. I believe I had less than 1.5 lawns of this green-overdyed denim. 

I did a bit subtle topstitching on the back, which I don’t believe you can see here:

And here’s a much better look of the pockets (that’s an index card): 

With the new longer length it hits me just at the knee. as well as it’s truly comfortable. I’m hoping (at some point in the far-off future) to make a couple a lot more with fancier treatments of the horizontal seams (Piping, perhaps colorblocking? I have some pink satin that I’ve been indicating to overlay with some violently yellow lace as well as this would be an incredible pattern for that …)

But the very first person to mention that a horizontal seam at the hips may, possibly, conceivably, make you look somewhat broader gets a resounding Bronx applaud in the comments. C’mon, online a little! You can’t always concern about the width of your hips, often you have to concern about where to put your budget & cell phone! Or about why everybody under 30 seems to only wear a short tight skirt, a huge floppy blouse, as well as four-inch nude-colored platform pumps!  Worrying about looking broader fell off my worry-about listing a long time ago. (But zombies are still on my list. Oh, yes, those pesky zombies …)

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