Dresses

I realised in the last few days that I don't know what I like. Specifically, I am talking about clothes (although in general I think it's true too, but that's the subject of another blog :P). I have been buying whatever crap I can find that fits for so long that I have very little idea about what kinds of clothes I actually like. I doubt that I'll ever really be anything other than a jeans-and-tshirt kinda gal, but I have a wedding to go to in a few weeks, and thought I'd get a dress made while I am in Bali to wear to it. I didn't occur to me for a week or two after I made this decision that I would need some kind of idea of what kind of dress I want. So I have no idea at all what kind of dress I would want. None. I google images searched "dresses", and started saving the kinds of dresses I actually liked. It was a revelation to me to think that Venn diagrams of "people who wear dresses" and "me" could overlap (see Figure 1, below). Anyway, it turns out I like vintage dresses. Go me.


But it's not just dresses - they are kinda the extreme example. There is the possibility that I won't have to shop in a "larger women" section next time I go shopping. I could buy clothes that were made for normal people. And it's a bit scary, because I'm 26 and don't know how to clothes shop! Cross out scary, and replace with sad, on second thought. So I get to start to develop my own sense of style if I keep losing weight. Hmmm... sounds fun. It'll be interesting to see what clothes I actually like when not bound by size. I'm pretty sure they still won't be pink, and I think it's safe to say my midriff is likely to stay well concealed for the foreseeable future. But it's another adventure to embark on!