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Continuing to experiment with FN recommendations and move away from about 15 years of belts and too many fit-and-flare dresses.

Here are some things I wore to special events in the last month:

This is my go-to dress when I don’t know how dressed up everybody else will be…

3 .I still like this dress but I can see that the hemline hitting right at the knee isn’t ideal.

Wore this to an arts fundraiser on a very cold May day!

Everyday outfits contending with back-and-forth April/May weather:

I wore this to a cold and drizzly spring festival on May 1 :(((
This dress is one of the oldest survivors in my wardrobe (from 2011-2012, maybe?) and the proportions now seem wrong to me. Too much skin, neckline too low, hits right at the knee.
I think I should hem this more.

12 and 13. Both of these with the blue blazer look a bit frumpy. I think the blazer hits a bit too high and the cut is too rounded, but the color is so beautiful that it's hard to part with.

I am so exhausted from trying to find things that match my style and look good on me. Everything fits off in one way or another; nothing was made with my body type in mind. I'm tall and curvy with broad shoulders, and I feel as if pieces of clothing can only hit two of the three aspects of myself at a time. I know FN accommodates vertical and width, but I often find myself needing a bit of curve to avoid the tent effect, and that sucks. I wish my body just made up its mind to be flat and have width to just be a stereotypical FN, or just lean all the way into the curvy and be an SD. I feel like I go through the 5 stages of grief every time I try on clothes, and I am realising that there is almost nothing in my wardrobe that I am in love with. I'm trying to be more intentional about what I buy especially after buying so little for so long, but honestly nothing,”sparks joy,” is there anyone else who feels that they have a hard time finding things that look good on them?

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April/May outfits

Nothing fits right! Rant.