There is a very good chance you own something that has been quietly telling you you’re not good enough, and I don’t think you’ve ever realized that’s what it was doing. This is a post about why you should wear the good clothes, today, not someday. I had a pair of jeans like that for […]
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When my kids were little and someone asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, they said things like astronaut. President. Movie star. And we clapped. We told them yes, absolutely, you could be anything. Then they got older, and somewhere between elementary school and eleventh grade, most of us learn to stop
I want to tell you something I spent most of my life not believing about myself. In the nineties, there was a particular kind of television that told women their bodies were a willpower problem. That if you couldn’t lose weight, you weren’t trying hard enough. That discipline was the answer, and the lack of
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My daughter was a feminist before I was. She would talk to me about patriarchy, about the way systems are built, about men and power and space. And I would listen and nod and quietly think: it’s not that bad. I thought I was a feminist. I just didn’t see what she was seeing. Then
I was in the Orlando airport on my way home from Disney World when I saw them. Three little girls, maybe three, four, five years old. There was a giant screen playing The Lion King and a small stage in front of it, cordoned off with red ropes. They were not supposed to be on
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Every Morning It’s the Same Thing You open the closet and stand there, flipping through hanger after hanger. I have nothing to wear, you think, and your closet is completely full. Nothing feels right. Nothing fits the way it should. You put something on, look in the mirror, take it off. You’re already tired and
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Some of the women who come to see me don’t own a full-length mirror. I noticed it a while back and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. And when I think about why clothes don’t fit women the way they should, why so many women have quietly given up on looking in the mirror
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You open your closet every morning, and there’s no shortage of clothes staring back at you. Tops, dresses, blazers, that pair of jeans you bought because they were supposed to be “the one.” And yet, somehow, you still end up standing there, half-dressed, feeling like you have a closet full of clothes but nothing to
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Clothing tailoring is not a luxury reserved for red carpets and custom suits. It is, quietly, the single most effective tool most women never use — and the reason a closet full of beautiful things can still leave you standing in front of the mirror feeling like nothing fits. I’ve watched it happen hundreds of
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You’ve been there. You pull something out of your closet, put it on, and think: this is so close. The color is perfect. The fabric is beautiful. It just… doesn’t quite fit. Before it goes into the donate pile, here’s what I want you to know: these are exactly the clothes worth tailoring — and
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