So, we are supposed to run errands in full real housewives? Got it.
Sometimes I go straight to the grocery store after work, so I'm in either a suit or a dress and heels. I FEEL SO WEIRD. I want to be in my chucks and just shuffle around the grocery store aimlessly staring at things. Being in heels is awkward.
Really? I don't go into the OOTDs very often, but every time I do it's mix of very different styles from lots of different retailers. And everyone is complimentary to each other. Please tag me next time someone tells someone else they should go home and change, I want to be there for that throwdown!
That doesn't happen. Lol. Once people are IN the clothes they have purchased, I think everyone is 100% nice. But any random "wdyt of these shoes/this purse?" I see it allll the time.
I wake up and put on my vintage 50s housewife dress complete with seamed stockings, garter belt, heels, and flouncy crinoline, a full face of makeup, and a delicate lacy apron. Then I do the shopping, dishes, vacuuming and dusting in said getup before reapplying makeup and fixing my hair so I can give my man a cold drink and a blowjob as soon as he walks in the door.
I opened that thread and the first response was a picture of Keens. Like the ones I wear on a regular basis in the summer, only mine are purple. I also still have several pairs of bootcut jeans. Sorry not sorry.
I wonder if my frumpy footwear (c'mon, it's OUTDOORSY!) is balanced out by the fact that I wear makeup. Like, maybe I break even on the frump index?
This is actually making me mad.I'm so fucking sick of women judging other women, especially if you're a mother judging another mother. ffs. Sometimes it just is a struggle to get out the door after getting like 3 or 4 hours of sleep because you've been up with a cranky kid all night, and any other mother should know how hard it can be. What good does it do to say "ooh, she's wearing yoga pants and a top knot. She's really letting herself go"
Listen, you want to dress up, that's cool. But fuck, man, don't judge other women. Ugh.
I think frumpy is a combination of horribly outdated, ill-fitting or seriously worn out clothes. No one has to be up to the moment in fashion, or have the same style. But it does matter to take some care in your appearance. If not for work, or how you look to others, at least for yourself. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
I do not tuck things in. The amount of sucking in my stomach that this would require may cause me to pass out repeatedly.
Bootcut jeans for lyfe, y'all. I have big feet I like to hide under them. I'll wear skinnies but I feel like I have clown feet.
They would all die if they saw my weekend uniform of yoga pants, sneakers, and either a tank top if it's warm or sweatshirt if not. I'm not trying to impress anyone.
And the makeup thing - FUCK. THAT. I know several people who are highly allergic to many types of makeup and simply cannot wear it. So apparently their inability to wear it makes them frumpy.
Sometimes I go straight to the grocery store after work, so I'm in either a suit or a dress and heels. I FEEL SO WEIRD. I want to be in my chucks and just shuffle around the grocery store aimlessly staring at things. Being in heels is awkward.
I hate going to the store after work. I feel ridiculous clomping around in heels.
It's the worst. I don't wear heels, but still, I've got on a dress shirt and nice pants and my big pocketbook taking up space in the cart, when I really would rather be in yoga pants and flip flops so I can comfortably squat down to get shit off the bottom shelf.
I wake up and put on my vintage 50s housewife dress complete with seamed stockings, garter belt, heels, and flouncy crinoline, a full face of makeup, and a delicate lacy apron. Then I do the shopping, dishes, vacuuming and dusting in said getup before reapplying makeup and fixing my hair so I can give my man a cold drink and a blowjob as soon as he walks in the door.
Lol! Excellent example. And I have those overalls too, I wore them last weekend.
A) I wanna see
B) I don't find that people are overly harsh with the "What do you think of this..." posts. If it's on someone, there will often be comments of "Not my style, but you look great." I don't think people are outright mean. Plus, people asked. No one walks into OOTD and volunteers that they hate someone's outfit.
I wake up and put on my vintage 50s housewife dress complete with seamed stockings, garter belt, heels, and flouncy crinoline, a full face of makeup, and a delicate lacy apron. Then I do the shopping, dishes, vacuuming and dusting in said getup before reapplying makeup and fixing my hair so I can give my man a cold drink and a blowjob as soon as he walks in the door.
#1 of two and a half, right?
No that's #2. You forgot the early morning before he goes to work a happy man blowie.
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of clothing I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description "frumpy," and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the outfit involved in this matter is not that.
This is actually making me mad.I'm so fucking sick of women judging other women, especially if you're a mother judging another mother. ffs. Sometimes it just is a struggle to get out the door after getting like 3 or 4 hours of sleep because you've been up with a cranky kid all night, and any other mother should know how hard it can be. What good does it do to say "ooh, she's wearing yoga pants and a top knot. She's really letting herself go"
Listen, you want to dress up, that's cool. But fuck, man, don't judge other women. Ugh.
I don't know if this will make sense, but I personally don't judge women who are frumpy even if their outfit might be defined that way.
People were asked what they considered frumpy and there are certain things that do come to mind, but that doesn't mean I go around giving every woman the side eye who is wearing boot cut jeans and running shoes.
I personally wouldn't wear Tevas for example, but I could not care less about what other women wear.
Some women (and men) judge black women for wearing their hair natural in an Afro. But I really don't care, I rock my Afro.
I guess overall my point is, do you, haters gonna hate no matter what. I think confidence goes a long way.
I only read the first few posts but it seemed like a pretty light-hearted poll, no? I think most people actually don't give a shit. You can identify some article of clothing as being frumpy without it being a value judgement on the person wearing it.
Frumpy is a state of mind. You can wear clothes that are "frumpy" on MMM terms, but have a fabulous personality that could allow you to wear a burlap sack and still be fabulous.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny