One of my favourite garments for ages has been a loose top by Hampstead Bazaar. Floppy, quirky, with pointy sides. Definitely covers a multitude of sins.
All of my clothes being elasticated waist stretched to infinity, not many of them have felt any different as I've been losing but this top, although big, I could tell a couple of days ago was now draping dropping lower down. It felt good.
I expected to keep this top kind of forever, assuming it would just carry on looking quirky and fun. I've been working out how to mend the pointy bits, because they've got ragged in the washer.
However, yesterday as I yomped into town, I caught sight of myself in a shop window. Not quirky and capacious, just oddly shaped and w-r-o-n-g for such a short person!
I LOVE this top - but it's in the bin. When I get back from Mass this morning, I'm going to rake through my wardrobe and see if there's anything at all I can put together. Maybe hit the cheap shops.
The NSV is - not putting up with comfort 'because I don't deserve anything else', of throwing out a beloved comfort blanket.
It brings a request for help, though:
I've called up a couple of sites about how to dress an apple - I am the ultimate apple although possibly a goblet - but the models they show might be technically apple-shaped but not overweight.
So: I'm only 5'2", I weigh 197, 42c bust, don't know about anything else but virtually spherical but with cracking legs. Any hints about how to dress me?
Ta.