The theme of this spring wardrobe update is trying to use what I have as long as possible, rather than defaulting to discarding or donating.
But it's also about a scarf. I had wanted this William Morris-inspired scarf for quite a long time, and was recently presented with it as a welcome surprise gift from a daughter.
Here it is with this year's new-to-me spring purse and sneakers, and last year's yard-saled purse.
More green...
We all go through life changes, and that includes body changes. Six years ago (no, seven), I bought a green t-shirtdress from Duffield Design. I reviewed it here and wore it a lot, but for various reasons, it doesn't fit me as well as it used to, and I was going to rehome it this spring. Then I remembered how comfortable it was, and how much I liked that bright green. It's still in good condition (even after seven years); and it's a perfect match for the new scarf. So, while I might not be wearing it as a dress this year, it still makes a very good top or tunic (it was designed to be versatile like that).
I used to have a (thrifted) navy sleeveless dress, which unfortunately shrunk (or maybe that was me again); anyway, I had hoped to find a replacement, and Duffield Design happens to be featuring navy sleeveless dresses this year, so I bought one, along with an off-white blazer (shown below). I am definitely not giving up on my thrifter status, but once in awhile it is also okay to choose well-made (and Canadian-made) new clothes. Hopefully I will be wearing these pieces seven years from now as well.
The top under the blazer also happens to be DD, bought last year.
Back to the theme of keeping things going: last year I found a pair of summer pants, and I liked them very much except that their fastening included buttons, slide clips, and a forlorn-looking ribbon waist tie. As another daughter used to quote, "ain't nobody got time for that." I was about to put them in the giveaway bag this year, but then I suddenly had a brainwave and pulled the ribbon tie right out of its casing. Now the pants even fit better. Should have thought of that a long time ago.
And here's one more "keep it, don't ditch it." This is a navy washable-silk shirt, kind of vintage. I had it in the bag to donate because...I'm lazy and I don't like to iron, and while this shirt is easy enough to clean, it does need ironing to look good. Earlier this year, I bought a popover style navy shirt, brand new, which I thought would replace this one nicely. Except that, after only a couple of washings, it's smaller than it was, and this time it's not me. Out of spite to that new thing that did not at all hold up the way I expected, I will be resurrecting my old shirt. I just need to retrieve my iron from the domicile of the third daughter, who has been using it to iron dolls' hair. Don't ask.
So what else goes with the new and old things? Lots of navy, some blue, some white. Here are a few more random photos.
Random note: this long-sleeved blue t-shirt doesn't look like much, and it's another of those things I skip over and wonder if I really need. But when I do wear it, that shade of blue always makes me happy, and it also happens to look quite nice with the new scarf, so it's staying.
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